GAMBIA VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,140	3	1,007	+ 1,133
Stroke	2	883	4	802	+ 81
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	764	28	89	+ 675
Lung Disease	4	679	19	206	+ 473
Diabetes Mellitus	5	634	15	290	+ 344
Lung Cancers	6	610	38	34	+ 577
Kidney Disease	7	406	16	266	+ 141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	319	52	11	+ 309
Breast Cancer	9	296	40	26	+ 269
Other Injuries	10	259	21	194	+ 65
Hypertension	11	243	22	172	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	12	240	17	230	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	13	225	43	21	+ 204
Pancreas Cancer	14	199	53	6	+ 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	186	1	1,340	- 1,154
Lymphomas	16	186	51	12	+ 174
Leukemia	17	158	59	2	+ 156
Road Traffic Accidents	18	132	6	695	- 564
Bladder Cancer	19	127	56	4	+ 123
Liver Cancer	20	122	12	377	- 255
Stomach Cancer	21	121	47	14	+ 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	108	9	626	- 518
Other Neoplasms	23	102	57	3	+ 99
Inflammatory/Heart	24	98	32	59	+ 38
Falls	25	97	29	83	+ 14
Liver Disease	26	96	14	323	- 227
Ovary Cancer	27	86	61	2	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	28	84	37	34	+ 50
Suicide	29	83	25	113	- 29
Skin Disease	30	83	44	19	+ 65
Skin Cancers	31	74	68	0	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	66	41	24	+ 42
Drownings	33	64	30	69	- 5
Uterin Cancer	34	53	66	1	+ 52
Asthma	35	46	24	134	- 88
Oral Cancer	36	40	71	0	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	37	35	23	145	- 110
Congenital Anomalies	38	34	11	383	- 349
Anemia	39	33	83	0	+ 33
Violence	40	29	20	195	- 166
Drug Use	41	26	39	28	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	22	33	56	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	43	20	54	5	+ 14
Epilepsy	44	19	35	43	- 24
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	19	62	2	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	46	17	58	3	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	47	12	8	662	- 649
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	11	80	0	+ 11
Alcohol	49	10	50	12	- 2
Fires	50	9	31	67	- 58
Poisonings	51	8	36	42	- 34
Tuberculosis	52	7	10	445	- 438
Birth Trauma	53	5	5	754	- 750
Hepatitis B	54	3	46	14	- 10
Meningitis	55	3	18	229	- 225
Malnutrition	56	3	26	110	- 107
Schizophrenia	57	3	85	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	58	3	65	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	2	64	2	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	60	2	81	0	+ 2
Oral conditions	61	2	82	0	+ 2
Syphilis	62	1	34	55	- 53
Maternal Conditions	63	1	13	345	- 344
HIV/AIDS	64	1	2	1,125	- 1,124
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	66	1	55	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	67	1	60	2	- 2
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	69	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	70	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	76	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

Cyprus

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.