GEORGIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,603	9	886	+ 1,717
HIV/AIDS	2	2,185	42	89	+ 2,096
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,955	1	16,014	- 14,059
Stroke	4	1,558	2	11,969	- 10,411
Birth Trauma	5	1,465	46	39	+ 1,426
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,350	13	496	+ 854
Malaria	7	1,309	71	0	+ 1,309
Low Birth Weight	8	1,285	37	114	+ 1,171
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,215	50	19	+ 1,197
Tuberculosis	10	864	32	153	+ 712
Congenital Anomalies	11	744	28	174	+ 570
Liver Cancer	12	732	17	385	+ 348
Maternal Conditions	13	671	53	13	+ 658
Liver Disease	14	628	4	1,871	- 1,243
Diabetes Mellitus	15	563	6	1,621	- 1,058
Kidney Disease	16	516	10	826	- 310
Endocrine Disorders	17	446	38	109	+ 338
Meningitis	18	444	47	25	+ 420
Lung Disease	19	400	7	1,158	- 759
Violence	20	379	40	90	+ 288
Other Injuries	21	377	20	346	+ 31
Hypertension	22	334	3	4,387	- 4,053
Cervical Cancer	23	281	27	187	+ 94
Asthma	24	260	35	136	+ 124
Suicide	25	219	18	367	- 148
Malnutrition	26	213	59	5	+ 208
Pertussis	27	192	67	0	+ 192
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	173	5	1,826	- 1,654
Falls	29	161	16	420	- 259
Drownings	30	133	39	95	+ 38
Fires	31	129	34	140	- 10
Inflammatory/Heart	32	115	21	346	- 231
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	110	24	226	- 117
Syphilis	34	106	63	0	+ 106
Epilepsy	35	84	44	51	+ 33
Poisonings	36	82	49	23	+ 58
Parkinson's Disease	37	67	19	354	- 288
Lung Cancers	38	65	8	1,152	- 1,087
Drug Use	39	54	41	90	- 36
Breast Cancer	40	51	11	613	- 562
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	46	15	426	- 380
Schistosomiasis	42	44	73	0	+ 44
Prostate Cancer	43	40	22	290	- 251
Skin Disease	44	36	51	17	+ 19
Tetanus	45	36	62	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	46	27	58	7	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	47	26	12	533	- 507
Encephalitis	48	26	48	24	+ 2
Measles	49	26	68	0	+ 26
Alcohol	50	23	45	49	- 26
Lymphomas	51	22	25	208	- 186
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	21	14	444	- 423
Pancreas Cancer	53	11	23	227	- 216
Oesophagus Cancer	54	11	43	75	- 65
Appendicitis	55	9	55	10	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	9	26	205	- 197
Other Neoplasms	57	5	52	15	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	54	12	- 7
Leukemia	59	4	30	171	- 167
Leishmaniasis	60	4	56	8	- 3
Ovary Cancer	61	4	29	174	- 170
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	57	8	- 4
Ascariasis	63	3	69	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	60	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	66	2	36	115	- 113
Diphtheria	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	33	149	- 148
War	69	1	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	31	167	- 166
Otitis Media	72	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GEORGIA

Gambia

Georgia

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.