GAMBIA VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,332	3	1,007	+ 1,325
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,962	28	89	+ 1,873
Stroke	3	1,342	4	802	+ 539
Lung Cancers	4	1,316	38	34	+ 1,282
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	806	52	11	+ 796
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	730	1	1,340	- 611
Lung Disease	7	673	19	206	+ 467
Breast Cancer	8	573	40	26	+ 547
Other Injuries	9	558	21	194	+ 364
Pancreas Cancer	10	456	53	6	+ 451
Kidney Disease	11	424	16	266	+ 158
Diabetes Mellitus	12	403	15	290	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	13	401	43	21	+ 381
Lymphomas	14	372	51	12	+ 360
Liver Cancer	15	353	12	377	- 24
Suicide	16	331	25	113	+ 218
Other Neoplasms	17	324	57	3	+ 321
Falls	18	306	29	83	+ 223
Endocrine Disorders	19	298	17	230	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	20	279	37	34	+ 245
Leukemia	21	275	59	2	+ 273
Liver Disease	22	272	14	323	- 51
Hypertension	23	262	22	172	+ 90
Bladder Cancer	24	242	56	4	+ 238
Inflammatory/Heart	25	224	32	59	+ 165
Stomach Cancer	26	204	47	14	+ 191
Oral Cancer	27	173	71	0	+ 172
Oesophagus Cancer	28	172	54	5	+ 167
Malnutrition	29	155	26	110	+ 46
Ovary Cancer	30	146	61	2	+ 144
Road Traffic Accidents	31	123	6	695	- 572
Skin Cancers	32	120	68	0	+ 120
Alcohol	33	118	50	12	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	34	100	66	1	+ 99
Congenital Anomalies	35	74	11	383	- 309
Drug Use	36	69	39	28	+ 42
Epilepsy	37	69	35	43	+ 26
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	67	9	626	- 559
Skin Disease	39	59	44	19	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	40	58	23	145	- 87
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	51	41	24	+ 27
Asthma	42	38	24	134	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	36	33	56	- 20
Anemia	44	36	83	0	+ 36
Drownings	45	32	30	69	- 37
Multiple Sclerosis	46	28	58	3	+ 25
Low Birth Weight	47	24	8	662	- 638
Schizophrenia	48	24	85	0	+ 24
Violence	49	20	20	195	- 175
Tuberculosis	50	16	10	445	- 429
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	16	62	2	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	15	65	1	+ 14
Fires	53	15	31	67	- 52
HIV/AIDS	54	13	2	1,125	- 1,111
Birth Trauma	55	11	5	754	- 743
Osteoarthritis	56	9	81	0	+ 9
Poisonings	57	8	36	42	- 34
Meningitis	58	6	18	229	- 223
Hepatitis B	59	5	46	14	- 9
Oral conditions	60	4	82	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	3	55	5	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	2	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	64	2	13	345	- 343
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	0	48	14	- 13
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Syphilis	68	0	34	55	- 54
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	70	0	45	18	- 18
Schistosomiasis	71	0	42	23	- 23
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	78	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	79	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

France

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.