GAMBIA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,483	3	1,007	+ 6,476
Stroke	2	3,816	4	802	+ 3,013
Lung Cancers	3	1,728	38	34	+ 1,694
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	1,331	52	11	+ 1,320
Lung Disease	5	1,283	19	206	+ 1,078
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,193	15	290	+ 904
Kidney Disease	7	847	16	266	+ 581
Hypertension	8	670	22	172	+ 498
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	648	28	89	+ 559
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	621	1	1,340	- 719
Breast Cancer	11	619	40	26	+ 593
Falls	12	592	29	83	+ 510
Liver Disease	13	562	14	323	+ 239
Prostate Cancer	14	518	43	21	+ 497
Stomach Cancer	15	478	47	14	+ 465
Pancreas Cancer	16	459	53	6	+ 453
Suicide	17	411	25	113	+ 298
Lymphomas	18	338	51	12	+ 327
Liver Cancer	19	305	12	377	- 72
Bladder Cancer	20	304	56	4	+ 299
Inflammatory/Heart	21	278	32	59	+ 218
Leukemia	22	265	59	2	+ 262
Other Injuries	23	260	21	194	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	24	257	37	34	+ 223
Oral Cancer	25	205	71	0	+ 205
Skin Cancers	26	202	68	0	+ 201
Road Traffic Accidents	27	200	6	695	- 496
Ovary Cancer	28	187	61	2	+ 185
Other Neoplasms	29	172	57	3	+ 169
Alcohol	30	133	50	12	+ 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	126	33	56	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	32	121	66	1	+ 120
Oesophagus Cancer	33	115	54	5	+ 110
Cervical Cancer	34	95	23	145	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	83	41	24	+ 59
Epilepsy	36	57	35	43	+ 14
Congenital Anomalies	37	57	11	383	- 326
Drownings	38	52	30	69	- 17
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	50	9	626	- 576
Schizophrenia	40	48	85	0	+ 48
Asthma	41	45	24	134	- 89
Endocrine Disorders	42	44	17	230	- 186
Drug Use	43	43	39	28	+ 15
Tuberculosis	44	37	10	445	- 408
Multiple Sclerosis	45	33	58	3	+ 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	29	62	2	+ 27
Hepatitis C	47	27	65	1	+ 26
Violence	48	27	20	195	- 168
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	26	80	0	+ 26
Fires	50	21	31	67	- 46
Hepatitis B	51	10	46	14	- 3
Meningitis	52	10	18	229	- 219
Anemia	53	10	83	0	+ 10
Poisonings	54	10	36	42	- 33
Birth Trauma	55	7	5	754	- 748
Low Birth Weight	56	6	8	662	- 656
Appendicitis	57	5	55	5	+ 1
Skin Disease	58	5	44	19	- 14
HIV/AIDS	59	5	2	1,125	- 1,120
Otitis Media	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	1	13	345	- 344
Iodine Deficiency	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	2	- 1
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	0	48	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	0	60	2	- 2
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	68	0	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Malnutrition	70	0	26	110	- 110
Syphilis	71	0	34	55	- 55
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	74	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Croatia

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.