GAMBIA VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,165	3	1,007	+ 159
Violence	2	885	20	195	+ 690
Diabetes Mellitus	3	853	15	290	+ 563
Stroke	4	770	4	802	- 33
HIV/AIDS	5	723	2	1,125	- 402
Kidney Disease	6	621	16	266	+ 356
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	586	1	1,340	- 754
Road Traffic Accidents	8	534	6	695	- 161
Liver Disease	9	350	14	323	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	10	287	43	21	+ 267
Lung Disease	11	279	19	206	+ 73
Hypertension	12	278	22	172	+ 106
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	272	28	89	+ 183
Other Injuries	14	216	21	194	+ 21
Lung Cancers	15	185	38	34	+ 152
Suicide	16	167	25	113	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	17	167	23	145	+ 22
Drownings	18	145	30	69	+ 76
Liver Cancer	19	144	12	377	- 233
Stomach Cancer	20	141	47	14	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	21	140	11	383	- 243
Endocrine Disorders	22	137	17	230	- 93
Breast Cancer	23	131	40	26	+ 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	121	52	11	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	25	120	8	662	- 542
Inflammatory/Heart	26	109	32	59	+ 50
Falls	27	78	29	83	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	28	67	37	34	+ 32
Malnutrition	29	59	26	110	- 50
Alcohol	30	59	50	12	+ 47
Pancreas Cancer	31	57	53	6	+ 51
Birth Trauma	32	56	5	754	- 698
Tuberculosis	33	53	10	445	- 392
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	53	9	626	- 573
Asthma	35	47	24	134	- 87
Epilepsy	36	47	35	43	+ 3
Skin Disease	37	33	44	19	+ 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	31	33	56	- 25
Leukemia	39	24	59	2	+ 22
Fires	40	22	31	67	- 44
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	21	41	24	- 3
Maternal Conditions	42	14	13	345	- 331
Oesophagus Cancer	43	13	54	5	+ 8
Appendicitis	44	9	55	5	+ 4
Poisonings	45	9	36	42	- 33
Meningitis	46	9	18	229	- 220
Drug Use	47	8	39	28	- 19
Encephalitis	48	8	48	14	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	7	62	2	+ 5
Lymphomas	50	7	51	12	- 5
Uterin Cancer	51	7	66	1	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	52	6	61	2	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	53	6	57	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	58	3	- 0
Dengue	55	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	56	1	46	14	- 13
Chagas disease	57	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	58	1	64	2	- 1
Tetanus	59	1	45	18	- 18
War	60	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	61	0	65	1	- 1
Syphilis	62	0	34	55	- 54
Pertussis	63	0	27	99	- 99
Ascariasis	64	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	66	0	68	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	67	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	56	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.