CROATIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		CROATIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,204	10	1,021	+ 1,183
HIV/AIDS	2	1,850	59	8	+ 1,842
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,656	1	12,307	- 10,652
Stroke	4	1,320	2	6,275	- 4,956
Birth Trauma	5	1,241	55	11	+ 1,229
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,144	27	328	+ 815
Malaria	7	1,109	77	0	+ 1,109
Low Birth Weight	8	1,088	56	10	+ 1,078
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,029	39	82	+ 947
Tuberculosis	10	732	44	61	+ 670
Congenital Anomalies	11	630	37	94	+ 536
Liver Cancer	12	620	19	501	+ 119
Maternal Conditions	13	568	61	2	+ 566
Liver Disease	14	532	13	924	- 393
Diabetes Mellitus	15	477	6	1,963	- 1,486
Kidney Disease	16	437	7	1,392	- 955
Endocrine Disorders	17	378	42	72	+ 306
Meningitis	18	376	52	16	+ 360
Lung Disease	19	339	5	2,111	- 1,772
Violence	20	321	48	45	+ 276
Other Injuries	21	319	23	428	- 108
Hypertension	22	283	8	1,102	- 819
Cervical Cancer	23	238	34	156	+ 83
Asthma	24	220	41	74	+ 147
Suicide	25	185	17	676	- 491
Malnutrition	26	180	70	0	+ 180
Pertussis	27	162	69	0	+ 162
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	146	9	1,066	- 920
Falls	29	136	12	974	- 838
Drownings	30	113	38	86	+ 27
Fires	31	109	50	34	+ 75
Inflammatory/Heart	32	97	21	457	- 359
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	93	31	207	- 114
Syphilis	34	90	71	0	+ 90
Epilepsy	35	71	36	94	- 24
Poisonings	36	69	54	16	+ 54
Parkinson's Disease	37	56	24	423	- 367
Lung Cancers	38	55	3	2,842	- 2,787
Drug Use	39	46	43	70	- 25
Breast Cancer	40	43	11	1,019	- 975
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	39	35	137	- 98
Schistosomiasis	42	37	75	0	+ 37
Prostate Cancer	43	34	14	852	- 818
Skin Disease	44	31	58	8	+ 23
Tetanus	45	30	68	0	+ 30
Hepatitis B	46	23	51	17	+ 5
Stomach Cancer	47	22	15	786	- 764
Encephalitis	48	22	65	1	+ 21
Measles	49	22	73	0	+ 22
Alcohol	50	20	30	219	- 199
Lymphomas	51	19	18	556	- 537
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	17	4	2,189	- 2,172
Pancreas Cancer	53	9	16	754	- 745
Oesophagus Cancer	54	9	33	189	- 180
Appendicitis	55	8	57	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	7	20	499	- 492
Other Neoplasms	57	5	29	283	- 279
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	45	55	- 50
Leukemia	59	4	22	435	- 432
Leishmaniasis	60	4	66	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	4	28	308	- 305
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	46	47	- 44
Ascariasis	63	3	83	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	63	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	47	45	- 43
Uterin Cancer	66	2	32	199	- 198
Diphtheria	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	26	332	- 331
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	25	338	- 338
Otitis Media	72	0	60	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	80	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	62	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	43	- 43
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	53	16	- 16
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	40	79	- 79
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CROATIA

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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.