GAMBIA VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,618	3	1,007	+ 1,612
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,201	1	1,340	+ 860
Lung Disease	3	1,248	19	206	+ 1,042
Stroke	4	1,228	4	802	+ 426
Kidney Disease	5	730	16	266	+ 464
Lung Cancers	6	538	38	34	+ 504
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	480	52	11	+ 469
Breast Cancer	8	379	40	26	+ 353
Diabetes Mellitus	9	367	15	290	+ 77
Road Traffic Accidents	10	338	6	695	- 357
Hypertension	11	311	22	172	+ 139
Other Injuries	12	303	21	194	+ 109
Inflammatory/Heart	13	295	32	59	+ 236
Pancreas Cancer	14	247	53	6	+ 242
Prostate Cancer	15	242	43	21	+ 221
Liver Disease	16	216	14	323	- 107
Endocrine Disorders	17	214	17	230	- 16
Suicide	18	201	25	113	+ 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	201	28	89	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	20	189	47	14	+ 176
Other Neoplasms	21	173	57	3	+ 170
Skin Disease	22	170	44	19	+ 152
Violence	23	146	20	195	- 49
Lymphomas	24	145	51	12	+ 134
Cervical Cancer	25	133	23	145	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	26	130	11	383	- 253
Leukemia	27	118	59	2	+ 115
Low Birth Weight	28	117	8	662	- 544
Oesophagus Cancer	29	110	54	5	+ 105
Liver Cancer	30	110	12	377	- 267
Bladder Cancer	31	90	56	4	+ 86
HIV/AIDS	32	80	2	1,125	- 1,045
Ovary Cancer	33	70	61	2	+ 68
Skin Cancers	34	58	68	0	+ 57
Oral Cancer	35	58	71	0	+ 57
Parkinson's Disease	36	52	37	34	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	37	51	66	1	+ 50
Malnutrition	38	50	26	110	- 60
Drug Use	39	44	39	28	+ 16
Anemia	40	37	83	0	+ 37
Tuberculosis	41	35	10	445	- 410
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	31	9	626	- 595
Falls	43	27	29	83	- 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	26	33	56	- 30
Chagas disease	45	24	77	0	+ 24
Alcohol	46	24	50	12	+ 12
Asthma	47	22	24	134	- 112
Drownings	48	20	30	69	- 48
Birth Trauma	49	20	5	754	- 734
Epilepsy	50	18	35	43	- 25
Meningitis	51	17	18	229	- 212
Fires	52	15	31	67	- 52
Maternal Conditions	53	15	13	345	- 330
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	13	62	2	+ 11
Poisonings	55	10	36	42	- 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	7	41	24	- 16
Hepatitis C	57	6	65	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	58	3	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	4	55	5	- 1
Schizophrenia	61	3	85	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	62	3	46	14	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	3	80	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	64	1	48	14	- 13
Syphilis	65	1	34	55	- 54
Oral conditions	66	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	1	27	99	- 98
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	+ 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	23	- 23
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Argentina

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.