GAMBIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,303	1	1,340	- 37
Stroke	2	1,020	4	802	+ 217
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	912	9	626	+ 286
Coronary Heart Disease	4	857	3	1,007	- 150
Road Traffic Accidents	5	527	6	695	- 168
Liver Disease	6	483	14	323	+ 160
Diabetes Mellitus	7	376	15	290	+ 86
Hypertension	8	368	22	172	+ 196
Lung Disease	9	263	19	206	+ 57
Malnutrition	10	262	26	110	+ 153
Birth Trauma	11	245	5	754	- 509
Kidney Disease	12	230	16	266	- 36
Maternal Conditions	13	216	13	345	- 129
Tuberculosis	14	216	10	445	- 229
Other Injuries	15	215	21	194	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	16	211	8	662	- 450
Malaria	17	174	7	674	- 500
Congenital Anomalies	18	172	11	383	- 211
Meningitis	19	161	18	229	- 68
Violence	20	153	20	195	- 42
Suicide	21	152	25	113	+ 39
Asthma	22	130	24	134	- 4
Breast Cancer	23	124	40	26	+ 98
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	123	28	89	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	25	122	2	1,125	- 1,002
Falls	26	67	29	83	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	58	33	56	+ 2
Lymphomas	28	58	51	12	+ 47
Leukemia	29	57	59	2	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	30	53	23	145	- 92
Fires	31	52	31	67	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	32	49	32	59	- 10
Drownings	33	47	30	69	- 22
Poisonings	34	45	36	42	+ 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	45	52	11	+ 34
Pertussis	36	36	27	99	- 63
Parkinson's Disease	37	34	37	34	- 1
Epilepsy	38	32	35	43	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	39	32	54	5	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	40	32	61	2	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	31	41	24	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	42	29	42	23	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	43	28	17	230	- 201
Oral Cancer	44	28	71	0	+ 28
Liver Cancer	45	28	12	377	- 349
Lung Cancers	46	25	38	34	- 9
Prostate Cancer	47	22	43	21	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	48	19	47	14	+ 6
Alcohol	49	18	50	12	+ 6
Skin Disease	50	18	44	19	- 1
Bladder Cancer	51	17	56	4	+ 12
Tetanus	52	15	45	18	- 3
Drug Use	53	14	39	28	- 13
Syphilis	54	14	34	55	- 41
Appendicitis	55	12	55	5	+ 8
Skin Cancers	56	12	68	0	+ 12
Hepatitis B	57	11	46	14	- 3
Pancreas Cancer	58	8	53	6	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	59	8	60	2	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	7	64	2	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	61	7	66	1	+ 6
Encephalitis	62	6	48	14	- 7
Measles	63	5	49	13	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	5	62	2	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	2	57	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	58	3	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
War	71	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.