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Gabon
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Gabon and Turkmenistan 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.

Turkmenistan
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Gabon Population Pyramid
3,809,049
Turkmenistan Population Pyramid
7,949,276
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
       
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
 
51.2
58.3
54.6
86
73
79
1970
45.5
48.7
47.0
134
133
135
 
54.9
62.1
58.4
92
83
87
1980
53.5
56.7
55.1
126
123
126
 
57.5
64.6
61.0
109
92
98
1990
59.4
62.6
60.9
124
127
126
 
59.2
67.1
63.0
126
110
115
2000
59.5
60.7
60.1
130
136
133
 
59.9
67.9
63.8
129
119
122
2010
62.4
62.1
62.3
133
150
141
 
61.7
70.1
65.8
138
121
130
2019
63.6
69.7
66.5
143
134
138
 
66.5
73.0
69.7
129
117
122
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.6
69.7
143
134
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age
63.6
69.7
143
134
66.5
73.0
129
117
Age 5
66.6
72.5
153
137
70.0
75.9
122
108
Age 10
67.0
72.8
155
136
70.2
76.0
123
109
Age 15
67.4
73.1
155
137
70.3
76.1
125
109
Age 20
67.8
73.3
155
137
70.5
76.3
124
108
Age 25
68.3
73.6
156
137
70.8
76.6
126
107
Age 30
68.8
74.0
158
137
71.1
76.8
129
107
Age 35
69.3
74.5
159
137
71.6
77.0
129
108
Age 40
70.0
75.2
161
136
72.3
77.3
126
107
Age 45
70.8
76.0
163
133
73.1
77.7
125
106
Age 50
72.0
77.0
163
127
74.2
78.2
122
106
Age 55
73.4
78.1
164
122
75.5
78.9
117
106
Age 60
75.2
79.3
163
117
77.1
80.1
112
103
Age 65
77.3
80.7
165
114
79.1
81.3
107
103
Age 70
79.7
82.3
164
115
82.0
83.4
75
97
Age 75
82.6
84.4
162
120
85.2
86.2
56
64
Age 80
85.7
86.9
157
129
88.1
89.3
37
34
Age 85
89.2
90.0
154
138
91.9
92.2
2
8
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Tuberculosis
113.96
4
11.87
63
2. Coronary Heart Disease
107.54
94
278.65
13
3. Stroke
94.08
79
125.89
33
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
73.73
46
17.71
123
5. Diabetes Mellitus
64.41
22
16.10
118
6. HIV/AIDS
60.61
20
52.75
21
7. Hypertension
44.80
19
13.37
113
8. Kidney Disease
37.95
27
14.39
123
9. Liver Disease
35.26
43
41.99
22
10. Malaria
28.76
32
0.00
176
11. Road Traffic Accidents
28.47
53
15.37
94
12. Lung Disease
23.69
84
8.70
171
13. Diarrhoeal diseases
21.09
57
5.08
80
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.55
40
14.19
141
15. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
3.71
171
16. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
9.80
85
17. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
16.34
99
18. Suicide
13.11
40
6.07
127
19. Violence
9.80
53
3.13
111
20. Other Injuries
9.28
73
5.68
121
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8.92
37
13.50
14
22. Low Birth Weight
8.92
45
11.05
27
23. Asthma
8.68
69
1.08
130
24. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
9.52
107
25. Falls
7.99
51
1.94
174
26. Maternal Conditions
6.80
41
0.07
156
27. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
4.10
57
28. Endocrine Disorders
6.74
42
2.31
140
29. Birth Trauma
6.57
52
8.81
37
30. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
72
8.77
21
31. Malnutrition
6.07
45
0.14
147
32. Meningitis
5.91
44
0.89
86
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.55
33
3.02
142
34. Measles
4.14
17
0.00
177
35. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
3.48
127
36. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
6.40
67
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
4.31
159
