GHANA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	18,371	1	16,262	+ 2,109
HIV/AIDS	2	15,418	4	13,565	+ 1,852
Coronary Heart Disease	3	13,798	3	14,103	- 304
Stroke	4	10,998	2	15,163	- 4,165
Birth Trauma	5	10,339	10	6,194	+ 4,145
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,531	7	7,808	+ 1,724
Malaria	7	9,239	5	11,162	- 1,923
Low Birth Weight	8	9,070	8	6,662	+ 2,408
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	8,577	9	6,538	+ 2,039
Tuberculosis	10	6,100	6	10,214	- 4,115
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,251	14	3,935	+ 1,315
Liver Cancer	12	5,168	17	2,851	+ 2,316
Maternal Conditions	13	4,733	22	1,991	+ 2,742
Liver Disease	14	4,432	11	6,053	- 1,621
Diabetes Mellitus	15	3,972	12	5,929	- 1,958
Kidney Disease	16	3,641	13	4,161	- 520
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,151	24	1,965	+ 1,186
Meningitis	18	3,135	16	2,983	+ 152
Lung Disease	19	2,822	15	3,120	- 298
Violence	20	2,672	27	1,857	+ 815
Other Injuries	21	2,663	18	2,433	+ 230
Hypertension	22	2,359	19	2,231	+ 129
Cervical Cancer	23	1,985	20	2,161	- 176
Asthma	24	1,837	23	1,979	- 142
Suicide	25	1,544	21	1,993	- 449
Malnutrition	26	1,503	26	1,868	- 365
Pertussis	27	1,353	35	744	+ 609
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	1,219	29	1,294	- 75
Falls	29	1,137	30	1,168	- 31
Drownings	30	942	36	740	+ 201
Fires	31	912	37	729	+ 183
Inflammatory/Heart	32	811	28	1,615	- 804
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	773	48	321	+ 453
Syphilis	34	749	41	483	+ 266
Epilepsy	35	590	47	329	+ 260
Poisonings	36	578	40	522	+ 56
Parkinson's Disease	37	470	43	387	+ 83
Lung Cancers	38	460	55	237	+ 222
Drug Use	39	382	39	630	- 248
Breast Cancer	40	360	25	1,937	- 1,577
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	325	52	256	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	42	311	51	257	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	43	282	31	1,031	- 749
Skin Disease	44	255	50	264	- 9
Tetanus	45	252	56	220	+ 32
Hepatitis B	46	189	62	101	+ 87
Stomach Cancer	47	186	33	870	- 685
Encephalitis	48	185	44	357	- 172
Measles	49	185	60	135	+ 49
Alcohol	50	165	54	244	- 79
Lymphomas	51	159	32	875	- 716
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	145	34	803	- 657
Pancreas Cancer	53	77	46	334	- 257
Oesophagus Cancer	54	74	49	285	- 211
Appendicitis	55	64	59	146	- 81
Bladder Cancer	56	61	53	245	- 185
Other Neoplasms	57	38	63	48	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	58	37	61	113	- 75
Leukemia	59	32	45	340	- 308
Leishmaniasis	60	31	77	0	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	61	29	38	698	- 669
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	25	67	16	+ 9
Ascariasis	63	23	68	12	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	64	21	66	16	+ 5
Hepatitis C	65	14	65	28	- 14
Uterin Cancer	66	14	57	219	- 205
Diphtheria	67	4	69	4	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	4	58	214	- 210
War	69	4	64	29	- 25
Chlamydia	70	3	70	3	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	3	42	483	- 480
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Gambia

Ghana

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.