GAMBIA VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELGIUM		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,219	3	1,007	+ 2,213
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,984	28	89	+ 1,895
Stroke	3	1,561	4	802	+ 758
Lung Cancers	4	1,428	38	34	+ 1,394
Lung Disease	5	1,356	19	206	+ 1,150
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,196	1	1,340	- 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	701	52	11	+ 691
Kidney Disease	8	622	16	266	+ 356
Breast Cancer	9	545	40	26	+ 519
Suicide	10	445	25	113	+ 332
Other Injuries	11	423	21	194	+ 228
Other Neoplasms	12	385	57	3	+ 382
Prostate Cancer	13	384	43	21	+ 364
Pancreas Cancer	14	381	53	6	+ 376
Falls	15	370	29	83	+ 287
Lymphomas	16	327	51	12	+ 315
Liver Disease	17	302	14	323	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	18	302	17	230	+ 72
Parkinson's Disease	19	290	37	34	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	20	267	15	290	- 22
Leukemia	21	253	59	2	+ 250
Bladder Cancer	22	227	56	4	+ 223
Inflammatory/Heart	23	223	32	59	+ 164
Liver Cancer	24	206	12	377	- 171
Oesophagus Cancer	25	189	54	5	+ 184
Stomach Cancer	26	182	47	14	+ 168
Hypertension	27	156	22	172	- 16
Oral Cancer	28	142	71	0	+ 142
Road Traffic Accidents	29	140	6	695	- 555
Ovary Cancer	30	137	61	2	+ 135
Skin Cancers	31	110	68	0	+ 110
Alcohol	32	105	50	12	+ 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	88	9	626	- 538
Uterin Cancer	34	81	66	1	+ 80
Skin Disease	35	80	44	19	+ 61
Epilepsy	36	73	35	43	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	62	41	24	+ 38
Malnutrition	38	61	26	110	- 48
Drug Use	39	61	39	28	+ 33
Congenital Anomalies	40	59	11	383	- 324
Cervical Cancer	41	51	23	145	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	45	33	56	- 12
Anemia	43	42	83	0	+ 42
Violence	44	31	20	195	- 163
Multiple Sclerosis	45	31	58	3	+ 28
Asthma	46	27	24	134	- 107
Drownings	47	17	30	69	- 52
Fires	48	16	31	67	- 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	15	62	2	+ 13
Low Birth Weight	50	15	8	662	- 647
Osteoarthritis	51	12	81	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	52	11	65	1	+ 10
Birth Trauma	53	10	5	754	- 744
Tuberculosis	54	10	10	445	- 435
Poisonings	55	9	36	42	- 33
Schizophrenia	56	8	85	0	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	57	8	2	1,125	- 1,117
Meningitis	58	6	18	229	- 223
Upper Respiratory	59	5	64	2	+ 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	4	80	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	61	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	62	4	55	5	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	3	46	14	- 10
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	345	- 344
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	66	0	48	14	- 13
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	83	0	73	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

Belgium

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.