GABON VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,114	3	1,019	+ 1,095
Violence	2	1,424	17	184	+ 1,241
Stroke	3	953	5	896	+ 57
Diabetes Mellitus	4	878	6	643	+ 235
Road Traffic Accidents	5	874	8	518	+ 356
HIV/AIDS	6	588	2	1,128	- 540
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	565	4	966	- 401
Kidney Disease	8	466	12	384	+ 82
Hypertension	9	408	11	412	- 4
Lung Disease	10	405	16	215	+ 189
Lung Cancers	11	306	29	87	+ 219
Low Birth Weight	12	243	9	494	- 252
Prostate Cancer	13	224	32	80	+ 144
Congenital Anomalies	14	224	15	285	- 62
Breast Cancer	15	201	27	92	+ 109
Liver Disease	16	184	10	416	- 233
Stomach Cancer	17	171	48	32	+ 138
Other Neoplasms	18	170	64	5	+ 165
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	160	37	43	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	20	156	26	96	+ 60
Other Injuries	21	133	22	140	- 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	107	14	318	- 211
Lymphomas	23	98	49	32	+ 66
Birth Trauma	24	85	13	362	- 277
Pancreas Cancer	25	85	53	21	+ 64
Liver Cancer	26	81	35	53	+ 28
Leukemia	27	79	57	17	+ 62
Falls	28	68	30	84	- 16
Chagas disease	29	65	77	0	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	30	60	25	98	- 38
Tuberculosis	31	59	1	1,819	- 1,760
Malnutrition	32	49	33	78	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	33	47	24	101	- 54
Suicide	34	46	18	183	- 137
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	45	19	152	- 107
Ovary Cancer	36	44	51	27	+ 18
Skin Cancers	37	43	46	34	+ 10
Oral Cancer	38	43	34	69	- 26
Maternal Conditions	39	33	21	145	- 112
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	33	41	36	- 4
Epilepsy	41	32	40	37	- 5
Malaria	42	32	7	540	- 508
Drownings	43	31	38	42	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	44	29	44	35	- 6
Bladder Cancer	45	29	43	35	- 6
Asthma	46	24	28	90	- 66
Uterin Cancer	47	24	55	19	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	48	20	36	47	- 27
Meningitis	49	20	23	113	- 93
Drug Use	50	18	45	34	- 16
War	51	15	65	3	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	14	63	6	+ 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	12	85	0	+ 12
Fires	54	11	39	39	- 27
Anemia	55	10	82	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	56	8	61	7	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	6	54	20	- 14
Poisonings	58	5	50	28	- 23
Dengue	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	67	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	61	3	60	7	- 4
Alcohol	62	3	56	19	- 17
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	7	- 4
Pertussis	64	2	31	81	- 79
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	66	1	52	22	- 20
Syphilis	67	1	47	33	- 32
Tetanus	68	1	59	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	69	0	81	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	86	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	74	0	66	3	- 2
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	58	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	20	146	- 146
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	42	35	- 35
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Venezuela

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.