GAMBIA VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,445	3	1,007	+ 438
Stroke	2	1,316	4	802	+ 513
Kidney Disease	3	550	16	266	+ 284
Lung Disease	4	549	19	206	+ 343
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	541	28	89	+ 452
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	530	1	1,340	- 810
Hypertension	7	516	22	172	+ 344
Stomach Cancer	8	491	47	14	+ 477
Lung Cancers	9	467	38	34	+ 433
Diabetes Mellitus	10	429	15	290	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	409	52	11	+ 398
Road Traffic Accidents	12	382	6	695	- 313
Liver Disease	13	358	14	323	+ 35
Prostate Cancer	14	329	43	21	+ 309
Suicide	15	230	25	113	+ 117
Breast Cancer	16	228	40	26	+ 202
Pancreas Cancer	17	212	53	6	+ 206
Lymphomas	18	188	51	12	+ 177
Liver Cancer	19	185	12	377	- 192
Other Neoplasms	20	184	57	3	+ 181
Other Injuries	21	177	21	194	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	22	174	17	230	- 56
Falls	23	122	29	83	+ 39
Leukemia	24	119	59	2	+ 117
Congenital Anomalies	25	116	11	383	- 267
Parkinson's Disease	26	107	37	34	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	27	105	23	145	- 39
Skin Disease	28	103	44	19	+ 85
Violence	29	101	20	195	- 94
Oesophagus Cancer	30	98	54	5	+ 92
Inflammatory/Heart	31	96	32	59	+ 37
Bladder Cancer	32	87	56	4	+ 82
HIV/AIDS	33	73	2	1,125	- 1,052
Skin Cancers	34	71	68	0	+ 71
Ovary Cancer	35	70	61	2	+ 67
Low Birth Weight	36	59	8	662	- 603
Malnutrition	37	57	26	110	- 53
Tuberculosis	38	55	10	445	- 390
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	45	9	626	- 581
Oral Cancer	40	41	71	0	+ 41
Fires	41	40	31	67	- 27
Asthma	42	40	24	134	- 94
Epilepsy	43	40	35	43	- 3
Drownings	44	38	30	69	- 30
Uterin Cancer	45	37	66	1	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	30	33	56	- 26
Alcohol	47	28	50	12	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	25	62	2	+ 23
Anemia	49	24	83	0	+ 24
Drug Use	50	20	39	28	- 8
Osteoarthritis	51	18	81	0	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	14	41	24	- 10
Meningitis	53	13	18	229	- 216
Birth Trauma	54	12	5	754	- 742
Chagas disease	55	11	77	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	10	80	0	+ 10
Poisonings	57	9	36	42	- 33
Schizophrenia	58	5	85	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	59	5	55	5	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	4	46	14	- 10
Hepatitis C	61	4	65	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	62	4	58	3	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	3	13	345	- 342
War	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	34	55	- 54
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	2	- 1
Pertussis	68	0	27	99	- 98
Tetanus	69	0	45	18	- 18
Encephalitis	70	0	48	14	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	82	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.