GABON VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,861	2	1,128	+ 1,733
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,543	4	966	+ 577
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,216	3	1,019	+ 197
Road Traffic Accidents	4	864	8	518	+ 346
Stroke	5	734	5	896	- 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	658	14	318	+ 340
Low Birth Weight	7	578	9	494	+ 84
Birth Trauma	8	487	13	362	+ 125
Diabetes Mellitus	9	479	6	643	- 164
Malnutrition	10	343	33	78	+ 265
Congenital Anomalies	11	317	15	285	+ 32
Kidney Disease	12	317	12	384	- 67
Suicide	13	296	18	183	+ 113
Cervical Cancer	14	290	26	96	+ 193
Malaria	15	287	7	540	- 253
Tuberculosis	16	286	1	1,819	- 1,533
Liver Disease	17	278	10	416	- 139
Violence	18	274	17	184	+ 91
Maternal Conditions	19	250	21	145	+ 105
Other Injuries	20	237	22	140	+ 97
Asthma	21	219	28	90	+ 129
Meningitis	22	190	23	113	+ 77
Lung Disease	23	167	16	215	- 49
Hypertension	24	164	11	412	- 248
Inflammatory/Heart	25	150	24	101	+ 49
Lymphomas	26	137	49	32	+ 106
Drownings	27	137	38	42	+ 95
Breast Cancer	28	120	27	92	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	29	115	44	35	+ 80
Fires	30	113	39	39	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	110	19	152	- 42
Prostate Cancer	32	90	32	80	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	33	80	48	32	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	34	79	25	98	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	78	41	36	+ 42
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	78	54	20	+ 58
Poisonings	37	74	50	28	+ 46
Liver Cancer	38	73	35	53	+ 20
Epilepsy	39	73	40	37	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	72	37	43	+ 29
Falls	41	67	30	84	- 18
Pertussis	42	60	31	81	- 21
Lung Cancers	43	41	29	87	- 46
Skin Cancers	44	38	46	34	+ 4
Leukemia	45	35	57	17	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	46	32	36	47	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	47	31	53	21	+ 10
Drug Use	48	30	45	34	- 3
Oral Cancer	49	30	34	69	- 40
Uterin Cancer	50	26	55	19	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	51	25	51	27	- 2
Skin Disease	52	25	52	22	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	53	25	58	14	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	54	18	43	35	- 17
Syphilis	55	18	47	33	- 15
Encephalitis	56	17	60	7	+ 10
Tetanus	57	15	59	8	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	9	61	7	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	59	9	66	3	+ 7
Hepatitis B	60	8	62	7	+ 2
Alcohol	61	7	56	19	- 12
Other Neoplasms	62	5	64	5	- 0
Measles	63	4	20	146	- 142
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	63	6	- 2
War	65	4	65	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	2	68	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	67	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	42	35	- 35
Diphtheria	72	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	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

Zimbabwe

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.