BOLIVIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,539	2	8,069	- 1,530
HIV/AIDS	2	5,488	45	174	+ 5,314
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,911	1	11,051	- 6,140
Stroke	4	3,915	3	7,206	- 3,292
Birth Trauma	5	3,680	19	984	+ 2,696
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,393	9	2,430	+ 963
Malaria	7	3,289	76	0	+ 3,289
Low Birth Weight	8	3,229	12	1,265	+ 1,964
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,053	21	883	+ 2,170
Tuberculosis	10	2,171	13	1,187	+ 984
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,869	15	1,080	+ 789
Liver Cancer	12	1,839	25	720	+ 1,119
Maternal Conditions	13	1,685	39	245	+ 1,439
Liver Disease	14	1,578	6	3,987	- 2,410
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,414	5	4,927	- 3,513
Kidney Disease	16	1,296	4	5,879	- 4,583
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,121	32	384	+ 737
Meningitis	18	1,116	49	128	+ 988
Lung Disease	19	1,005	7	3,735	- 2,731
Violence	20	951	14	1,097	- 146
Other Injuries	21	948	11	1,279	- 331
Hypertension	22	840	10	1,927	- 1,087
Cervical Cancer	23	707	16	1,071	- 364
Asthma	24	654	38	258	+ 396
Suicide	25	550	26	715	- 166
Malnutrition	26	535	18	1,031	- 496
Pertussis	27	482	50	121	+ 361
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	434	8	2,479	- 2,045
Falls	29	405	17	1,066	- 662
Drownings	30	335	31	406	- 71
Fires	31	325	44	181	+ 143
Inflammatory/Heart	32	289	35	374	- 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	275	27	678	- 403
Syphilis	34	267	53	105	+ 162
Epilepsy	35	210	42	199	+ 10
Poisonings	36	206	57	66	+ 140
Parkinson's Disease	37	167	22	852	- 685
Lung Cancers	38	164	20	901	- 738
Drug Use	39	136	40	244	- 108
Breast Cancer	40	128	29	482	- 354
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	116	37	292	- 176
Schistosomiasis	42	111	75	0	+ 111
Prostate Cancer	43	100	28	550	- 449
Skin Disease	44	91	55	101	- 10
Tetanus	45	90	60	31	+ 59
Hepatitis B	46	67	64	6	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	47	66	23	785	- 719
Encephalitis	48	66	52	110	- 44
Measles	49	66	73	0	+ 66
Alcohol	50	59	33	384	- 325
Lymphomas	51	57	41	219	- 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	52	30	407	- 356
Pancreas Cancer	53	27	36	332	- 304
Oesophagus Cancer	54	26	48	133	- 107
Appendicitis	55	23	46	156	- 133
Bladder Cancer	56	22	59	43	- 21
Other Neoplasms	57	13	58	43	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	58	13	61	22	- 9
Leukemia	59	11	34	380	- 368
Leishmaniasis	60	11	65	5	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	61	10	54	102	- 92
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	51	111	- 102
Ascariasis	63	8	69	2	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	64	7	62	15	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	5	67	3	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	66	5	47	151	- 147
Diphtheria	67	2	70	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	43	190	- 189
War	69	1	63	9	- 8
Chlamydia	70	1	68	2	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	56	91	- 90
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Gambia

Bolivia

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.