GAMBIA VS CHINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHINA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,641	4	802	+ 2,839
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,157	3	1,007	+ 2,150
Lung Disease	3	1,726	19	206	+ 1,520
Lung Cancers	4	1,273	38	34	+ 1,239
Stomach Cancer	5	710	47	14	+ 696
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	543	28	89	+ 454
Hypertension	7	537	22	172	+ 365
Road Traffic Accidents	8	446	6	695	- 249
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	443	52	11	+ 432
Oesophagus Cancer	10	433	54	5	+ 427
Kidney Disease	11	343	16	266	+ 77
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	327	1	1,340	- 1,014
Liver Cancer	13	322	12	377	- 55
Diabetes Mellitus	14	288	15	290	- 2
Liver Disease	15	259	14	323	- 64
Falls	16	247	29	83	+ 165
Suicide	17	207	25	113	+ 95
Pancreas Cancer	18	199	53	6	+ 193
Breast Cancer	19	165	40	26	+ 139
Parkinson's Disease	20	126	37	34	+ 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	21	116	41	24	+ 93
Leukemia	22	104	59	2	+ 101
Lymphomas	23	103	51	12	+ 91
Oral Cancer	24	97	71	0	+ 97
Other Injuries	25	96	21	194	- 98
Drownings	26	94	30	69	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	27	92	23	145	- 53
Prostate Cancer	28	91	43	21	+ 70
Bladder Cancer	29	67	56	4	+ 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	67	33	56	+ 11
Congenital Anomalies	31	65	11	383	- 318
Tuberculosis	32	62	10	445	- 383
Inflammatory/Heart	33	53	32	59	- 6
HIV/AIDS	34	51	2	1,125	- 1,074
Ovary Cancer	35	50	61	2	+ 48
Poisonings	36	46	36	42	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	37	46	17	230	- 184
Drug Use	38	43	39	28	+ 15
Asthma	39	41	24	134	- 93
Low Birth Weight	40	39	8	662	- 623
Skin Cancers	41	35	68	0	+ 35
Alcohol	42	34	50	12	+ 22
Birth Trauma	43	31	5	754	- 723
Malnutrition	44	23	26	110	- 86
Uterin Cancer	45	21	66	1	+ 20
Epilepsy	46	20	35	43	- 23
Violence	47	20	20	195	- 175
Fires	48	19	31	67	- 48
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	18	62	2	+ 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	50	16	9	626	- 610
Meningitis	51	10	18	229	- 219
Skin Disease	52	9	44	19	- 9
Other Neoplasms	53	8	57	3	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	54	6	13	345	- 339
Encephalitis	55	5	48	14	- 9
Hepatitis B	56	5	46	14	- 9
Upper Respiratory	57	5	64	2	+ 3
Syphilis	58	3	34	55	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	58	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	60	3	55	5	- 2
War	61	2	69	0	+ 1
Measles	62	1	49	13	- 12
Tetanus	63	1	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	64	1	27	99	- 98
Schistosomiasis	65	1	42	23	- 22
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	2	- 2
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

China

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.