ERITREA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,369	1	3,277	+ 93
HIV/AIDS	2	2,828	25	308	+ 2,520
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,531	4	2,154	+ 377
Stroke	4	2,017	2	2,564	- 547
Birth Trauma	5	1,896	11	616	+ 1,280
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,748	5	1,326	+ 422
Malaria	7	1,695	17	437	+ 1,258
Low Birth Weight	8	1,664	16	531	+ 1,132
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,573	3	2,292	- 719
Tuberculosis	10	1,119	14	543	+ 575
Congenital Anomalies	11	963	18	432	+ 531
Liver Cancer	12	948	45	69	+ 879
Maternal Conditions	13	868	13	544	+ 324
Liver Disease	14	813	6	1,215	- 402
Diabetes Mellitus	15	728	7	944	- 216
Kidney Disease	16	668	12	578	+ 90
Endocrine Disorders	17	578	43	71	+ 507
Meningitis	18	575	19	404	+ 171
Lung Disease	19	518	9	662	- 144
Violence	20	490	20	384	+ 106
Other Injuries	21	488	15	540	- 52
Hypertension	22	433	8	926	- 493
Cervical Cancer	23	364	30	132	+ 232
Asthma	24	337	22	326	+ 11
Suicide	25	283	21	382	- 99
Malnutrition	26	276	10	660	- 384
Pertussis	27	248	36	90	+ 159
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	224	24	310	- 86
Falls	29	209	26	168	+ 40
Drownings	30	173	33	118	+ 55
Fires	31	167	31	132	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	32	149	32	123	+ 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	142	27	147	- 5
Syphilis	34	137	54	35	+ 103
Epilepsy	35	108	38	81	+ 27
Poisonings	36	106	34	114	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	37	86	37	85	+ 1
Lung Cancers	38	84	46	62	+ 23
Drug Use	39	70	53	36	+ 34
Breast Cancer	40	66	23	311	- 245
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	60	41	77	- 17
Schistosomiasis	42	57	42	73	- 16
Prostate Cancer	43	52	47	54	- 2
Skin Disease	44	47	50	45	+ 2
Tetanus	45	46	52	37	+ 9
Hepatitis B	46	35	57	28	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	34	48	48	- 14
Encephalitis	48	34	62	16	+ 18
Measles	49	34	63	13	+ 21
Alcohol	50	30	49	45	- 15
Lymphomas	51	29	28	147	- 118
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	27	35	113	- 86
Pancreas Cancer	53	14	58	20	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	54	14	39	81	- 67
Appendicitis	55	12	55	31	- 20
Bladder Cancer	56	11	51	42	- 31
Other Neoplasms	57	7	66	6	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	7	67	4	+ 3
Leukemia	59	6	29	144	- 138
Leishmaniasis	60	6	59	19	- 13
Ovary Cancer	61	5	40	79	- 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	64	12	- 7
Ascariasis	63	4	68	2	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	4	60	18	- 14
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	6	- 4
Uterin Cancer	66	2	61	18	- 15
Diphtheria	67	1	72	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	1	56	30	- 29
War	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	1	44	71	- 70
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 ERITREA

Gambia

Eritrea

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.