GAMBIA VS BOLIVIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BOLIVIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,265	3	1,007	+ 1,258
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,654	1	1,340	+ 314
Stroke	3	1,477	4	802	+ 675
Kidney Disease	4	1,205	16	266	+ 939
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,010	15	290	+ 720
Liver Disease	6	817	14	323	+ 494
Lung Disease	7	766	19	206	+ 560
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	508	28	89	+ 419
Road Traffic Accidents	9	498	6	695	- 197
Hypertension	10	395	22	172	+ 223
Other Injuries	11	262	21	194	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	12	259	8	662	- 402
Tuberculosis	13	243	10	445	- 202
Violence	14	225	20	195	+ 30
Congenital Anomalies	15	221	11	383	- 162
Cervical Cancer	16	220	23	145	+ 75
Falls	17	219	29	83	+ 136
Malnutrition	18	211	26	110	+ 102
Birth Trauma	19	202	5	754	- 553
Lung Cancers	20	185	38	34	+ 151
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	181	9	626	- 445
Parkinson's Disease	22	175	37	34	+ 140
Stomach Cancer	23	161	47	14	+ 147
Chagas disease	24	155	77	0	+ 155
Liver Cancer	25	148	12	377	- 229
Suicide	26	147	25	113	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	139	33	56	+ 83
Prostate Cancer	28	113	43	21	+ 92
Breast Cancer	29	99	40	26	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	83	52	11	+ 73
Drownings	31	83	30	69	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	32	79	17	230	- 151
Alcohol	33	79	50	12	+ 67
Leukemia	34	78	59	2	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	35	77	32	59	+ 18
Pancreas Cancer	36	68	53	6	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	60	41	24	+ 36
Asthma	38	53	24	134	- 81
Maternal Conditions	39	50	13	345	- 295
Drug Use	40	50	39	28	+ 22
Lymphomas	41	45	51	12	+ 33
Epilepsy	42	41	35	43	- 2
Skin Cancers	43	39	68	0	+ 39
Fires	44	37	31	67	- 29
HIV/AIDS	45	36	2	1,125	- 1,089
Appendicitis	46	32	55	5	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	47	31	66	1	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	48	27	54	5	+ 22
Meningitis	49	26	18	229	- 203
Pertussis	50	25	27	99	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	23	62	2	+ 21
Encephalitis	52	22	48	14	+ 9
Syphilis	53	22	34	55	- 33
Ovary Cancer	54	21	61	2	+ 19
Skin Disease	55	21	44	19	+ 2
Oral Cancer	56	19	71	0	+ 18
Poisonings	57	13	36	42	- 29
Other Neoplasms	58	9	57	3	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	59	9	56	4	+ 4
Tetanus	60	6	45	18	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	58	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	2	+ 2
War	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	64	1	46	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	65	1	60	2	- 1
Dengue	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	67	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	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
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Bolivia

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.