GAMBIA VS BAHRAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHRAIN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,564	3	1,007	+ 557
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,200	15	290	+ 910
Stroke	3	464	4	802	- 339
Kidney Disease	4	314	16	266	+ 48
Liver Disease	5	254	14	323	- 69
Endocrine Disorders	6	247	17	230	+ 17
Suicide	7	234	25	113	+ 122
Lung Disease	8	210	19	206	+ 4
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	168	1	1,340	- 1,172
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	155	28	89	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	11	137	6	695	- 558
Lung Cancers	12	133	38	34	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	120	52	11	+ 109
Breast Cancer	14	111	40	26	+ 85
Congenital Anomalies	15	103	11	383	- 280
Low Birth Weight	16	91	8	662	- 571
Other Injuries	17	89	21	194	- 105
Falls	18	76	29	83	- 7
Lymphomas	19	67	51	12	+ 55
Leukemia	20	66	59	2	+ 64
Skin Disease	21	66	44	19	+ 48
Hypertension	22	66	22	172	- 107
Inflammatory/Heart	23	65	32	59	+ 6
Asthma	24	57	24	134	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	25	51	53	6	+ 46
Liver Cancer	26	48	12	377	- 329
Stomach Cancer	27	46	47	14	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	28	43	56	4	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	29	42	61	2	+ 40
Parkinson's Disease	30	41	37	34	+ 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	40	33	56	- 16
Epilepsy	32	40	35	43	- 3
Fires	33	39	31	67	- 28
Drownings	34	36	30	69	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	27	9	626	- 598
Oral Cancer	36	25	71	0	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	37	24	43	21	+ 4
Drug Use	38	24	39	28	- 4
Cervical Cancer	39	20	23	145	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	40	16	54	5	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	41	24	- 9
Alcohol	42	14	50	12	+ 2
Tuberculosis	43	13	10	445	- 432
Uterin Cancer	44	13	66	1	+ 12
Violence	45	8	20	195	- 187
HIV/AIDS	46	8	2	1,125	- 1,117
Other Neoplasms	47	8	57	3	+ 5
Meningitis	48	8	18	229	- 221
Malnutrition	49	7	26	110	- 102
Birth Trauma	50	7	5	754	- 748
Poisonings	51	7	36	42	- 35
Maternal Conditions	52	7	13	345	- 339
Hepatitis B	53	6	46	14	- 8
Encephalitis	54	5	48	14	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	4	62	2	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	56	4	58	3	+ 1
Appendicitis	57	4	55	5	- 1
Syphilis	58	3	34	55	- 52
Skin Cancers	59	2	68	0	+ 1
Pertussis	60	1	27	99	- 98
Tetanus	61	0	45	18	- 18
War	62	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Bahrain

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.