EQU. GUINEA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	954	2	913	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	2	800	1	1,838	- 1,038
Coronary Heart Disease	3	716	7	419	+ 298
Stroke	4	571	6	437	+ 134
Birth Trauma	5	537	5	441	+ 96
Road Traffic Accidents	6	495	8	368	+ 126
Malaria	7	480	3	668	- 188
Low Birth Weight	8	471	4	457	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	445	9	349	+ 96
Tuberculosis	10	317	10	321	- 4
Congenital Anomalies	11	273	12	249	+ 23
Liver Cancer	12	268	34	43	+ 225
Maternal Conditions	13	246	17	139	+ 107
Liver Disease	14	230	13	199	+ 31
Diabetes Mellitus	15	206	11	299	- 93
Kidney Disease	16	189	14	198	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	17	164	25	73	+ 90
Meningitis	18	163	19	127	+ 36
Lung Disease	19	147	20	120	+ 26
Violence	20	139	33	45	+ 94
Other Injuries	21	138	23	105	+ 33
Hypertension	22	123	16	165	- 43
Cervical Cancer	23	103	28	56	+ 47
Asthma	24	95	26	65	+ 30
Suicide	25	80	22	107	- 27
Malnutrition	26	78	31	48	+ 30
Pertussis	27	70	21	109	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	63	29	55	+ 8
Falls	29	59	32	46	+ 13
Drownings	30	49	36	39	+ 9
Fires	31	47	39	30	+ 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	42	27	63	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	40	43	22	+ 18
Syphilis	34	39	18	134	- 95
Epilepsy	35	31	38	32	- 2
Poisonings	36	30	44	21	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	37	24	46	18	+ 7
Lung Cancers	38	24	41	27	- 3
Drug Use	39	20	30	50	- 30
Breast Cancer	40	19	24	84	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	17	50	14	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	16	60	4	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	43	15	35	43	- 28
Skin Disease	44	13	51	13	+ 0
Tetanus	45	13	42	23	- 10
Hepatitis B	46	10	65	3	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	10	49	16	- 6
Encephalitis	48	10	57	8	+ 2
Measles	49	10	15	181	- 171
Alcohol	50	9	53	12	- 3
Lymphomas	51	8	45	19	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	8	40	29	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	53	4	55	11	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	54	4	54	12	- 8
Appendicitis	55	3	59	6	- 2
Bladder Cancer	56	3	56	9	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	2	63	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	67	1	+ 1
Leukemia	59	2	61	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	60	2	78	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	52	13	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	4	- 2
Ascariasis	63	1	70	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	69	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	1	58	8	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	64	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	0	48	16	- 16
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	37	35	- 34
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Gambia

Equ. Guinea

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.