BOTSWANA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,302	2	1,674	- 372
HIV/AIDS	2	1,092	1	4,950	- 3,857
Coronary Heart Disease	3	978	3	1,632	- 654
Stroke	4	779	4	1,588	- 809
Birth Trauma	5	733	17	261	+ 471
Road Traffic Accidents	6	675	7	608	+ 67
Malaria	7	655	64	1	+ 654
Low Birth Weight	8	643	13	447	+ 196
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	608	8	527	+ 81
Tuberculosis	10	432	6	649	- 217
Congenital Anomalies	11	372	16	287	+ 85
Liver Cancer	12	366	35	57	+ 309
Maternal Conditions	13	335	24	118	+ 218
Liver Disease	14	314	12	459	- 145
Diabetes Mellitus	15	281	5	1,273	- 991
Kidney Disease	16	258	9	506	- 248
Endocrine Disorders	17	223	27	103	+ 121
Meningitis	18	222	25	108	+ 114
Lung Disease	19	200	10	482	- 282
Violence	20	189	14	389	- 200
Other Injuries	21	189	19	216	- 28
Hypertension	22	167	11	471	- 304
Cervical Cancer	23	141	22	164	- 23
Asthma	24	130	18	232	- 102
Suicide	25	109	15	370	- 260
Malnutrition	26	106	21	171	- 64
Pertussis	27	96	40	45	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	86	23	164	- 77
Falls	29	81	34	62	+ 19
Drownings	30	67	30	83	- 16
Fires	31	65	26	108	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	32	57	20	177	- 120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	55	29	90	- 35
Syphilis	34	53	44	36	+ 17
Epilepsy	35	42	36	56	- 14
Poisonings	36	41	42	42	- 1
Parkinson's Disease	37	33	38	47	- 14
Lung Cancers	38	33	39	45	- 13
Drug Use	39	27	48	26	+ 1
Breast Cancer	40	26	33	68	- 43
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	43	37	- 14
Schistosomiasis	42	22	54	10	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	43	20	41	45	- 25
Skin Disease	44	18	46	30	- 12
Tetanus	45	18	61	6	+ 12
Hepatitis B	46	13	62	6	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	47	13	53	10	+ 3
Encephalitis	48	13	59	7	+ 6
Measles	49	13	68	0	+ 13
Alcohol	50	12	45	31	- 19
Lymphomas	51	11	31	77	- 66
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	10	47	28	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	50	16	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	28	103	- 97
Appendicitis	55	5	57	8	- 3
Bladder Cancer	56	4	60	6	- 2
Other Neoplasms	57	3	55	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	63	3	- 0
Leukemia	59	2	51	13	- 11
Leishmaniasis	60	2	79	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	49	19	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	52	11	- 9
Ascariasis	63	2	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	58	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	56	9	- 8
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	37	52	- 52
War	69	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	32	70	- 70
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Gambia

Botswana

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.