COMOROS VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	478	1	594	- 116
HIV/AIDS	2	401	76	0	+ 401
Coronary Heart Disease	3	359	4	349	+ 10
Stroke	4	286	3	356	- 69
Birth Trauma	5	269	7	211	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	6	248	6	226	+ 22
Malaria	7	240	29	29	+ 211
Low Birth Weight	8	236	5	328	- 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	223	2	363	- 140
Tuberculosis	10	159	19	79	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	11	137	10	131	+ 6
Liver Cancer	12	134	28	29	+ 105
Maternal Conditions	13	123	22	47	+ 76
Liver Disease	14	115	8	160	- 44
Diabetes Mellitus	15	103	9	136	- 33
Kidney Disease	16	95	14	101	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	17	82	36	19	+ 63
Meningitis	18	82	11	115	- 34
Lung Disease	19	73	17	83	- 10
Violence	20	70	20	63	+ 6
Other Injuries	21	69	16	90	- 21
Hypertension	22	61	12	115	- 54
Cervical Cancer	23	52	13	104	- 53
Asthma	24	48	21	49	- 1
Suicide	25	40	24	46	- 6
Malnutrition	26	39	15	96	- 57
Pertussis	27	35	18	80	- 45
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	32	23	46	- 15
Falls	29	30	32	26	+ 3
Drownings	30	25	25	35	- 10
Fires	31	24	30	27	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	32	21	31	26	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	20	34	21	- 1
Syphilis	34	19	38	19	+ 0
Epilepsy	35	15	40	17	- 2
Poisonings	36	15	35	20	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	37	12	44	11	+ 1
Lung Cancers	38	12	60	1	+ 11
Drug Use	39	10	49	7	+ 3
Breast Cancer	40	9	33	23	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	8	47	10	- 2
Schistosomiasis	42	8	75	0	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	43	7	27	33	- 25
Skin Disease	44	7	48	9	- 3
Tetanus	45	7	43	12	- 5
Hepatitis B	46	5	52	5	- 0
Stomach Cancer	47	5	45	11	- 6
Encephalitis	48	5	54	4	+ 1
Measles	49	5	78	0	+ 5
Alcohol	50	4	51	6	- 1
Lymphomas	51	4	37	19	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	4	39	19	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	82	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	26	34	- 32
Appendicitis	55	2	50	6	- 4
Bladder Cancer	56	2	46	10	- 9
Other Neoplasms	57	1	59	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	62	1	+ 0
Leukemia	59	1	57	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	56	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	2	- 1
Ascariasis	63	1	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	53	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	66	0	55	3	- 3
Diphtheria	67	0	65	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	12	- 12
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	66	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	41	15	- 15
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	79	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Gambia

Comoros

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.