GAMBIA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,351	3	1,007	+ 345
Kidney Disease	2	852	16	266	+ 587
Stroke	3	748	4	802	- 54
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	700	1	1,340	- 640
Diabetes Mellitus	5	596	15	290	+ 306
Road Traffic Accidents	6	481	6	695	- 214
Liver Disease	7	459	14	323	+ 136
Lung Disease	8	355	19	206	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	353	28	89	+ 265
Hypertension	10	345	22	172	+ 173
Stomach Cancer	11	288	47	14	+ 274
Prostate Cancer	12	188	43	21	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	13	184	11	383	- 199
Suicide	14	183	25	113	+ 70
Violence	15	167	20	195	- 28
Low Birth Weight	16	161	8	662	- 500
Other Injuries	17	160	21	194	- 34
Falls	18	154	29	83	+ 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	153	52	11	+ 142
Lung Cancers	20	148	38	34	+ 115
Liver Cancer	21	131	12	377	- 246
Lymphomas	22	122	51	12	+ 110
Leukemia	23	121	59	2	+ 119
Cervical Cancer	24	116	23	145	- 29
Breast Cancer	25	114	40	26	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	26	91	37	34	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	27	84	2	1,125	- 1,041
Malnutrition	28	80	26	110	- 30
Tuberculosis	29	79	10	445	- 366
Pancreas Cancer	30	77	53	6	+ 72
Endocrine Disorders	31	70	17	230	- 160
Drownings	32	65	30	69	- 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	57	33	56	+ 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	57	9	626	- 569
Ovary Cancer	35	44	61	2	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	36	42	32	59	- 17
Skin Cancers	37	42	68	0	+ 42
Birth Trauma	38	42	5	754	- 713
Alcohol	39	39	50	12	+ 27
Epilepsy	40	38	35	43	- 5
Drug Use	41	29	39	28	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	42	25	54	5	+ 19
Fires	43	24	31	67	- 42
Bladder Cancer	44	23	56	4	+ 19
Oral Cancer	45	23	71	0	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	46	23	13	345	- 323
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	41	24	- 1
Uterin Cancer	48	18	66	1	+ 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	17	62	2	+ 15
Appendicitis	50	15	55	5	+ 11
Skin Disease	51	14	44	19	- 4
Meningitis	52	12	18	229	- 216
Asthma	53	12	24	134	- 122
Syphilis	54	12	34	55	- 43
Encephalitis	55	11	48	14	- 2
Pertussis	56	11	27	99	- 88
Other Neoplasms	57	9	57	3	+ 6
Poisonings	58	8	36	42	- 34
Chagas disease	59	3	77	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	3	- 0
Dengue	61	1	73	0	+ 1
Tetanus	62	1	45	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	2	- 0
Hepatitis B	64	0	46	14	- 13
Ascariasis	65	0	63	2	- 1
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Ecuador

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.