ALBANIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,650	6	634	+ 1,017
HIV/AIDS	2	1,385	42	26	+ 1,359
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,239	1	8,797	- 7,558
Stroke	4	988	2	8,790	- 7,802
Birth Trauma	5	929	41	32	+ 896
Road Traffic Accidents	6	856	14	337	+ 519
Malaria	7	830	70	0	+ 830
Low Birth Weight	8	815	25	106	+ 708
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	770	52	9	+ 761
Tuberculosis	10	548	54	8	+ 540
Congenital Anomalies	11	472	28	102	+ 369
Liver Cancer	12	464	9	434	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	13	425	59	2	+ 423
Liver Disease	14	398	12	376	+ 22
Diabetes Mellitus	15	357	19	208	+ 148
Kidney Disease	16	327	11	399	- 71
Endocrine Disorders	17	283	29	91	+ 192
Meningitis	18	282	49	14	+ 268
Lung Disease	19	254	5	876	- 623
Violence	20	240	27	103	+ 137
Other Injuries	21	239	26	105	+ 134
Hypertension	22	212	10	425	- 213
Cervical Cancer	23	178	36	48	+ 131
Asthma	24	165	21	193	- 28
Suicide	25	139	24	125	+ 14
Malnutrition	26	135	58	3	+ 132
Pertussis	27	122	60	1	+ 120
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	110	3	1,827	- 1,718
Falls	29	102	23	125	- 23
Drownings	30	85	43	25	+ 59
Fires	31	82	45	20	+ 62
Inflammatory/Heart	32	73	8	465	- 392
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	69	33	57	+ 13
Syphilis	34	67	62	1	+ 66
Epilepsy	35	53	37	44	+ 9
Poisonings	36	52	53	9	+ 43
Parkinson's Disease	37	42	13	369	- 326
Lung Cancers	38	41	4	1,026	- 985
Drug Use	39	34	44	25	+ 9
Breast Cancer	40	32	17	229	- 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	29	35	50	- 21
Schistosomiasis	42	28	72	0	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	43	25	16	311	- 285
Skin Disease	44	23	55	6	+ 17
Tetanus	45	23	57	3	+ 20
Hepatitis B	46	17	63	0	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	47	17	7	493	- 477
Encephalitis	48	17	46	20	- 3
Measles	49	17	65	0	+ 16
Alcohol	50	15	48	18	- 4
Lymphomas	51	14	31	69	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	13	20	197	- 184
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	18	225	- 218
Oesophagus Cancer	54	7	34	52	- 45
Appendicitis	55	6	56	5	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	56	5	15	330	- 324
Other Neoplasms	57	3	47	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	40	39	- 35
Leukemia	59	3	22	131	- 129
Leishmaniasis	60	3	61	1	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	3	39	39	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	11	- 9
Ascariasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	50	12	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	38	42	- 41
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	32	64	- 63
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	30	90	- 89
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Gambia

Albania

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.