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.48
76
2.22
100
39. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
1.79
107
40. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
2.44
85
41. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
1.38
125
42. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
9.55
12
43. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
10.51
38
44. Fires
2.62
62
2.02
73
45. Lymphomas
2.32
166
2.62
158
46. Pertussis
2.32
36
0.05
111
47. Drug Use
2.27
40
0.84
129
48. Epilepsy
2.20
54
1.64
88
49. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
3.11
107
50. Skin Disease
2.01
65
0.22
167
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
1,819
13.74
595
1.74
2. HIV/AIDS
1,128
8.52
3,008
8.78
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,019
7.70
9,941
29.02
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
966
7.30
1,137
3.32
5. Stroke
896
6.77
4,771
13.93
6. Diabetes Mellitus
643
4.86
694
2.03
7. Malaria
540
4.08
0
0.00
8. Road Traffic Accidents
518
3.91
800
2.34
9. Low Birth Weight
494
3.73
1,161
3.39
10. Liver Disease
416
3.14
2,018
5.89
11. Hypertension
412
3.11
478
1.40
12. Kidney Disease
384
2.90
633
1.85
13. Birth Trauma
362
2.73
912
2.66
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
318
2.40
350
1.02
15. Congenital Anomalies
285
2.15
768
2.24
16. Lung Disease
215
1.62
318
0.93
17. Violence
184
1.39
169
0.49
18. Suicide
183
1.38
337
0.98
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
152
1.15
441
1.29
20. Measles
146
1.10
0
0.00
21. Maternal Conditions
145
1.10
4
0.01
22. Other Injuries
140
1.06
336
0.98
23. Meningitis
113
0.85
63
0.18
24. Inflammatory/Heart
101
0.76
663
1.94
25. Endocrine Disorders
98
0.74
141
0.41
26. Cervical Cancer
96
0.73
250
0.73
27. Breast Cancer
92
0.70
417
1.22
28. Asthma
90
0.68
44
0.13
29. Lung Cancers
87
0.66
417
1.22
30. Falls
84
0.63
103
0.30
31. Pertussis
81
0.61
3
0.01
32. Prostate Cancer
80
0.60
60
0.18
33. Malnutrition
78
0.59
8
0.02
34. Oral Cancer
69
0.52
181
0.53
35. Liver Cancer
53
0.40
279
0.81
36. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.36
96
0.28
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
43
0.32
177
0.52
38. Drownings
42
0.32
153
0.45
39. Fires
39
0.29
122
0.36
40. Epilepsy
37
0.28
99
0.29
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
36
0.27
103
0.30
42. Trypanosomiasis
35
0.26
0
0.00
43. Oesophagus Cancer
35
0.26
392
1.14
44. Bladder Cancer
35
0.26
69
0.20
45. Skin Cancers
34
0.26
54
0.16
46. Drug Use
34
0.26
46
0.13
47. Syphilis
33
0.25
0
0.00
48. Stomach Cancer
32
0.24
443
1.29
49. Lymphomas
32
0.24
131
0.38
50. Poisonings
28
0.21
37
0.11
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gabon GABON   Turkmenistan TURKMENISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.47
61
3.71
171
2. Cervical Cancer
14.89
56
9.80
85
3. Breast Cancer
13.28
131
16.34
99
4. Lung Cancers
8.18
114
9.52
107
5. Oral Cancer
6.76
19
4.10
57
6. Ovary Cancer
4.13
101
3.48
127
7. Liver Cancer
3.71
143
6.40
67
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.54
174
4.31
159
9. Bladder Cancer
3.39
46
1.79
107
10. Uterin Cancer
3.26
45
2.44
85
11. Skin Cancers
3.19
24
1.38
125
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.91
76
9.55
12
13. Stomach Cancer
2.73
165
10.51
38
14. Lymphomas
2.32
166
2.62
158
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.05
140
3.11
107
16. Leukemia
1.42
162
2.47
142
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.