GAMBIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,901	3	1,007	+ 894
Stroke	2	1,413	4	802	+ 610
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,086	1	1,340	- 254
Violence	4	789	20	195	+ 594
Diabetes Mellitus	5	684	15	290	+ 394
Lung Disease	6	681	19	206	+ 475
Kidney Disease	7	432	16	266	+ 167
Road Traffic Accidents	8	388	6	695	- 307
Lung Cancers	9	363	38	34	+ 330
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	352	28	89	+ 263
Hypertension	11	331	22	172	+ 158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	266	52	11	+ 255
Liver Disease	13	246	14	323	- 78
Breast Cancer	14	238	40	26	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	15	218	43	21	+ 197
Falls	16	216	29	83	+ 133
Stomach Cancer	17	206	47	14	+ 193
Inflammatory/Heart	18	201	32	59	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	19	194	17	230	- 36
Suicide	20	167	25	113	+ 54
Other Injuries	21	158	21	194	- 36
HIV/AIDS	22	144	2	1,125	- 981
Congenital Anomalies	23	141	11	383	- 242
Pancreas Cancer	24	138	53	6	+ 132
Liver Cancer	25	132	12	377	- 245
Oesophagus Cancer	26	120	54	5	+ 115
Lymphomas	27	119	51	12	+ 107
Oral Cancer	28	114	71	0	+ 114
Cervical Cancer	29	109	23	145	- 36
Leukemia	30	98	59	2	+ 96
Skin Disease	31	82	44	19	+ 64
Alcohol	32	82	50	12	+ 70
Low Birth Weight	33	79	8	662	- 583
Malnutrition	34	77	26	110	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	65	9	626	- 561
Bladder Cancer	36	61	56	4	+ 56
Chagas disease	37	58	77	0	+ 58
Skin Cancers	38	58	68	0	+ 57
Drownings	39	57	30	69	- 12
Tuberculosis	40	56	10	445	- 389
Parkinson's Disease	41	55	37	34	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	42	53	57	3	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	43	50	61	2	+ 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	49	33	56	- 8
Birth Trauma	45	43	5	754	- 711
Epilepsy	46	37	35	43	- 6
Uterin Cancer	47	32	66	1	+ 31
Asthma	48	30	24	134	- 104
Drug Use	49	28	39	28	+ 0
Anemia	50	28	83	0	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	25	41	24	+ 1
Hepatitis C	52	22	65	1	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	53	17	13	345	- 328
Meningitis	54	16	18	229	- 213
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	13	80	0	+ 13
War	56	12	69	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	57	12	55	5	+ 8
Fires	58	12	31	67	- 55
Hepatitis B	59	9	46	14	- 5
Schizophrenia	60	8	85	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	7	62	2	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	62	7	42	23	- 16
Leishmaniasis	63	5	60	2	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	58	3	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	65	4	81	0	+ 4
Poisonings	66	4	36	42	- 39
Upper Respiratory	67	3	64	2	+ 1
Syphilis	68	3	34	55	- 52
Leprosy	69	2	76	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	45	18	- 17
Encephalitis	72	1	48	14	- 13
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Malaria	74	1	7	674	- 673
Pertussis	75	0	27	99	- 98
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	49	13	- 13
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Brazil

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.