AUSTRIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,763	13	1,563	+ 3,200
HIV/AIDS	2	3,997	49	41	+ 3,956
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,578	1	17,638	- 14,060
Stroke	4	2,852	2	5,208	- 2,357
Birth Trauma	5	2,681	54	34	+ 2,647
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,471	31	436	+ 2,035
Malaria	7	2,395	75	0	+ 2,395
Low Birth Weight	8	2,352	51	40	+ 2,312
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,224	40	152	+ 2,072
Tuberculosis	10	1,582	50	41	+ 1,541
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,361	34	327	+ 1,035
Liver Cancer	12	1,340	22	922	+ 418
Maternal Conditions	13	1,227	64	4	+ 1,223
Liver Disease	14	1,149	16	1,366	- 217
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,030	9	2,093	- 1,064
Kidney Disease	16	944	8	2,247	- 1,303
Endocrine Disorders	17	817	20	1,077	- 261
Meningitis	18	813	58	22	+ 791
Lung Disease	19	732	5	4,107	- 3,375
Violence	20	693	47	47	+ 646
Other Injuries	21	690	12	1,700	- 1,010
Hypertension	22	612	6	3,601	- 2,989
Cervical Cancer	23	515	37	205	+ 309
Asthma	24	476	45	81	+ 395
Suicide	25	400	17	1,307	- 907
Malnutrition	26	390	46	71	+ 319
Pertussis	27	351	70	0	+ 351
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	316	4	4,174	- 3,858
Falls	29	295	21	982	- 687
Drownings	30	244	48	42	+ 202
Fires	31	237	52	36	+ 201
Inflammatory/Heart	32	210	14	1,515	- 1,305
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	200	42	142	+ 59
Syphilis	34	194	66	1	+ 193
Epilepsy	35	153	36	222	- 69
Poisonings	36	150	60	15	+ 135
Parkinson's Disease	37	122	19	1,102	- 981
Lung Cancers	38	119	3	4,217	- 4,098
Drug Use	39	99	39	161	- 62
Breast Cancer	40	93	11	1,857	- 1,763
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	33	379	- 295
Schistosomiasis	42	81	74	0	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	43	73	15	1,501	- 1,428
Skin Disease	44	66	43	99	- 33
Tetanus	45	65	72	0	+ 65
Hepatitis B	46	49	62	8	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	47	48	24	817	- 769
Encephalitis	48	48	68	1	+ 47
Measles	49	48	73	0	+ 48
Alcohol	50	43	29	538	- 495
Lymphomas	51	41	18	1,167	- 1,126
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	38	7	2,324	- 2,286
Pancreas Cancer	53	20	10	1,901	- 1,881
Oesophagus Cancer	54	19	32	406	- 387
Appendicitis	55	17	59	15	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	56	16	26	617	- 602
Other Neoplasms	57	10	25	814	- 805
Multiple Sclerosis	58	10	38	170	- 160
Leukemia	59	8	23	878	- 870
Leishmaniasis	60	8	69	0	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	61	8	30	513	- 506
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	53	35	- 28
Ascariasis	63	6	79	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	5	55	26	- 20
Hepatitis C	65	4	41	147	- 144
Uterin Cancer	66	4	35	275	- 272
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	28	585	- 583
War	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	78	0	+ 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	27	614	- 613
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	81	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	63	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Gambia

Austria

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.