GAMBIA VS BANGLADESH: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BANGLADESH		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,007	4	802	+ 1,204
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,623	3	1,007	+ 617
Lung Disease	3	684	19	206	+ 478
Tuberculosis	4	556	10	445	+ 111
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	540	9	626	- 86
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	443	1	1,340	- 898
Diabetes Mellitus	7	433	15	290	+ 144
Road Traffic Accidents	8	374	6	695	- 321
Liver Disease	9	314	14	323	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	10	292	54	5	+ 287
Low Birth Weight	11	261	8	662	- 401
Oral Cancer	12	232	71	0	+ 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	224	28	89	+ 135
Hypertension	14	221	22	172	+ 49
Birth Trauma	15	200	5	754	- 554
Lung Cancers	16	182	38	34	+ 149
Kidney Disease	17	162	16	266	- 103
Congenital Anomalies	18	151	11	383	- 232
Measles	19	135	49	13	+ 121
Asthma	20	133	24	134	- 1
Other Injuries	21	114	21	194	- 80
Drownings	22	106	30	69	+ 37
Breast Cancer	23	102	40	26	+ 76
Stomach Cancer	24	102	47	14	+ 88
Suicide	25	90	25	113	- 23
Cervical Cancer	26	77	23	145	- 68
Violence	27	69	20	195	- 126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	68	52	11	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	29	59	13	345	- 287
Parkinson's Disease	30	57	37	34	+ 22
Falls	31	50	29	83	- 33
Drug Use	32	44	39	28	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	44	41	24	+ 20
Liver Cancer	34	43	12	377	- 334
Lymphomas	35	40	51	12	+ 28
Malnutrition	36	36	26	110	- 73
Ovary Cancer	37	33	61	2	+ 31
Meningitis	38	31	18	229	- 197
Pertussis	39	30	27	99	- 69
Leukemia	40	28	59	2	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	41	25	43	21	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	42	22	32	59	- 37
Pancreas Cancer	43	21	53	6	+ 16
Epilepsy	44	20	35	43	- 23
Endocrine Disorders	45	20	17	230	- 210
Fires	46	19	31	67	- 48
Appendicitis	47	19	55	5	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	19	33	56	- 38
Syphilis	49	18	34	55	- 36
Skin Disease	50	17	44	19	- 2
Hepatitis B	51	17	46	14	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	52	15	56	4	+ 10
Skin Cancers	53	13	68	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	12	62	2	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	55	8	2	1,125	- 1,116
Poisonings	56	8	36	42	- 34
Tetanus	57	7	45	18	- 12
Uterin Cancer	58	6	66	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	6	48	14	- 8
Alcohol	60	4	50	12	- 8
Other Neoplasms	61	4	57	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	3	65	1	+ 2
War	63	3	69	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	58	3	- 0
Dengue	65	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	1	60	2	- 1
Malaria	68	1	7	674	- 673
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Bangladesh

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.