COSTA RICA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,797	7	836	+ 1,961
HIV/AIDS	2	2,347	25	192	+ 2,155
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,101	1	2,639	- 539
Stroke	4	1,674	2	1,624	+ 50
Birth Trauma	5	1,574	47	48	+ 1,526
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,451	9	746	+ 705
Malaria	7	1,406	78	0	+ 1,406
Low Birth Weight	8	1,381	28	178	+ 1,203
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,306	39	87	+ 1,219
Tuberculosis	10	929	50	32	+ 897
Congenital Anomalies	11	799	21	315	+ 484
Liver Cancer	12	787	17	382	+ 405
Maternal Conditions	13	720	55	17	+ 703
Liver Disease	14	675	18	370	+ 305
Diabetes Mellitus	15	605	5	953	- 349
Kidney Disease	16	554	3	1,482	- 928
Endocrine Disorders	17	480	27	183	+ 296
Meningitis	18	477	54	18	+ 459
Lung Disease	19	430	4	1,046	- 617
Violence	20	407	11	635	- 228
Other Injuries	21	405	13	571	- 165
Hypertension	22	359	6	863	- 504
Cervical Cancer	23	302	29	159	+ 143
Asthma	24	280	45	60	+ 219
Suicide	25	235	15	407	- 172
Malnutrition	26	229	48	37	+ 192
Pertussis	27	206	69	0	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	186	8	818	- 633
Falls	29	173	35	116	+ 57
Drownings	30	143	37	97	+ 47
Fires	31	139	58	10	+ 129
Inflammatory/Heart	32	123	26	191	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	118	42	74	+ 44
Syphilis	34	114	65	1	+ 113
Epilepsy	35	90	34	116	- 26
Poisonings	36	88	60	5	+ 83
Parkinson's Disease	37	72	30	138	- 66
Lung Cancers	38	70	20	343	- 273
Drug Use	39	58	43	63	- 5
Breast Cancer	40	55	16	384	- 329
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	49	49	32	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	42	47	76	0	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	43	43	14	448	- 405
Skin Disease	44	39	32	126	- 87
Tetanus	45	38	74	0	+ 38
Hepatitis B	46	29	59	7	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	47	28	10	661	- 632
Encephalitis	48	28	63	3	+ 26
Measles	49	28	75	0	+ 28
Alcohol	50	25	33	126	- 101
Lymphomas	51	24	19	356	- 332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	22	12	621	- 599
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	22	294	- 282
Oesophagus Cancer	54	11	44	61	- 50
Appendicitis	55	10	52	22	- 12
Bladder Cancer	56	9	36	100	- 91
Other Neoplasms	57	6	23	266	- 260
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	57	11	- 5
Leukemia	59	5	24	262	- 257
Leishmaniasis	60	5	72	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	4	40	80	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	46	55	- 51
Ascariasis	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	62	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	2	41	80	- 78
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	31	137	- 136
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	38	96	- 96
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	67	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	21	- 21
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Gambia

Costa Rica

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.