GABON VS UGANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UGANDA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,056	2	1,128	- 72
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	940	4	966	- 26
Malaria	3	676	7	540	+ 136
Road Traffic Accidents	4	648	8	518	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	603	14	318	+ 285
Stroke	6	557	5	896	- 339
Birth Trauma	7	518	13	362	+ 156
Low Birth Weight	8	482	9	494	- 13
Coronary Heart Disease	9	438	3	1,019	- 581
Tuberculosis	10	361	1	1,819	- 1,458
Congenital Anomalies	11	331	15	285	+ 45
Violence	12	308	17	184	+ 124
Liver Disease	13	255	10	416	- 161
Diabetes Mellitus	14	239	6	643	- 404
Cervical Cancer	15	218	26	96	+ 122
Meningitis	16	185	23	113	+ 72
Maternal Conditions	17	181	21	145	+ 36
Malnutrition	18	165	33	78	+ 88
Kidney Disease	19	158	12	384	- 226
Other Injuries	20	156	22	140	+ 16
Hypertension	21	155	11	412	- 257
Lung Disease	22	152	16	215	- 63
Syphilis	23	111	47	33	+ 79
Suicide	24	101	18	183	- 81
Pertussis	25	95	31	81	+ 14
Lymphomas	26	88	49	32	+ 56
Asthma	27	87	28	90	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	28	83	44	35	+ 49
Liver Cancer	29	76	35	53	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	64	19	152	- 87
Drownings	31	62	38	42	+ 20
Breast Cancer	32	56	27	92	- 36
Falls	33	56	30	84	- 28
Prostate Cancer	34	47	32	80	- 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	46	37	43	+ 3
Fires	36	43	39	39	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	37	43	24	101	- 58
Endocrine Disorders	38	38	25	98	- 60
Poisonings	39	37	50	28	+ 9
Oral Cancer	40	36	34	69	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	34	41	36	- 2
Leukemia	42	30	57	17	+ 13
Epilepsy	43	30	40	37	- 7
Ovary Cancer	44	26	51	27	- 1
Stomach Cancer	45	26	48	32	- 7
Lung Cancers	46	22	29	87	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	47	18	53	21	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	48	18	36	47	- 30
Skin Cancers	49	17	46	34	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	17	54	20	- 3
Measles	51	17	20	146	- 129
Schistosomiasis	52	14	58	14	+ 0
Tetanus	53	13	59	8	+ 5
Alcohol	54	13	56	19	- 7
Skin Disease	55	12	52	22	- 10
Uterin Cancer	56	12	55	19	- 8
Drug Use	57	12	45	34	- 22
Appendicitis	58	11	61	7	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	59	9	43	35	- 26
Upper Respiratory	60	7	66	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	61	6	62	7	- 0
Encephalitis	62	6	60	7	- 1
War	63	4	65	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	63	6	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	65	2	42	35	- 33
Other Neoplasms	66	2	64	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	67	2	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	67	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	1	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Uganda

Gabon

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.