GAMBIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,944	3	1,007	+ 2,937
Liver Disease	2	1,364	14	323	+ 1,040
Stroke	3	994	4	802	+ 192
Liver Cancer	4	556	12	377	+ 179
Hypertension	5	478	22	172	+ 306
Kidney Disease	6	478	16	266	+ 213
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	469	1	1,340	- 871
Diabetes Mellitus	8	434	15	290	+ 144
Lung Disease	9	304	19	206	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	10	276	11	383	- 107
Low Birth Weight	11	258	8	662	- 403
Road Traffic Accidents	12	230	6	695	- 465
Breast Cancer	13	208	40	26	+ 182
Lymphomas	14	171	51	12	+ 159
Asthma	15	161	24	134	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	158	28	89	+ 69
Birth Trauma	17	139	5	754	- 616
Lung Cancers	18	129	38	34	+ 95
Bladder Cancer	19	116	56	4	+ 112
Violence	20	94	20	195	- 100
Other Injuries	21	87	21	194	- 108
Leukemia	22	85	59	2	+ 83
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	84	9	626	- 542
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	70	52	11	+ 59
Suicide	25	69	25	113	- 44
Pancreas Cancer	26	66	53	6	+ 60
Inflammatory/Heart	27	56	32	59	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	28	54	37	34	+ 20
Endocrine Disorders	29	54	17	230	- 176
Falls	30	46	29	83	- 37
Ovary Cancer	31	44	61	2	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	32	42	47	14	+ 28
Fires	33	36	31	67	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	30	33	56	- 26
Prostate Cancer	35	29	43	21	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	28	41	24	+ 5
Drownings	37	25	30	69	- 43
Encephalitis	38	24	48	14	+ 10
Skin Cancers	39	23	68	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	40	22	46	14	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	41	22	54	5	+ 16
Pertussis	42	21	27	99	- 78
Meningitis	43	19	18	229	- 210
Maternal Conditions	44	18	13	345	- 327
Oral Cancer	45	18	71	0	+ 18
Malnutrition	46	17	26	110	- 92
War	47	16	69	0	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	48	14	23	145	- 131
Tetanus	49	12	45	18	- 6
Epilepsy	50	10	35	43	- 33
Tuberculosis	51	10	10	445	- 435
Uterin Cancer	52	10	66	1	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	53	9	2	1,125	- 1,116
Schistosomiasis	54	5	42	23	- 18
Skin Disease	55	5	44	19	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	58	3	+ 2
Poisonings	57	4	36	42	- 38
Syphilis	58	4	34	55	- 51
Appendicitis	59	3	55	5	- 1
Alcohol	60	3	50	12	- 9
Other Neoplasms	61	3	57	3	- 0
Drug Use	62	3	39	28	- 25
Hepatitis C	63	2	65	1	+ 1
Measles	64	1	49	13	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	62	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
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
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Egypt

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.