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Gabon
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
GABON VS BAHAMAS

Compare Gabon and Bahamas health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Bahamas
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
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Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
38.3
41.5
39.9
150
143
148
  
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
1970
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
  
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
1980
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
  
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
1990
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
  
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
2000
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
  
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
2010
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
  
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
2019
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
  
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.6
69.7
143
134
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age
63.6
69.7
143
134
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age 5
66.6
72.5
153
137
70.7
77.4
115
94
Age 10
67.0
72.8
155
136
70.8
77.5
115
94
Age 15
67.4
73.1
155
137
70.9
77.6
114
94
Age 20
67.8
73.3
155
137
71.3
77.8
113
93
Age 25
68.3
73.6
156
137
71.9
78.0
110
93
Age 30
68.8
74.0
158
137
72.6
78.4
102
92
Age 35
69.3
74.5
159
137
73.5
78.8
97
91
Age 40
70.0
75.2
161
136
74.4
79.3
90
86
Age 45
70.8
76.0
163
133
75.4
79.9
85
82
Age 50
72.0
77.0
163
127
76.5
80.6
80
75
Age 55
73.4
78.1
164
122
77.7
81.4
77
71
Age 60
75.2
79.3
163
117
79.1
82.4
70
66
Age 65
77.3
80.7
165
114
80.8
83.6
67
61
Age 70
79.7
82.3
164
115
82.8
85.0
61
57
Age 75
82.6
84.4
162
120
85.0
86.6
61
56
Age 80
85.7
86.9
157
129
87.5
88.7
56
52
Age 85
89.2
90.0
154
138
90.2
91.3
64
38
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Tuberculosis
113.96
4
0.08
180
2. Coronary Heart Disease
107.54
94
89.11
124
3. Stroke
94.08
79
60.37
118
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
73.73
46
27.39
90
5. Diabetes Mellitus
64.41
22
40.27
61
6. HIV/AIDS
60.61
20
32.20
32
7. Hypertension
44.80
19
53.15
10
8. Kidney Disease
37.95
27
30.95
52
9. Liver Disease
35.26
43
16.20
103
10. Malaria
28.76
32
0.00
79
11. Road Traffic Accidents
28.47
53
7.42
134
12. Lung Disease
23.69
84
9.23
170
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
21.09
57
1.45
115
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.55
40
16.83
110
15. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
44.70
10
16. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
8.93
90
17. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
30.82
10
18. Suicide
13.11
40
3.37
159
19. Violence
9.80
53
36.36
10
20. Other Injuries
9.28
73
16.64
13
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8.92
37
11.79
20
22. Low Birth Weight
8.92
45
3.70
109
23. Asthma
8.68
69
2.16
112
24. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
7.39
119
25. Falls
7.99
51
4.97
103
26. Maternal Conditions
6.80
41
1.63
75
27. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
0.83
179
28. Endocrine Disorders
6.74
42
16.00
7
29. Birth Trauma
6.57
52
1.47
107
30. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
72
4.13
133
31. Malnutrition
6.07
45
1.19
94
32. Meningitis
5.91
44
0.61
105
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.55
33
4.97
49
34. Measles
4.14
17
0.00
105
35. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
4.61
82
36. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
3.07
163
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
11.03
61
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
76
2.69
90
39. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
0.62
174
40. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
6.41
9
41. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
0.23
173
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
2.12
105
43. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
4.71
120
44. Fires
2.62
62
2.66
59
45. Lymphomas
2.32
166
6.37
30
46. Pertussis
2.32
36
0.00
156
47. Drug Use
2.27
40
0.62
149
48. Epilepsy
2.20
54
1.91
73
49. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
2.66
125
50. Skin Disease
2.01
65
7.42
9
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
1,819
13.74
0
0.00
2. HIV/AIDS
1,128
8.52
134
5.72
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,019
7.70
334
14.26
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
966
7.30
98
4.18
5. Stroke
896
6.77
224
9.56
6. Diabetes Mellitus
643
4.86
154
6.58
7. Malaria
540
4.08
0
0.00
8. Road Traffic Accidents
518
3.91
30
1.28
9. Low Birth Weight
494
3.73
16
0.68
10. Liver Disease
416
3.14
67
2.86
11. Hypertension
412
3.11
198
8.45
12. Kidney Disease
384
2.90
120
5.12
13. Birth Trauma
362
2.73
6
0.26
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
318
2.40
5
0.21
15. Congenital Anomalies
285
2.15
16
0.68
16. Lung Disease
215
1.62
33
1.41
17. Violence
184
1.39
148
6.32
18. Suicide
183
1.38
14
0.60
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
152
1.15
53
2.26
20. Measles
146
1.10
0
0.00
21. Maternal Conditions
145
1.10
6
0.26
22. Other Injuries
140
1.06
67
2.86
23. Meningitis
113
0.85
2
0.09
24. Inflammatory/Heart
101
0.76
47
2.01
25. Endocrine Disorders
98
0.74
62
2.65
26. Cervical Cancer
96
0.73
21
0.90
27. Breast Cancer
92
0.70
69
2.95
28. Asthma
90
0.68
9
0.38
29. Lung Cancers
87
0.66
29
1.24
30. Falls
84
0.63
18
0.77
31. Pertussis
81
0.61
0
0.00
32. Prostate Cancer
80
0.60
65
2.78
33. Malnutrition
78
0.59
4
0.17
34. Oral Cancer
69
0.52
3
0.13
35. Liver Cancer
53
0.40
12
0.51
36. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.36
17
0.73
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
43
0.32
42
1.79
38. Drownings
42
0.32
26
1.11
39. Fires
39
0.29
10
0.43
40. Epilepsy
37
0.28
8
0.34
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
36
0.27
10
0.43
42. Trypanosomiasis
35
0.26
0
0.00
43. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.26
9
0.38
44. Bladder Cancer
35
0.26
2
0.09
45. Skin Cancers
34
0.26
1
0.04
46. Drug Use
34
0.26
2
0.09
47. Syphilis
33
0.25
0
0.00
48. Stomach Cancer
32
0.24
18
0.77
49. Lymphomas
32
0.24
25
1.07
50. Poisonings
28
0.21
1
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
44.70
10
2. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
8.93
90
3. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
30.82
10
4. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
7.39
119
5. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
0.83
179
6. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
4.61
82
7. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
3.07
163
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
11.03
61
9. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
0.62
174
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
6.41
9
11. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
0.23
173
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
2.12
105
13. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
4.71
120
14. Lymphomas
2.32
166
6.37
30
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
2.66
125
16. Leukemia
1.42
162
2.45
143
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.