GAMBIA VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,265	3	1,007	+ 258
Stroke	2	778	4	802	- 24
Kidney Disease	3	710	16	266	+ 445
Lung Disease	4	501	19	206	+ 296
Diabetes Mellitus	5	457	15	290	+ 167
Hypertension	6	414	22	172	+ 241
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	400	1	1,340	- 940
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	392	28	89	+ 303
Road Traffic Accidents	9	357	6	695	- 338
Stomach Cancer	10	317	47	14	+ 303
Violence	11	304	20	195	+ 109
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	297	52	11	+ 287
Other Injuries	13	273	21	194	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	14	215	43	21	+ 194
Suicide	15	195	25	113	+ 82
Breast Cancer	16	184	40	26	+ 158
Liver Cancer	17	183	12	377	- 194
Liver Disease	18	177	14	323	- 146
Lymphomas	19	170	51	12	+ 159
Lung Cancers	20	165	38	34	+ 131
Congenital Anomalies	21	151	11	383	- 232
Pancreas Cancer	22	141	53	6	+ 135
Other Neoplasms	23	127	57	3	+ 124
Leukemia	24	125	59	2	+ 123
HIV/AIDS	25	92	2	1,125	- 1,033
Inflammatory/Heart	26	92	32	59	+ 32
Endocrine Disorders	27	88	17	230	- 142
Low Birth Weight	28	85	8	662	- 576
Cervical Cancer	29	76	23	145	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	30	66	37	34	+ 32
Skin Cancers	31	66	68	0	+ 65
Skin Disease	32	60	44	19	+ 42
Alcohol	33	60	50	12	+ 48
Epilepsy	34	56	35	43	+ 13
Falls	35	56	29	83	- 27
Bladder Cancer	36	48	56	4	+ 43
Drownings	37	46	30	69	- 22
Oral Cancer	38	46	71	0	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	42	9	626	- 584
Ovary Cancer	40	38	61	2	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	41	38	66	1	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	35	33	56	- 21
Drug Use	43	30	39	28	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	29	54	5	+ 24
Asthma	45	29	24	134	- 105
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	26	62	2	+ 25
Birth Trauma	47	23	5	754	- 731
Malnutrition	48	18	26	110	- 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	15	41	24	- 8
Tuberculosis	50	15	10	445	- 430
Anemia	51	12	83	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	52	10	55	5	+ 6
Schizophrenia	53	10	85	0	+ 10
Meningitis	54	9	18	229	- 220
Maternal Conditions	55	8	13	345	- 337
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	57	5	58	3	+ 2
Fires	58	5	31	67	- 62
Hepatitis B	59	3	46	14	- 10
Poisonings	60	3	36	42	- 40
Osteoarthritis	61	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	2	- 0
Encephalitis	63	1	48	14	- 12
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	- 1
Syphilis	65	0	34	55	- 54
Oral conditions	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	67	0	76	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	63	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	75	0	49	13	- 13
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Costa Rica

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.