GAMBIA VS ARAB EMIRATES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARAB EMIRATES		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,047	3	1,007	+ 41
Stroke	2	503	4	802	- 300
Kidney Disease	3	328	16	266	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	4	303	15	290	+ 14
Hypertension	5	235	22	172	+ 63
Lung Disease	6	229	19	206	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	7	219	6	695	- 476
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	177	1	1,340	- 1,163
Suicide	9	158	25	113	+ 45
Other Injuries	10	131	21	194	- 63
Falls	11	129	29	83	+ 46
Asthma	12	115	24	134	- 19
Drug Use	13	108	39	28	+ 81
Liver Disease	14	105	14	323	- 218
Congenital Anomalies	15	93	11	383	- 290
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	78	52	11	+ 67
Breast Cancer	17	66	40	26	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	18	65	17	230	- 165
Low Birth Weight	19	49	8	662	- 613
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	49	28	89	- 40
Lung Cancers	21	47	38	34	+ 13
Fires	22	45	31	67	- 22
Drownings	23	42	30	69	- 26
Leukemia	24	39	59	2	+ 36
Epilepsy	25	35	35	43	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	26	34	53	6	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	32	41	24	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	28	30	32	59	- 29
Lymphomas	29	29	51	12	+ 18
Stomach Cancer	30	28	47	14	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	31	25	37	34	- 9
Liver Cancer	32	24	12	377	- 353
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	23	9	626	- 603
Skin Cancers	34	19	68	0	+ 19
Violence	35	18	20	195	- 177
Tuberculosis	36	17	10	445	- 428
Birth Trauma	37	16	5	754	- 738
Ovary Cancer	38	16	61	2	+ 14
Bladder Cancer	39	15	56	4	+ 11
Alcohol	40	15	50	12	+ 3
Cervical Cancer	41	14	23	145	- 130
Meningitis	42	13	18	229	- 216
Prostate Cancer	43	13	43	21	- 8
Hepatitis B	44	12	46	14	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	45	11	33	56	- 45
Uterin Cancer	46	11	66	1	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	54	5	+ 4
Poisonings	48	9	36	42	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	49	9	58	3	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	50	9	2	1,125	- 1,116
Tetanus	51	8	45	18	- 10
Oral Cancer	52	8	71	0	+ 8
War	53	7	69	0	+ 7
Encephalitis	54	7	48	14	- 6
Appendicitis	55	3	55	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	56	3	57	3	+ 1
Skin Disease	57	3	44	19	- 15
Pertussis	58	3	27	99	- 96
Maternal Conditions	59	1	13	345	- 344
Malnutrition	60	1	26	110	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	62	2	- 1
Syphilis	62	1	34	55	- 54
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	65	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	49	13	- 13
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Arab Emirates

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.