GAMBIA VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	4,317	15	290	+ 4,027
Coronary Heart Disease	2	3,928	3	1,007	+ 2,921
Stroke	3	1,545	4	802	+ 743
Kidney Disease	4	734	16	266	+ 469
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	606	1	1,340	- 734
Asthma	6	599	24	134	+ 465
Hypertension	7	451	22	172	+ 279
Breast Cancer	8	431	40	26	+ 404
Lung Disease	9	373	19	206	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	10	343	11	383	- 40
Road Traffic Accidents	11	319	6	695	- 376
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	255	9	626	- 370
Cervical Cancer	13	229	23	145	+ 84
Low Birth Weight	14	228	8	662	- 434
Liver Disease	15	217	14	323	- 107
Suicide	16	211	25	113	+ 99
Other Injuries	17	204	21	194	+ 9
Liver Cancer	18	181	12	377	- 196
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	167	28	89	+ 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	164	41	24	+ 141
Drownings	21	158	30	69	+ 89
Lung Cancers	22	127	38	34	+ 93
Inflammatory/Heart	23	120	32	59	+ 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	120	52	11	+ 109
Prostate Cancer	25	107	43	21	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	26	107	37	34	+ 73
Tuberculosis	27	104	10	445	- 341
Birth Trauma	28	96	5	754	- 658
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	89	33	56	+ 33
Leukemia	30	82	59	2	+ 80
HIV/AIDS	31	80	2	1,125	- 1,045
Ovary Cancer	32	77	61	2	+ 75
Fires	33	73	31	67	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	34	73	17	230	- 157
Lymphomas	35	72	51	12	+ 61
Falls	36	71	29	83	- 12
Stomach Cancer	37	62	47	14	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	38	55	53	6	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	39	53	66	1	+ 52
Violence	40	52	20	195	- 143
Skin Disease	41	51	44	19	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	42	47	54	5	+ 42
Meningitis	43	46	18	229	- 183
Epilepsy	44	43	35	43	+ 0
Malnutrition	45	38	26	110	- 72
Oral Cancer	46	33	71	0	+ 33
Syphilis	47	29	34	55	- 25
Pertussis	48	26	27	99	- 73
Maternal Conditions	49	23	13	345	- 322
Bladder Cancer	50	22	56	4	+ 17
Encephalitis	51	19	48	14	+ 6
Drug Use	52	10	39	28	- 18
Other Neoplasms	53	9	57	3	+ 6
Appendicitis	54	7	55	5	+ 3
Dengue	55	7	73	0	+ 7
Poisonings	56	6	36	42	- 36
Alcohol	57	5	50	12	- 7
Tetanus	58	4	45	18	- 15
Hepatitis B	59	3	46	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	3	- 1
Skin Cancers	61	2	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	2	- 1
Measles	63	1	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	64	1	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	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

Fiji

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.