GAMBIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,276	1	1,340	- 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	944	9	626	+ 318
Stroke	3	838	4	802	+ 35
Coronary Heart Disease	4	778	3	1,007	- 229
Road Traffic Accidents	5	672	6	695	- 23
Birth Trauma	6	662	5	754	- 92
Low Birth Weight	7	596	8	662	- 65
Liver Disease	8	580	14	323	+ 257
Tuberculosis	9	457	10	445	+ 12
Diabetes Mellitus	10	346	15	290	+ 56
Congenital Anomalies	11	333	11	383	- 50
Hypertension	12	287	22	172	+ 115
Kidney Disease	13	258	16	266	- 8
Meningitis	14	256	18	229	+ 27
Lung Disease	15	253	19	206	+ 47
Other Injuries	16	250	21	194	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	17	244	2	1,125	- 881
Maternal Conditions	18	189	13	345	- 156
Malnutrition	19	184	26	110	+ 74
Breast Cancer	20	181	40	26	+ 154
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	176	28	89	+ 87
Violence	22	172	20	195	- 23
Pertussis	23	147	27	99	+ 48
Measles	24	135	49	13	+ 121
Suicide	25	128	25	113	+ 16
Malaria	26	120	7	674	- 554
Cervical Cancer	27	107	23	145	- 38
Falls	28	96	29	83	+ 13
Asthma	29	95	24	134	- 39
Leukemia	30	90	59	2	+ 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	80	52	11	+ 69
Poisonings	32	78	36	42	+ 36
Lymphomas	33	76	51	12	+ 65
Fires	34	69	31	67	+ 3
Drownings	35	67	30	69	- 2
Ovary Cancer	36	52	61	2	+ 49
Tetanus	37	47	45	18	+ 28
Lung Cancers	38	47	38	34	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	39	46	32	59	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	40	39	54	5	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	37	33	56	- 19
Liver Cancer	42	37	12	377	- 340
Syphilis	43	36	34	55	- 18
Epilepsy	44	35	35	43	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	45	35	17	230	- 195
Parkinson's Disease	46	34	37	34	- 1
Stomach Cancer	47	32	47	14	+ 19
Oral Cancer	48	31	71	0	+ 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	29	41	24	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	50	26	43	21	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	51	23	56	4	+ 19
Skin Cancers	52	21	68	0	+ 21
Skin Disease	53	19	44	19	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	54	18	42	23	- 5
Alcohol	55	16	50	12	+ 4
Hepatitis B	56	16	46	14	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	57	15	64	2	+ 14
Appendicitis	58	14	55	5	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	59	12	60	2	+ 10
Drug Use	60	11	39	28	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	61	10	53	6	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	62	9	66	1	+ 8
Encephalitis	63	8	48	14	- 5
War	64	6	69	0	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	62	2	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	3	57	3	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	3	67	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	3	63	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	2	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	70	1	58	3	- 1
Otitis Media	71	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Ethiopia

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.