GAMBIA VS CANADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CANADA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,606	3	1,007	+ 1,599
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,014	28	89	+ 1,925
Lung Cancers	3	1,362	38	34	+ 1,328
Lung Disease	4	924	19	206	+ 719
Stroke	5	921	4	802	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	628	52	11	+ 617
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	483	1	1,340	- 857
Breast Cancer	8	384	40	26	+ 358
Diabetes Mellitus	9	372	15	290	+ 82
Lymphomas	10	335	51	12	+ 323
Pancreas Cancer	11	329	53	6	+ 323
Falls	12	314	29	83	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	13	306	43	21	+ 286
Kidney Disease	14	298	16	266	+ 32
Suicide	15	287	25	113	+ 175
Drug Use	16	240	39	28	+ 212
Liver Disease	17	236	14	323	- 88
Parkinson's Disease	18	218	37	34	+ 184
Endocrine Disorders	19	210	17	230	- 20
Liver Cancer	20	202	12	377	- 175
Leukemia	21	202	59	2	+ 199
Hypertension	22	167	22	172	- 5
Bladder Cancer	23	164	56	4	+ 160
Other Injuries	24	156	21	194	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	25	145	54	5	+ 140
Stomach Cancer	26	142	47	14	+ 128
Inflammatory/Heart	27	134	32	59	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	28	130	6	695	- 565
Ovary Cancer	29	124	61	2	+ 122
Skin Cancers	30	114	68	0	+ 114
Other Neoplasms	31	109	57	3	+ 106
Oral Cancer	32	104	71	0	+ 103
Alcohol	33	97	50	12	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	34	77	66	1	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	35	70	11	383	- 313
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	55	9	626	- 571
Multiple Sclerosis	37	45	58	3	+ 42
Skin Disease	38	44	44	19	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	41	41	24	+ 18
Violence	40	39	20	195	- 156
Cervical Cancer	41	38	23	145	- 107
Low Birth Weight	42	36	8	662	- 626
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	29	33	56	- 28
Epilepsy	44	25	35	43	- 18
Hepatitis C	45	24	65	1	+ 23
Anemia	46	22	83	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	21	62	2	+ 19
Drownings	48	18	30	69	- 50
Asthma	49	17	24	134	- 117
Birth Trauma	50	13	5	754	- 742
Malnutrition	51	13	26	110	- 97
Fires	52	13	31	67	- 54
HIV/AIDS	53	11	2	1,125	- 1,114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	9	80	0	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	55	9	81	0	+ 9
Poisonings	56	8	36	42	- 34
Schizophrenia	57	8	85	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	58	6	10	445	- 439
Meningitis	59	4	18	229	- 224
Hepatitis B	60	4	46	14	- 9
Oral conditions	61	3	82	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	3	55	5	- 1
Upper Respiratory	63	3	64	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	3	13	345	- 342
War	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	34	55	- 54
Encephalitis	68	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	83	0	70	0	- 0
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

Canada

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.