GAMBIA VS EL SALVADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EL SALVADOR		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,213	3	1,007	+ 1,206
Violence	2	2,088	20	195	+ 1,893
Kidney Disease	3	1,799	16	266	+ 1,533
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	920	1	1,340	- 420
Stroke	5	607	4	802	- 195
Lung Disease	6	568	19	206	+ 362
Diabetes Mellitus	7	527	15	290	+ 238
Road Traffic Accidents	8	513	6	695	- 183
HIV/AIDS	9	321	2	1,125	- 804
Liver Disease	10	303	14	323	- 20
Stomach Cancer	11	267	47	14	+ 254
Alcohol	12	247	50	12	+ 235
Cervical Cancer	13	172	23	145	+ 27
Congenital Anomalies	14	171	11	383	- 212
Suicide	15	149	25	113	+ 36
Liver Cancer	16	135	12	377	- 242
Prostate Cancer	17	125	43	21	+ 104
Alzheimers & Dementia	18	122	28	89	+ 33
Low Birth Weight	19	121	8	662	- 541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	120	52	11	+ 109
Leukemia	21	119	59	2	+ 116
Breast Cancer	22	111	40	26	+ 85
Lung Cancers	23	110	38	34	+ 77
Falls	24	92	29	83	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	25	85	17	230	- 145
Malnutrition	26	82	26	110	- 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	76	9	626	- 550
Lymphomas	28	71	51	12	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	29	61	53	6	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	30	60	33	56	+ 3
Hypertension	31	56	22	172	- 117
Other Neoplasms	32	55	57	3	+ 52
Drownings	33	52	30	69	- 17
Anemia	34	50	83	0	+ 50
Asthma	35	46	24	134	- 88
Skin Disease	36	46	44	19	+ 27
Birth Trauma	37	46	5	754	- 708
Other Injuries	38	36	21	194	- 158
Oral Cancer	39	36	71	0	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	40	35	61	2	+ 33
Oesophagus Cancer	41	31	54	5	+ 25
Inflammatory/Heart	42	30	32	59	- 30
Drug Use	43	28	39	28	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	44	27	37	34	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	45	24	80	0	+ 24
Tuberculosis	46	23	10	445	- 422
Skin Cancers	47	23	68	0	+ 22
Epilepsy	48	19	35	43	- 24
Bladder Cancer	49	16	56	4	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	50	15	66	1	+ 14
Meningitis	51	14	18	229	- 215
Pertussis	52	12	27	99	- 86
Maternal Conditions	53	10	13	345	- 335
Fires	54	8	31	67	- 58
Chagas disease	55	7	77	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	7	55	5	+ 2
Poisonings	57	6	36	42	- 36
Syphilis	58	5	34	55	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	62	2	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	45	18	- 14
Dengue	61	3	73	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	62	3	64	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	63	3	48	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	58	3	- 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	65	2	41	24	- 21
Hepatitis B	66	2	46	14	- 12
Schizophrenia	67	1	85	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	69	1	81	0	+ 1
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	76	0	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	77	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	79	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	81	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	82	0	42	23	- 23
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

El Salvador

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.