FIJI VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	505	5	228	+ 277
HIV/AIDS	2	424	31	30	+ 394
Coronary Heart Disease	3	380	2	1,481	- 1,102
Stroke	4	303	3	583	- 280
Birth Trauma	5	284	28	36	+ 248
Road Traffic Accidents	6	262	11	120	+ 142
Malaria	7	254	75	0	+ 254
Low Birth Weight	8	250	14	86	+ 164
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	236	12	96	+ 140
Tuberculosis	10	168	27	39	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	11	144	10	129	+ 15
Liver Cancer	12	142	18	68	+ 74
Maternal Conditions	13	130	49	9	+ 122
Liver Disease	14	122	15	82	+ 40
Diabetes Mellitus	15	109	1	1,628	- 1,519
Kidney Disease	16	100	4	277	- 177
Endocrine Disorders	17	87	34	28	+ 59
Meningitis	18	86	43	17	+ 69
Lung Disease	19	78	9	141	- 63
Violence	20	74	40	19	+ 54
Other Injuries	21	73	17	77	- 4
Hypertension	22	65	7	170	- 105
Cervical Cancer	23	55	13	86	- 32
Asthma	24	51	6	226	- 175
Suicide	25	42	16	80	- 37
Malnutrition	26	41	45	14	+ 27
Pertussis	27	37	48	10	+ 27
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	34	19	63	- 29
Falls	29	31	36	27	+ 5
Drownings	30	26	21	60	- 34
Fires	31	25	33	28	- 3
Inflammatory/Heart	32	22	23	45	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	21	29	34	- 12
Syphilis	34	21	47	11	+ 10
Epilepsy	35	16	44	16	- 0
Poisonings	36	16	56	2	+ 14
Parkinson's Disease	37	13	26	40	- 27
Lung Cancers	38	13	22	48	- 35
Drug Use	39	10	52	4	+ 7
Breast Cancer	40	10	8	162	- 153
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	9	20	62	- 53
Schistosomiasis	42	9	74	0	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	43	8	25	41	- 33
Skin Disease	44	7	41	19	- 12
Tetanus	45	7	58	1	+ 6
Hepatitis B	46	5	59	1	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	47	5	37	23	- 18
Encephalitis	48	5	51	7	- 2
Measles	49	5	63	0	+ 5
Alcohol	50	5	57	2	+ 3
Lymphomas	51	4	35	27	- 23
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	4	24	45	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	38	21	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	42	18	- 16
Appendicitis	55	2	54	3	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	2	50	8	- 6
Other Neoplasms	57	1	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	60	1	+ 0
Leukemia	59	1	30	31	- 30
Leishmaniasis	60	1	73	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	32	29	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	0	39	20	- 20
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	61	1	- 1
War	69	0	66	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	64	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	46	13	- 12
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FIJI

Gambia

Fiji

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.