DR CONGO VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	61,294	1	73,546	- 12,252
HIV/AIDS	2	51,439	15	13,286	+ 38,153
Coronary Heart Disease	3	46,037	7	34,713	+ 11,323
Stroke	4	36,695	6	36,596	+ 99
Birth Trauma	5	34,496	9	33,075	+ 1,421
Road Traffic Accidents	6	31,800	10	30,256	+ 1,543
Malaria	7	30,825	4	41,813	- 10,988
Low Birth Weight	8	30,262	8	34,668	- 4,407
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	28,617	5	41,301	- 12,684
Tuberculosis	10	20,352	2	43,759	- 23,408
Congenital Anomalies	11	17,518	11	16,256	+ 1,262
Liver Cancer	12	17,241	31	3,840	+ 13,401
Maternal Conditions	13	15,790	19	10,513	+ 5,277
Liver Disease	14	14,788	13	15,044	- 257
Diabetes Mellitus	15	13,251	16	12,902	+ 349
Kidney Disease	16	12,148	20	9,077	+ 3,071
Endocrine Disorders	17	10,512	25	7,380	+ 3,132
Meningitis	18	10,460	17	11,568	- 1,108
Lung Disease	19	9,416	14	13,527	- 4,110
Violence	20	8,916	18	11,120	- 2,205
Other Injuries	21	8,884	22	8,272	+ 612
Hypertension	22	7,872	12	15,743	- 7,871
Cervical Cancer	23	6,624	27	4,823	+ 1,801
Asthma	24	6,130	24	7,733	- 1,603
Suicide	25	5,151	26	5,812	- 661
Malnutrition	26	5,015	21	8,910	- 3,895
Pertussis	27	4,515	23	7,921	- 3,406
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	4,068	28	4,548	- 479
Falls	29	3,793	33	3,483	+ 310
Drownings	30	3,141	34	3,454	- 312
Fires	31	3,044	39	2,007	+ 1,037
Inflammatory/Heart	32	2,706	29	4,045	- 1,339
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	2,579	40	1,923	+ 656
Syphilis	34	2,498	32	3,751	- 1,253
Epilepsy	35	1,967	44	1,727	+ 241
Poisonings	36	1,928	42	1,729	+ 199
Parkinson's Disease	37	1,568	49	1,035	+ 534
Lung Cancers	38	1,533	47	1,158	+ 376
Drug Use	39	1,273	59	638	+ 635
Breast Cancer	40	1,203	35	3,416	- 2,213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,083	43	1,728	- 645
Schistosomiasis	42	1,038	48	1,071	- 33
Prostate Cancer	43	941	30	3,948	- 3,007
Skin Disease	44	849	54	781	+ 68
Tetanus	45	841	46	1,166	- 325
Hepatitis B	46	629	61	456	+ 173
Stomach Cancer	47	619	37	2,579	- 1,960
Encephalitis	48	618	57	680	- 62
Measles	49	616	3	42,254	- 41,638
Alcohol	50	552	60	635	- 83
Lymphomas	51	530	38	2,061	- 1,531
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	485	36	2,966	- 2,481
Pancreas Cancer	53	256	50	1,017	- 760
Oesophagus Cancer	54	248	53	790	- 542
Appendicitis	55	215	56	703	- 488
Bladder Cancer	56	202	65	270	- 68
Other Neoplasms	57	126	67	88	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	58	125	71	44	+ 81
Leukemia	59	106	41	1,871	- 1,766
Leishmaniasis	60	104	52	869	- 765
Ovary Cancer	61	98	58	656	- 558
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	83	66	217	- 135
Ascariasis	63	76	68	80	- 3
Upper Respiratory	64	70	62	370	- 300
Hepatitis C	65	48	69	69	- 21
Uterin Cancer	66	45	63	352	- 307
Diphtheria	67	15	70	47	- 32
Skin Cancers	68	13	55	765	- 752
War	69	13	45	1,658	- 1,645
Chlamydia	70	11	73	15	- 4
Oral Cancer	71	10	51	1,003	- 993
Otitis Media	72	1	72	38	- 37
Dengue	73	1	74	1	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Gambia

DR Congo

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.