GAMBIA VS ALBANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALBANIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,144	3	1,007	+ 6,138
Stroke	2	7,139	4	802	+ 6,336
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,484	28	89	+ 1,395
Lung Cancers	4	833	38	34	+ 800
Lung Disease	5	712	19	206	+ 506
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	515	1	1,340	- 826
Stomach Cancer	7	401	47	14	+ 387
Inflammatory/Heart	8	378	32	59	+ 318
Liver Cancer	9	352	12	377	- 25
Hypertension	10	345	22	172	+ 173
Kidney Disease	11	324	16	266	+ 58
Liver Disease	12	305	14	323	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	13	299	37	34	+ 265
Road Traffic Accidents	14	274	6	695	- 422
Bladder Cancer	15	268	56	4	+ 263
Prostate Cancer	16	252	43	21	+ 232
Breast Cancer	17	186	40	26	+ 160
Pancreas Cancer	18	182	53	6	+ 177
Diabetes Mellitus	19	169	15	290	- 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	160	52	11	+ 149
Asthma	21	156	24	134	+ 22
Leukemia	22	107	59	2	+ 104
Falls	23	101	29	83	+ 19
Suicide	24	101	25	113	- 11
Low Birth Weight	25	86	8	662	- 575
Other Injuries	26	86	21	194	- 109
Violence	27	83	20	195	- 112
Congenital Anomalies	28	83	11	383	- 300
Endocrine Disorders	29	74	17	230	- 156
Oral Cancer	30	73	71	0	+ 72
Lymphomas	31	56	51	12	+ 44
Skin Cancers	32	52	68	0	+ 51
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	46	33	56	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	34	42	54	5	+ 36
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	41	41	24	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	36	39	23	145	- 106
Epilepsy	37	36	35	43	- 7
Uterin Cancer	38	34	66	1	+ 33
Ovary Cancer	39	32	61	2	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	40	31	58	3	+ 29
Birth Trauma	41	26	5	754	- 728
HIV/AIDS	42	21	2	1,125	- 1,104
Drownings	43	21	30	69	- 48
Drug Use	44	20	39	28	- 7
Fires	45	16	31	67	- 51
Encephalitis	46	16	48	14	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	47	16	57	3	+ 13
Alcohol	48	15	50	12	+ 3
Meningitis	49	11	18	229	- 218
Upper Respiratory	50	10	64	2	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	9	62	2	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	52	8	9	626	- 618
Poisonings	53	7	36	42	- 35
Tuberculosis	54	7	10	445	- 438
Skin Disease	55	5	44	19	- 14
Appendicitis	56	4	55	5	- 0
Tetanus	57	2	45	18	- 16
Malnutrition	58	2	26	110	- 108
Maternal Conditions	59	2	13	345	- 344
Pertussis	60	1	27	99	- 98
Leishmaniasis	61	1	60	2	- 2
Syphilis	62	1	34	55	- 54
Hepatitis B	63	0	46	14	- 13
War	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	65	0	49	13	- 13
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	70	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Albania

Gambia

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.