GAMBIA VS AUSTRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,963	3	1,007	+ 3,956
Stroke	2	1,466	4	802	+ 663
Lung Cancers	3	1,186	38	34	+ 1,153
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	1,175	28	89	+ 1,086
Lung Disease	5	1,156	19	206	+ 950
Hypertension	6	1,013	22	172	+ 841
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	654	52	11	+ 643
Kidney Disease	8	632	16	266	+ 367
Diabetes Mellitus	9	589	15	290	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	10	535	53	6	+ 529
Breast Cancer	11	522	40	26	+ 496
Other Injuries	12	478	21	194	+ 284
Influenza and Pneumonia	13	440	1	1,340	- 900
Inflammatory/Heart	14	426	32	59	+ 367
Prostate Cancer	15	422	43	21	+ 402
Liver Disease	16	384	14	323	+ 61
Suicide	17	368	25	113	+ 255
Lymphomas	18	328	51	12	+ 317
Parkinson's Disease	19	310	37	34	+ 276
Endocrine Disorders	20	303	17	230	+ 73
Falls	21	276	29	83	+ 193
Liver Cancer	22	259	12	377	- 118
Leukemia	23	247	59	2	+ 245
Stomach Cancer	24	230	47	14	+ 216
Other Neoplasms	25	229	57	3	+ 226
Bladder Cancer	26	174	56	4	+ 169
Oral Cancer	27	173	71	0	+ 173
Skin Cancers	28	164	68	0	+ 164
Alcohol	29	151	50	12	+ 139
Ovary Cancer	30	144	61	2	+ 142
Road Traffic Accidents	31	123	6	695	- 573
Oesophagus Cancer	32	114	54	5	+ 109
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	107	41	24	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	34	92	11	383	- 291
Uterin Cancer	35	77	66	1	+ 76
Epilepsy	36	62	35	43	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	37	58	23	145	- 87
Multiple Sclerosis	38	48	58	3	+ 45
Drug Use	39	45	39	28	+ 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	43	9	626	- 583
Hepatitis C	41	41	65	1	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	40	33	56	- 17
Skin Disease	43	28	44	19	+ 9
Anemia	44	28	83	0	+ 28
Asthma	45	23	24	134	- 111
Malnutrition	46	20	26	110	- 90
Violence	47	13	20	195	- 182
Drownings	48	12	30	69	- 57
HIV/AIDS	49	12	2	1,125	- 1,113
Tuberculosis	50	11	10	445	- 434
Low Birth Weight	51	11	8	662	- 650
Fires	52	10	31	67	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	10	62	2	+ 8
Birth Trauma	54	10	5	754	- 745
Upper Respiratory	55	7	64	2	+ 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Osteoarthritis	57	6	81	0	+ 6
Meningitis	58	6	18	229	- 223
Appendicitis	59	4	55	5	- 0
Poisonings	60	4	36	42	- 38
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	62	2	46	14	- 11
Schizophrenia	63	1	85	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	345	- 344
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	34	55	- 54
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	68	0	48	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	69	0	60	2	- 2
Pertussis	70	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	72	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	73	0	49	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Austria

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.