GABON VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,057	3	1,019	+ 2,038
Stroke	2	2,043	5	896	+ 1,146
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,361	19	152	+ 1,209
Lung Disease	4	1,223	16	215	+ 1,008
Lung Cancers	5	1,048	29	87	+ 961
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	982	4	966	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	892	37	43	+ 849
Kidney Disease	8	745	12	384	+ 362
Breast Cancer	9	608	27	92	+ 516
Other Injuries	10	555	22	140	+ 415
Diabetes Mellitus	11	536	6	643	- 107
Suicide	12	527	18	183	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	13	507	32	80	+ 427
Pancreas Cancer	14	470	53	21	+ 449
Hypertension	15	465	11	412	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	16	367	8	518	- 152
Endocrine Disorders	17	349	25	98	+ 251
Stomach Cancer	18	344	48	32	+ 312
Other Neoplasms	19	332	64	5	+ 327
Lymphomas	20	328	49	32	+ 296
Parkinson's Disease	21	230	36	47	+ 182
Inflammatory/Heart	22	225	24	101	+ 124
Violence	23	211	17	184	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	24	205	44	35	+ 171
Leukemia	25	201	57	17	+ 184
Bladder Cancer	26	198	43	35	+ 163
Liver Disease	27	148	10	416	- 269
HIV/AIDS	28	140	2	1,128	- 988
Cervical Cancer	29	123	26	96	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	30	122	15	285	- 163
Oral Cancer	31	120	34	69	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	32	115	51	27	+ 88
Skin Cancers	33	107	46	34	+ 73
Liver Cancer	34	106	35	53	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	96	14	318	- 222
Skin Disease	36	93	52	22	+ 72
Asthma	37	91	28	90	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	38	83	55	19	+ 63
Alcohol	39	75	56	19	+ 56
Epilepsy	40	62	40	37	+ 24
Tuberculosis	41	58	1	1,819	- 1,761
Low Birth Weight	42	53	9	494	- 442
Malnutrition	43	52	33	78	- 25
Anemia	44	51	82	0	+ 51
Drownings	45	46	38	42	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	41	41	36	+ 4
Falls	47	39	30	84	- 45
Fires	48	39	39	39	+ 0
Drug Use	49	29	45	34	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	28	54	20	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	63	6	+ 18
Osteoarthritis	52	23	86	0	+ 23
Birth Trauma	53	16	13	362	- 347
Schizophrenia	54	13	81	0	+ 13
Poisonings	55	12	50	28	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	56	9	67	2	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	85	0	+ 9
Meningitis	58	7	23	113	- 106
Appendicitis	59	6	61	7	- 0
Maternal Conditions	60	6	21	145	- 139
Chagas disease	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	66	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	3	62	7	- 4
Encephalitis	64	3	60	7	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Syphilis	66	2	47	33	- 31
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	84	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	78	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	3	- 3
Tetanus	71	0	59	8	- 8
Pertussis	72	0	31	81	- 81
Diphtheria	73	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	20	146	- 146
Chlamydia	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	42	35	- 35
Schistosomiasis	77	0	58	14	- 14
Leishmaniasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Uruguay

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.