EL SALVADOR VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,521	4	2,418	+ 1,103
HIV/AIDS	2	2,955	9	842	+ 2,112
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,644	1	5,814	- 3,169
Stroke	4	2,108	5	1,595	+ 512
Birth Trauma	5	1,981	37	121	+ 1,861
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,827	8	1,347	+ 480
Malaria	7	1,771	80	0	+ 1,771
Low Birth Weight	8	1,738	19	317	+ 1,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,644	27	199	+ 1,445
Tuberculosis	10	1,169	46	60	+ 1,109
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,006	14	449	+ 557
Liver Cancer	12	990	16	355	+ 635
Maternal Conditions	13	907	53	26	+ 880
Liver Disease	14	849	10	797	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	15	761	7	1,385	- 624
Kidney Disease	16	698	3	4,726	- 4,028
Endocrine Disorders	17	604	25	223	+ 381
Meningitis	18	601	51	36	+ 565
Lung Disease	19	541	6	1,493	- 952
Violence	20	512	2	5,485	- 4,973
Other Injuries	21	510	38	95	+ 415
Hypertension	22	452	31	146	+ 306
Cervical Cancer	23	380	13	451	- 71
Asthma	24	352	35	122	+ 230
Suicide	25	296	15	391	- 95
Malnutrition	26	288	26	214	+ 74
Pertussis	27	259	52	32	+ 227
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	234	18	320	- 86
Falls	29	218	24	243	- 25
Drownings	30	180	33	137	+ 44
Fires	31	175	54	21	+ 153
Inflammatory/Heart	32	155	42	78	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	148	30	157	- 9
Syphilis	34	144	58	14	+ 129
Epilepsy	35	113	48	50	+ 63
Poisonings	36	111	57	15	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	37	90	44	70	+ 20
Lung Cancers	38	88	23	290	- 202
Drug Use	39	73	43	74	- 0
Breast Cancer	40	69	22	291	- 222
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	62	65	6	+ 56
Schistosomiasis	42	60	82	0	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	43	54	17	328	- 274
Skin Disease	44	49	36	121	- 72
Tetanus	45	48	60	11	+ 37
Hepatitis B	46	36	66	5	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	47	36	11	702	- 666
Encephalitis	48	35	63	7	+ 28
Measles	49	35	76	0	+ 35
Alcohol	50	32	12	648	- 617
Lymphomas	51	30	28	186	- 156
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	28	20	315	- 287
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	29	161	- 146
Oesophagus Cancer	54	14	41	80	- 66
Appendicitis	55	12	56	18	- 6
Bladder Cancer	56	12	49	42	- 30
Other Neoplasms	57	7	32	145	- 138
Multiple Sclerosis	58	7	64	7	+ 0
Leukemia	59	6	21	312	- 306
Leishmaniasis	60	6	73	0	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	61	6	40	93	- 88
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	59	14	- 9
Ascariasis	63	4	72	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	62	9	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	3	75	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	66	3	50	39	- 37
Diphtheria	67	1	74	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	47	60	- 59
War	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	39	94	- 93
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	55	18	- 18
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	81	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	67	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Gambia

El Salvador

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.