GAMBIA VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,496	3	1,007	+ 2,490
Stroke	2	1,839	4	802	+ 1,037
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,618	6	695	+ 923
Diabetes Mellitus	4	644	15	290	+ 355
Liver Disease	5	625	14	323	+ 302
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	526	1	1,340	- 814
Kidney Disease	7	495	16	266	+ 229
HIV/AIDS	8	450	2	1,125	- 674
Violence	9	447	20	195	+ 252
Hypertension	10	442	22	172	+ 270
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	422	28	89	+ 333
Prostate Cancer	12	386	43	21	+ 365
Low Birth Weight	13	357	8	662	- 304
Breast Cancer	14	341	40	26	+ 314
Lung Disease	15	317	19	206	+ 111
Lung Cancers	16	290	38	34	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	17	242	11	383	- 141
Birth Trauma	18	213	5	754	- 541
Other Injuries	19	208	21	194	+ 13
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	199	52	11	+ 188
Liver Cancer	21	155	12	377	- 222
Endocrine Disorders	22	141	17	230	- 89
Cervical Cancer	23	131	23	145	- 14
Stomach Cancer	24	128	47	14	+ 114
Suicide	25	124	25	113	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	118	9	626	- 508
Pancreas Cancer	27	106	53	6	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	28	104	37	34	+ 70
Asthma	29	103	24	134	- 31
Falls	30	101	29	83	+ 19
Oral Cancer	31	101	71	0	+ 101
Leukemia	32	95	59	2	+ 93
Lymphomas	33	87	51	12	+ 76
Malnutrition	34	87	26	110	- 23
Inflammatory/Heart	35	73	32	59	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	69	33	56	+ 12
Drownings	37	58	30	69	- 11
Tuberculosis	38	56	10	445	- 389
Maternal Conditions	39	47	13	345	- 298
Oesophagus Cancer	40	47	54	5	+ 41
Skin Cancers	41	40	68	0	+ 40
Epilepsy	42	37	35	43	- 6
Drug Use	43	36	39	28	+ 9
Fires	44	32	31	67	- 34
Meningitis	45	31	18	229	- 198
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	29	41	24	+ 5
Pertussis	47	28	27	99	- 71
Alcohol	48	28	50	12	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	49	22	56	4	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	50	21	61	2	+ 19
Syphilis	51	16	34	55	- 38
Appendicitis	52	16	55	5	+ 11
Skin Disease	53	12	44	19	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	11	62	2	+ 9
Poisonings	55	11	36	42	- 31
Encephalitis	56	10	48	14	- 3
Uterin Cancer	57	10	66	1	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	8	57	3	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	59	5	42	23	- 18
Hepatitis C	60	4	65	1	+ 3
Tetanus	61	4	45	18	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	3	46	14	- 11
Dengue	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Malaria	65	1	7	674	- 673
Chlamydia	66	0	70	0	+ 0
War	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Dominican Rep.

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.