GAMBIA VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,080	3	1,007	+ 4,074
Stroke	2	2,468	4	802	+ 1,666
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,971	1	1,340	+ 630
Lung Cancers	4	1,377	38	34	+ 1,344
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,344	28	89	+ 1,255
Lung Disease	6	1,264	19	206	+ 1,058
Hypertension	7	798	22	172	+ 626
Prostate Cancer	8	774	43	21	+ 754
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	681	52	11	+ 670
Falls	10	647	29	83	+ 564
Liver Disease	11	431	14	323	+ 108
Other Injuries	12	430	21	194	+ 236
Diabetes Mellitus	13	412	15	290	+ 122
Kidney Disease	14	391	16	266	+ 126
Breast Cancer	15	385	40	26	+ 359
Suicide	16	377	25	113	+ 264
Inflammatory/Heart	17	266	32	59	+ 207
Lymphomas	18	251	51	12	+ 239
Road Traffic Accidents	19	232	6	695	- 463
Stomach Cancer	20	228	47	14	+ 214
Pancreas Cancer	21	208	53	6	+ 203
Oesophagus Cancer	22	202	54	5	+ 197
Oral Cancer	23	202	71	0	+ 201
Liver Cancer	24	188	12	377	- 189
Other Neoplasms	25	177	57	3	+ 174
Bladder Cancer	26	169	56	4	+ 165
Parkinson's Disease	27	159	37	34	+ 125
Alcohol	28	155	50	12	+ 143
Cervical Cancer	29	153	23	145	+ 8
Leukemia	30	146	59	2	+ 143
Uterin Cancer	31	139	66	1	+ 138
Violence	32	134	20	195	- 61
Skin Cancers	33	118	68	0	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	34	108	2	1,125	- 1,016
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	97	33	56	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	36	95	17	230	- 135
Congenital Anomalies	37	85	11	383	- 298
Osteoarthritis	38	75	81	0	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	39	74	61	2	+ 72
Asthma	40	69	24	134	- 65
Skin Disease	41	59	44	19	+ 41
Drownings	42	53	30	69	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	47	9	626	- 578
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	37	41	24	+ 14
Hepatitis C	45	26	65	1	+ 25
Epilepsy	46	25	35	43	- 18
Appendicitis	47	24	55	5	+ 19
Low Birth Weight	48	23	8	662	- 639
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	20	62	2	+ 18
Meningitis	50	19	18	229	- 210
Drug Use	51	19	39	28	- 9
Anemia	52	18	83	0	+ 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	17	80	0	+ 17
Schizophrenia	54	16	85	0	+ 16
Malnutrition	55	15	26	110	- 95
Hepatitis B	56	14	46	14	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	58	3	+ 10
Fires	58	13	31	67	- 54
Birth Trauma	59	11	5	754	- 743
Tuberculosis	60	10	10	445	- 435
Maternal Conditions	61	10	13	345	- 335
Poisonings	62	4	36	42	- 38
Otitis Media	63	2	72	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	2	- 0
Encephalitis	66	1	48	14	- 12
Leprosy	67	0	76	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	69	0	34	55	- 54
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 2
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	27	99	- 99
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	82	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	83	0	60	2	- 2
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

Cuba

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.