GAMBIA VS ANGOLA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANGOLA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,689	1	1,340	+ 349
Tuberculosis	2	1,152	10	445	+ 707
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,034	9	626	+ 408
Malaria	4	923	7	674	+ 249
Birth Trauma	5	881	5	754	+ 126
HIV/AIDS	6	869	2	1,125	- 256
Low Birth Weight	7	759	8	662	+ 97
Stroke	8	725	4	802	- 77
Coronary Heart Disease	9	680	3	1,007	- 327
Road Traffic Accidents	10	564	6	695	- 131
Congenital Anomalies	11	502	11	383	+ 119
Liver Disease	12	414	14	323	+ 91
Diabetes Mellitus	13	299	15	290	+ 10
Pertussis	14	285	27	99	+ 186
Hypertension	15	249	22	172	+ 77
Meningitis	16	242	18	229	+ 13
Malnutrition	17	238	26	110	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	18	222	13	345	- 124
Violence	19	199	20	195	+ 4
Kidney Disease	20	186	16	266	- 79
Other Injuries	21	182	21	194	- 12
Lung Disease	22	166	19	206	- 40
Suicide	23	131	25	113	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	24	131	23	145	- 14
Asthma	25	114	24	134	- 20
Drownings	26	108	30	69	+ 40
Syphilis	27	89	34	55	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	28	89	32	59	+ 29
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	81	28	89	- 8
Falls	30	78	29	83	- 5
Breast Cancer	31	77	40	26	+ 51
Endocrine Disorders	32	76	17	230	- 154
Prostate Cancer	33	73	43	21	+ 52
Fires	34	57	31	67	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	46	33	56	- 10
Epilepsy	36	44	35	43	+ 1
Poisonings	37	43	36	42	+ 1
Lymphomas	38	41	51	12	+ 30
Liver Cancer	39	39	12	377	- 338
Tetanus	40	35	45	18	+ 16
Oral Cancer	41	34	71	0	+ 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	42	32	52	11	+ 22
Skin Cancers	43	32	68	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	30	41	24	+ 6
Lung Cancers	45	27	38	34	- 6
Leukemia	46	24	59	2	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	47	24	47	14	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	48	21	54	5	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	49	20	37	34	- 14
Skin Disease	50	15	44	19	- 3
Alcohol	51	15	50	12	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	52	15	42	23	- 8
Ovary Cancer	53	14	61	2	+ 12
Appendicitis	54	14	55	5	+ 9
Drug Use	55	14	39	28	- 14
Encephalitis	56	13	48	14	- 1
Leishmaniasis	57	11	60	2	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	58	11	56	4	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	59	10	53	6	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	60	9	64	2	+ 7
Hepatitis B	61	8	46	14	- 6
Diphtheria	62	8	67	0	+ 7
Measles	63	6	49	13	- 7
Uterin Cancer	64	5	66	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	62	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	3	63	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	67	3	57	3	- 0
War	68	2	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	58	3	- 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	65	1	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Angola

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.