GAMBIA VS ANTIGUA/BAR.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ANTIGUA/BAR.		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,107	3	1,007	+ 1,100
Stroke	2	1,793	4	802	+ 990
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,356	15	290	+ 1,066
Hypertension	4	643	22	172	+ 471
Prostate Cancer	5	636	43	21	+ 615
Breast Cancer	6	635	40	26	+ 608
Kidney Disease	7	618	16	266	+ 352
Endocrine Disorders	8	591	17	230	+ 361
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	575	1	1,340	- 765
Other Injuries	10	496	21	194	+ 301
Lung Disease	11	416	19	206	+ 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	382	52	11	+ 371
Skin Disease	13	219	44	19	+ 200
Cervical Cancer	14	216	23	145	+ 71
Stomach Cancer	15	175	47	14	+ 162
Lung Cancers	16	163	38	34	+ 130
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	163	28	89	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	18	150	2	1,125	- 975
Lymphomas	19	148	51	12	+ 137
Uterin Cancer	20	142	66	1	+ 141
Inflammatory/Heart	21	138	32	59	+ 79
Anemia	22	127	83	0	+ 127
Pancreas Cancer	23	125	53	6	+ 119
Leukemia	24	118	59	2	+ 116
Liver Cancer	25	111	12	377	- 266
Congenital Anomalies	26	105	11	383	- 278
Epilepsy	27	87	35	43	+ 44
Liver Disease	28	86	14	323	- 237
Alcohol	29	85	50	12	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	30	82	61	2	+ 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	31	79	80	0	+ 79
Other Neoplasms	32	73	57	3	+ 71
Oral Cancer	33	63	71	0	+ 62
Violence	34	58	20	195	- 137
Drownings	35	58	30	69	- 11
Asthma	36	47	24	134	- 87
Low Birth Weight	37	41	8	662	- 620
Malnutrition	38	33	26	110	- 77
Appendicitis	39	32	55	5	+ 27
Drug Use	40	31	39	28	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	41	27	56	4	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	42	25	37	34	- 9
Skin Cancers	43	25	68	0	+ 25
Birth Trauma	44	24	5	754	- 731
Schizophrenia	45	23	85	0	+ 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	20	9	626	- 605
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	20	33	56	- 36
Poisonings	48	18	36	42	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	41	24	- 9
Tuberculosis	50	13	10	445	- 432
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	11	62	2	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	52	11	13	345	- 335
Meningitis	53	10	18	229	- 219
Suicide	54	9	25	113	- 103
Otitis Media	55	7	72	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	7	58	3	+ 4
Fires	57	4	31	67	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	58	3	54	5	- 3
War	59	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	60	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	61	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	62	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	63	0	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	64	0	27	99	- 99
Measles	65	0	49	13	- 13
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	67	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	68	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	71	0	64	2	- 2
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Encephalitis	73	0	48	14	- 14
Hepatitis B	74	0	46	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Road Traffic Accidents	81	0	6	695	- 695
Falls	82	0	29	83	- 83
Oral conditions	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Antigua/Bar.

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.