GABON VS ZAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZAMBIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,034	2	1,128	+ 906
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,123	4	966	+ 158
Stroke	3	938	5	896	+ 42
Malaria	4	930	7	540	+ 391
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	741	14	318	+ 423
Tuberculosis	6	701	1	1,819	- 1,118
Birth Trauma	7	597	13	362	+ 235
Low Birth Weight	8	573	9	494	+ 79
Liver Disease	9	531	10	416	+ 115
Coronary Heart Disease	10	523	3	1,019	- 496
Road Traffic Accidents	11	431	8	518	- 87
Congenital Anomalies	12	371	15	285	+ 86
Hypertension	13	309	11	412	- 103
Diabetes Mellitus	14	283	6	643	- 360
Malnutrition	15	272	33	78	+ 194
Meningitis	16	233	23	113	+ 120
Cervical Cancer	17	212	26	96	+ 116
Kidney Disease	18	208	12	384	- 176
Other Injuries	19	204	22	140	+ 64
Suicide	20	154	18	183	- 29
Lung Disease	21	150	16	215	- 65
Maternal Conditions	22	140	21	145	- 5
Violence	23	136	17	184	- 48
Syphilis	24	104	47	33	+ 72
Pertussis	25	88	31	81	+ 6
Asthma	26	87	28	90	- 3
Drownings	27	81	38	42	+ 40
Falls	28	70	30	84	- 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	70	19	152	- 82
Prostate Cancer	30	66	32	80	- 13
Lymphomas	31	65	49	32	+ 33
Fires	32	64	39	39	+ 26
Inflammatory/Heart	33	59	24	101	- 42
Poisonings	34	54	50	28	+ 26
Breast Cancer	35	43	27	92	- 49
Oesophagus Cancer	36	42	44	35	+ 8
Endocrine Disorders	37	42	25	98	- 56
Epilepsy	38	39	40	37	+ 2
Leukemia	39	31	57	17	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	29	41	36	- 7
Lung Cancers	41	27	29	87	- 61
Stomach Cancer	42	24	48	32	- 8
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	24	37	43	- 19
Tetanus	44	22	59	8	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	22	54	20	+ 3
Liver Cancer	46	21	35	53	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	36	47	- 28
Oral Cancer	48	18	34	69	- 51
Alcohol	49	17	56	19	- 3
Bladder Cancer	50	16	43	35	- 19
Schistosomiasis	51	15	58	14	+ 1
Skin Disease	52	15	52	22	- 7
Drug Use	53	14	45	34	- 19
Skin Cancers	54	13	46	34	- 21
Hepatitis B	55	12	62	7	+ 6
Appendicitis	56	10	61	7	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	57	10	51	27	- 17
Leishmaniasis	58	9	76	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	8	60	7	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	8	66	3	+ 5
Measles	61	6	20	146	- 140
Pancreas Cancer	62	5	53	21	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	63	6	- 3
Uterin Cancer	64	4	55	19	- 16
Other Neoplasms	65	2	64	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	66	2	68	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	67	2	- 0
Ascariasis	68	1	70	0	+ 1
War	69	1	65	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	42	35	- 35
Diphtheria	73	0	69	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
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Zambia

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.