GUATEMALA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,696	2	9,245	+ 451
HIV/AIDS	2	8,137	21	1,173	+ 6,964
Coronary Heart Disease	3	7,282	1	9,825	- 2,542
Stroke	4	5,805	6	4,849	+ 956
Birth Trauma	5	5,457	19	1,466	+ 3,991
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,030	8	4,026	+ 1,004
Malaria	7	4,876	74	0	+ 4,876
Low Birth Weight	8	4,787	16	1,658	+ 3,129
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,527	9	2,617	+ 1,910
Tuberculosis	10	3,219	37	301	+ 2,918
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,771	18	1,517	+ 1,255
Liver Cancer	12	2,727	15	1,765	+ 962
Maternal Conditions	13	2,498	30	468	+ 2,029
Liver Disease	14	2,339	5	5,684	- 3,345
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,096	3	6,932	- 4,836
Kidney Disease	16	1,922	4	6,277	- 4,355
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,663	29	486	+ 1,177
Meningitis	18	1,655	41	271	+ 1,384
Lung Disease	19	1,490	13	1,901	- 412
Violence	20	1,410	7	4,411	- 3,000
Other Injuries	21	1,405	10	2,466	- 1,060
Hypertension	22	1,245	26	679	+ 566
Cervical Cancer	23	1,048	25	808	+ 240
Asthma	24	970	36	335	+ 635
Suicide	25	815	22	1,039	- 225
Malnutrition	26	793	11	1,981	- 1,187
Pertussis	27	714	53	70	+ 645
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	644	12	1,957	- 1,313
Falls	29	600	20	1,371	- 771
Drownings	30	497	32	463	+ 34
Fires	31	482	45	207	+ 274
Inflammatory/Heart	32	428	44	225	+ 203
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	408	23	1,029	- 621
Syphilis	34	395	64	3	+ 392
Epilepsy	35	311	33	463	- 152
Poisonings	36	305	39	275	+ 30
Parkinson's Disease	37	248	34	393	- 145
Lung Cancers	38	243	35	391	- 149
Drug Use	39	201	40	272	- 70
Breast Cancer	40	190	28	495	- 305
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	171	54	62	+ 109
Schistosomiasis	42	164	75	0	+ 164
Prostate Cancer	43	149	24	846	- 697
Skin Disease	44	134	42	232	- 98
Tetanus	45	133	62	10	+ 123
Hepatitis B	46	99	65	2	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	47	98	17	1,570	- 1,473
Encephalitis	48	98	51	104	- 6
Measles	49	97	72	0	+ 97
Alcohol	50	87	14	1,799	- 1,712
Lymphomas	51	84	43	229	- 145
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	77	31	464	- 387
Pancreas Cancer	53	41	38	282	- 241
Oesophagus Cancer	54	39	48	144	- 105
Appendicitis	55	34	47	164	- 130
Bladder Cancer	56	32	55	57	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	20	56	42	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	58	20	60	21	- 1
Leukemia	59	17	27	601	- 584
Leishmaniasis	60	16	69	1	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	61	15	50	133	- 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	52	82	- 69
Ascariasis	63	12	63	7	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	11	57	34	- 23
Hepatitis C	65	8	66	2	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	66	7	59	27	- 20
Diphtheria	67	2	71	0	+ 2
Skin Cancers	68	2	46	195	- 193
War	69	2	68	2	- 0
Chlamydia	70	2	67	2	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	2	49	142	- 141
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	33	- 32
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	80	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Gambia

Guatemala

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.