ESTONIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	634	6	349	+ 285
HIV/AIDS	2	532	39	40	+ 492
Coronary Heart Disease	3	476	1	3,009	- 2,533
Stroke	4	380	3	1,116	- 736
Birth Trauma	5	357	57	5	+ 352
Road Traffic Accidents	6	329	35	59	+ 270
Malaria	7	319	73	0	+ 319
Low Birth Weight	8	313	55	7	+ 306
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	296	53	8	+ 288
Tuberculosis	10	211	47	16	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	11	181	43	25	+ 156
Liver Cancer	12	178	26	107	+ 71
Maternal Conditions	13	163	61	1	+ 162
Liver Disease	14	153	7	328	- 175
Diabetes Mellitus	15	137	19	146	- 9
Kidney Disease	16	126	17	176	- 51
Endocrine Disorders	17	109	33	66	+ 43
Meningitis	18	108	54	7	+ 101
Lung Disease	19	97	13	229	- 131
Violence	20	92	42	28	+ 64
Other Injuries	21	92	20	141	- 49
Hypertension	22	81	2	2,700	- 2,619
Cervical Cancer	23	69	32	68	+ 1
Asthma	24	63	44	24	+ 39
Suicide	25	53	16	197	- 144
Malnutrition	26	52	79	0	+ 52
Pertussis	27	47	83	0	+ 47
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	42	12	229	- 187
Falls	29	39	24	119	- 79
Drownings	30	32	40	30	+ 3
Fires	31	31	38	41	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	28	14	217	- 189
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	27	36	55	- 28
Syphilis	34	26	62	1	+ 25
Epilepsy	35	20	37	45	- 24
Poisonings	36	20	52	8	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	37	16	29	82	- 66
Lung Cancers	38	16	4	657	- 641
Drug Use	39	13	31	75	- 62
Breast Cancer	40	12	11	260	- 247
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	45	22	- 10
Schistosomiasis	42	11	72	0	+ 11
Prostate Cancer	43	10	8	298	- 289
Skin Disease	44	9	41	29	- 20
Tetanus	45	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis B	46	7	65	0	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	6	9	290	- 283
Encephalitis	48	6	63	0	+ 6
Measles	49	6	84	0	+ 6
Alcohol	50	6	18	148	- 143
Lymphomas	51	5	15	213	- 207
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	5	5	527	- 522
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	10	268	- 266
Oesophagus Cancer	54	3	27	99	- 96
Appendicitis	55	2	59	2	+ 0
Bladder Cancer	56	2	21	126	- 124
Other Neoplasms	57	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	48	16	- 15
Leukemia	59	1	22	126	- 125
Leishmaniasis	60	1	69	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	28	87	- 86
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	17	- 16
Ascariasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Uterin Cancer	66	0	34	60	- 60
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	79	- 79
War	69	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	25	110	- 110
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.