GAMBIA VS ARMENIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARMENIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,545	3	1,007	+ 6,539
Stroke	2	1,798	4	802	+ 996
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,029	1	1,340	- 311
Lung Cancers	4	873	38	34	+ 839
Lung Disease	5	706	19	206	+ 500
Hypertension	6	655	22	172	+ 483
Diabetes Mellitus	7	605	15	290	+ 315
Liver Disease	8	531	14	323	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	9	500	6	695	- 195
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	398	52	11	+ 387
Kidney Disease	11	396	16	266	+ 130
Stomach Cancer	12	380	47	14	+ 366
Breast Cancer	13	376	40	26	+ 350
Liver Cancer	14	307	12	377	- 70
Pancreas Cancer	15	304	53	6	+ 298
Congenital Anomalies	16	239	11	383	- 144
Other Injuries	17	223	21	194	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	18	199	33	56	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	19	187	43	21	+ 167
Bladder Cancer	20	151	56	4	+ 147
Inflammatory/Heart	21	147	32	59	+ 88
Leukemia	22	115	59	2	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	23	110	8	662	- 552
Uterin Cancer	24	103	66	1	+ 102
Violence	25	95	20	195	- 100
Lymphomas	26	90	51	12	+ 79
Cervical Cancer	27	84	23	145	- 61
Suicide	28	83	25	113	- 29
Ovary Cancer	29	77	61	2	+ 75
Rheumatic Heart Disease	30	57	41	24	+ 33
Hepatitis C	31	55	65	1	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	32	54	2	1,125	- 1,071
Oral Cancer	33	51	71	0	+ 51
Skin Cancers	34	48	68	0	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	35	44	17	230	- 186
Oesophagus Cancer	36	43	54	5	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	37	37	57	3	+ 34
Tuberculosis	38	37	10	445	- 408
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	34	28	89	- 55
Falls	40	32	29	83	- 51
Drug Use	41	30	39	28	+ 2
Birth Trauma	42	29	5	754	- 725
Skin Disease	43	23	44	19	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	44	23	80	0	+ 23
Drownings	45	18	30	69	- 51
Poisonings	46	17	36	42	- 25
Fires	47	11	31	67	- 55
Parkinson's Disease	48	10	37	34	- 24
Asthma	49	8	24	134	- 126
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	8	9	626	- 618
Hepatitis B	51	8	46	14	- 6
Epilepsy	52	8	35	43	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	53	7	58	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	7	62	2	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	55	7	13	345	- 338
Meningitis	56	6	18	229	- 223
Encephalitis	57	4	48	14	- 9
Anemia	58	4	83	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	4	55	5	- 1
Osteoarthritis	60	3	81	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	61	3	85	0	+ 3
Alcohol	62	3	50	12	- 9
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	66	1	26	110	- 109
Leishmaniasis	67	1	60	2	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	68	1	84	0	+ 1
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	27	99	- 99
Ascariasis	72	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	49	13	- 13
Syphilis	75	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	76	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	45	18	- 18
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	85	0	7	674	- 674
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Armenia

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.