GAMBIA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,031	3	1,007	+ 1,025
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,469	28	89	+ 1,380
Stroke	3	974	4	802	+ 172
Lung Cancers	4	827	38	34	+ 793
Lung Disease	5	800	19	206	+ 594
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	585	52	11	+ 575
Diabetes Mellitus	7	421	15	290	+ 132
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	419	1	1,340	- 921
Prostate Cancer	9	355	43	21	+ 334
Breast Cancer	10	321	40	26	+ 295
Suicide	11	297	25	113	+ 184
Kidney Disease	12	296	16	266	+ 30
Pancreas Cancer	13	294	53	6	+ 288
Falls	14	294	29	83	+ 211
Lymphomas	15	286	51	12	+ 275
Endocrine Disorders	16	219	17	230	- 10
Skin Cancers	17	219	68	0	+ 218
Leukemia	18	200	59	2	+ 198
Parkinson's Disease	19	192	37	34	+ 158
Liver Cancer	20	192	12	377	- 185
Drug Use	21	168	39	28	+ 140
Other Injuries	22	155	21	194	- 39
Hypertension	23	154	22	172	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	24	148	32	59	+ 89
Oesophagus Cancer	25	141	54	5	+ 135
Liver Disease	26	134	14	323	- 189
Stomach Cancer	27	121	47	14	+ 108
Other Neoplasms	28	118	57	3	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	29	117	6	695	- 578
Bladder Cancer	30	112	56	4	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	31	95	61	2	+ 92
Oral Cancer	32	92	71	0	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	33	67	11	383	- 316
Skin Disease	34	56	44	19	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	35	49	66	1	+ 48
Asthma	36	43	24	134	- 91
Alcohol	37	36	50	12	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	36	41	24	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	39	32	23	145	- 113
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	28	9	626	- 598
Epilepsy	41	27	35	43	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	26	33	56	- 30
Low Birth Weight	43	23	8	662	- 638
Violence	44	23	20	195	- 172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	22	62	2	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	46	18	58	3	+ 15
Drownings	47	17	30	69	- 52
Hepatitis C	48	16	65	1	+ 15
Anemia	49	15	83	0	+ 15
Birth Trauma	50	13	5	754	- 741
Malnutrition	51	11	26	110	- 99
Osteoarthritis	52	11	81	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	80	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	54	6	85	0	+ 6
Fires	55	5	31	67	- 61
Tuberculosis	56	5	10	445	- 440
HIV/AIDS	57	5	2	1,125	- 1,120
Hepatitis B	58	4	46	14	- 10
Oral conditions	59	4	82	0	+ 4
Meningitis	60	4	18	229	- 225
Poisonings	61	3	36	42	- 39
Appendicitis	62	2	55	5	- 2
Maternal Conditions	63	2	13	345	- 343
Upper Respiratory	64	2	64	2	+ 0
War	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	0	34	55	- 54
Encephalitis	68	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	70	0	45	18	- 18
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	82	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Australia

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.