DOMINICAN REP. VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,745	6	2,254	+ 3,490
HIV/AIDS	2	4,821	8	1,931	+ 2,890
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,315	1	14,986	- 10,671
Stroke	4	3,439	2	7,882	- 4,443
Birth Trauma	5	3,233	18	915	+ 2,318
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,980	3	6,937	- 3,957
Malaria	7	2,889	65	4	+ 2,885
Low Birth Weight	8	2,836	13	1,532	+ 1,304
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,682	26	504	+ 2,178
Tuberculosis	10	1,907	38	242	+ 1,665
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,642	17	1,038	+ 604
Liver Cancer	12	1,616	21	664	+ 952
Maternal Conditions	13	1,480	39	202	+ 1,277
Liver Disease	14	1,386	5	2,680	- 1,294
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,242	4	2,762	- 1,520
Kidney Disease	16	1,138	7	2,121	- 982
Endocrine Disorders	17	985	22	602	+ 383
Meningitis	18	980	45	134	+ 847
Lung Disease	19	883	15	1,360	- 478
Violence	20	836	9	1,917	- 1,081
Other Injuries	21	833	19	890	- 57
Hypertension	22	738	10	1,894	- 1,156
Cervical Cancer	23	621	23	560	+ 60
Asthma	24	575	29	441	+ 134
Suicide	25	483	25	530	- 47
Malnutrition	26	470	34	372	+ 98
Pertussis	27	423	47	121	+ 303
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	381	11	1,808	- 1,426
Falls	29	355	30	435	- 79
Drownings	30	294	37	248	+ 47
Fires	31	285	44	139	+ 146
Inflammatory/Heart	32	254	35	312	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	242	36	295	- 53
Syphilis	34	234	51	70	+ 164
Epilepsy	35	184	42	158	+ 26
Poisonings	36	181	55	47	+ 134
Parkinson's Disease	37	147	28	446	- 299
Lung Cancers	38	144	16	1,244	- 1,100
Drug Use	39	119	43	156	- 37
Breast Cancer	40	113	14	1,460	- 1,347
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	102	46	123	- 21
Schistosomiasis	42	97	59	22	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	43	88	12	1,655	- 1,566
Skin Disease	44	80	53	50	+ 30
Tetanus	45	79	61	17	+ 62
Hepatitis B	46	59	63	11	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	47	58	24	547	- 489
Encephalitis	48	58	56	44	+ 13
Measles	49	58	79	0	+ 58
Alcohol	50	52	48	120	- 69
Lymphomas	51	50	33	374	- 325
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	45	20	851	- 805
Pancreas Cancer	53	24	27	456	- 432
Oesophagus Cancer	54	23	40	200	- 177
Appendicitis	55	20	52	67	- 46
Bladder Cancer	56	19	49	92	- 73
Other Neoplasms	57	12	58	35	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	58	12	62	13	- 1
Leukemia	59	10	32	409	- 399
Leishmaniasis	60	10	74	0	+ 10
Ovary Cancer	61	9	50	89	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	54	48	- 41
Ascariasis	63	7	70	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	64	7	68	1	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	4	60	17	- 13
Uterin Cancer	66	4	57	43	- 39
Diphtheria	67	1	69	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	41	172	- 171
War	69	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	1	66	2	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	31	434	- 433
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	64	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Gambia

Dominican Rep.

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.