GAMBIA VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,190	4	802	+ 2,387
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,968	3	1,007	+ 1,961
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,157	15	290	+ 1,867
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,835	1	1,340	+ 495
Prostate Cancer	5	1,369	43	21	+ 1,349
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	954	52	11	+ 944
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	946	28	89	+ 858
Breast Cancer	8	789	40	26	+ 762
Endocrine Disorders	9	774	17	230	+ 544
Kidney Disease	10	766	16	266	+ 500
Other Injuries	11	651	21	194	+ 457
Lung Disease	12	613	19	206	+ 407
Hypertension	13	597	22	172	+ 425
Skin Disease	14	518	44	19	+ 499
Lymphomas	15	421	51	12	+ 410
Lung Cancers	16	354	38	34	+ 320
Inflammatory/Heart	17	324	32	59	+ 264
Pancreas Cancer	18	321	53	6	+ 316
Violence	19	268	20	195	+ 73
Leukemia	20	241	59	2	+ 239
HIV/AIDS	21	234	2	1,125	- 891
Stomach Cancer	22	230	47	14	+ 216
Cervical Cancer	23	229	23	145	+ 84
Other Neoplasms	24	214	57	3	+ 212
Road Traffic Accidents	25	195	6	695	- 501
Liver Disease	26	189	14	323	- 134
Uterin Cancer	27	176	66	1	+ 175
Oral Cancer	28	148	71	0	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	29	148	11	383	- 235
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	144	80	0	+ 144
Parkinson's Disease	31	136	37	34	+ 102
Ovary Cancer	32	129	61	2	+ 127
Liver Cancer	33	119	12	377	- 258
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	118	33	56	+ 61
Asthma	35	108	24	134	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	36	96	54	5	+ 90
Anemia	37	92	83	0	+ 92
Epilepsy	38	78	35	43	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	39	78	56	4	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	57	9	626	- 569
Falls	41	55	29	83	- 28
Low Birth Weight	42	44	8	662	- 618
Birth Trauma	43	43	5	754	- 711
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	39	62	2	+ 37
Meningitis	45	36	18	229	- 193
Alcohol	46	34	50	12	+ 21
Skin Cancers	47	33	68	0	+ 32
Poisonings	48	17	36	42	- 25
Malnutrition	49	16	26	110	- 93
Osteoarthritis	50	16	81	0	+ 16
Suicide	51	15	25	113	- 98
Hepatitis B	52	13	46	14	- 0
Drug Use	53	12	39	28	- 16
Dengue	54	11	73	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	10	41	24	- 14
Maternal Conditions	56	10	13	345	- 336
Drownings	57	9	30	69	- 60
Upper Respiratory	58	9	64	2	+ 7
Schizophrenia	59	9	85	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	60	8	10	445	- 437
Multiple Sclerosis	61	6	58	3	+ 4
Fires	62	5	31	67	- 62
Oral conditions	63	5	82	0	+ 5
Syphilis	64	3	34	55	- 51
Appendicitis	65	3	55	5	- 2
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	67	0	27	99	- 99
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	70	0	45	18	- 18
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Encephalitis	82	0	48	14	- 14
Hepatitis C	83	0	65	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Barbados

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.