DENMARK VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,172	6	2,244	+ 929
HIV/AIDS	2	2,662	55	23	+ 2,640
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,383	1	5,341	- 2,958
Stroke	4	1,899	5	3,662	- 1,763
Birth Trauma	5	1,785	56	21	+ 1,764
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,646	33	213	+ 1,432
Malaria	7	1,595	79	0	+ 1,595
Low Birth Weight	8	1,566	41	116	+ 1,450
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,481	38	145	+ 1,337
Tuberculosis	10	1,053	57	16	+ 1,038
Congenital Anomalies	11	907	36	153	+ 754
Liver Cancer	12	892	25	464	+ 428
Maternal Conditions	13	817	64	2	+ 815
Liver Disease	14	765	14	692	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	15	686	10	1,284	- 598
Kidney Disease	16	629	12	911	- 282
Endocrine Disorders	17	544	19	575	- 31
Meningitis	18	541	52	25	+ 516
Lung Disease	19	487	3	4,387	- 3,899
Violence	20	461	47	63	+ 398
Other Injuries	21	460	30	347	+ 113
Hypertension	22	407	15	642	- 235
Cervical Cancer	23	343	37	153	+ 190
Asthma	24	317	44	82	+ 235
Suicide	25	267	16	617	- 351
Malnutrition	26	260	59	14	+ 246
Pertussis	27	234	72	0	+ 234
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	211	2	5,218	- 5,007
Falls	29	196	22	541	- 344
Drownings	30	163	50	37	+ 125
Fires	31	158	49	53	+ 105
Inflammatory/Heart	32	140	31	284	- 144
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	134	32	216	- 83
Syphilis	34	129	70	0	+ 129
Epilepsy	35	102	40	125	- 23
Poisonings	36	100	62	6	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	37	81	17	600	- 519
Lung Cancers	38	79	4	3,721	- 3,642
Drug Use	39	66	34	197	- 131
Breast Cancer	40	62	9	1,299	- 1,237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	56	42	96	- 40
Schistosomiasis	42	54	75	0	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	43	49	8	1,480	- 1,431
Skin Disease	44	44	45	79	- 35
Tetanus	45	44	68	0	+ 43
Hepatitis B	46	33	61	6	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	47	32	23	484	- 452
Encephalitis	48	32	67	1	+ 31
Measles	49	32	71	0	+ 32
Alcohol	50	29	18	598	- 570
Lymphomas	51	27	13	730	- 702
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	25	7	2,147	- 2,122
Pancreas Cancer	53	13	11	1,096	- 1,083
Oesophagus Cancer	54	13	24	477	- 464
Appendicitis	55	11	54	23	- 12
Bladder Cancer	56	10	21	545	- 535
Other Neoplasms	57	7	27	378	- 371
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	39	132	- 125
Leukemia	59	5	20	558	- 553
Leishmaniasis	60	5	78	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	5	29	367	- 362
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	43	84	- 80
Ascariasis	63	4	81	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	58	15	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	2	60	9	- 6
Uterin Cancer	66	2	35	156	- 153
Diphtheria	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	26	388	- 388
War	69	1	66	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	1	28	371	- 370
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	46	73	- 73
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	48	57	- 57
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Gambia

Denmark

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.