GUINEA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,428	1	12,790	- 5,362
HIV/AIDS	2	6,234	10	3,020	+ 3,214
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,579	6	5,665	- 86
Stroke	4	4,447	5	5,777	- 1,330
Birth Trauma	5	4,181	7	4,797	- 616
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,854	9	3,788	+ 66
Malaria	7	3,736	2	8,180	- 4,444
Low Birth Weight	8	3,668	8	4,319	- 651
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,468	3	6,788	- 3,320
Tuberculosis	10	2,467	13	2,369	+ 98
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,123	14	2,181	- 58
Liver Cancer	12	2,090	23	1,167	+ 922
Maternal Conditions	13	1,914	17	1,793	+ 120
Liver Disease	14	1,792	12	2,550	- 758
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,606	15	2,138	- 532
Kidney Disease	16	1,472	16	1,939	- 467
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,274	25	1,140	+ 134
Meningitis	18	1,268	11	2,633	- 1,365
Lung Disease	19	1,141	20	1,373	- 232
Violence	20	1,081	26	1,128	- 48
Other Injuries	21	1,077	18	1,504	- 427
Hypertension	22	954	21	1,348	- 394
Cervical Cancer	23	803	19	1,491	- 689
Asthma	24	743	22	1,179	- 436
Suicide	25	624	29	892	- 268
Malnutrition	26	608	28	1,032	- 424
Pertussis	27	547	24	1,165	- 618
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	493	30	579	- 86
Falls	29	460	33	480	- 20
Drownings	30	381	31	528	- 148
Fires	31	369	36	410	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	32	328	35	439	- 111
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	313	34	448	- 135
Syphilis	34	303	39	328	- 25
Epilepsy	35	238	37	350	- 111
Poisonings	36	234	40	295	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	37	190	44	212	- 22
Lung Cancers	38	186	50	128	+ 58
Drug Use	39	154	46	169	- 14
Breast Cancer	40	146	38	345	- 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	131	42	238	- 107
Schistosomiasis	42	126	43	232	- 106
Prostate Cancer	43	114	32	525	- 411
Skin Disease	44	103	51	127	- 24
Tetanus	45	102	45	170	- 68
Hepatitis B	46	76	47	162	- 86
Stomach Cancer	47	75	41	245	- 170
Encephalitis	48	75	56	81	- 6
Measles	49	75	4	6,025	- 5,950
Alcohol	50	67	55	83	- 17
Lymphomas	51	64	48	158	- 94
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	59	53	100	- 41
Pancreas Cancer	53	31	65	19	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	54	30	63	20	+ 10
Appendicitis	55	26	57	41	- 15
Bladder Cancer	56	24	60	32	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	15	68	16	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	15	66	18	- 3
Leukemia	59	13	67	17	- 4
Leishmaniasis	60	13	78	0	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	61	12	54	93	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	70	13	- 3
Ascariasis	63	9	62	22	- 13
Upper Respiratory	64	8	69	15	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	6	61	22	- 17
Uterin Cancer	66	5	59	38	- 32
Diphtheria	67	2	58	40	- 38
Skin Cancers	68	2	49	152	- 150
War	69	2	64	20	- 18
Chlamydia	70	1	71	3	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	52	122	- 120
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	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 GUINEA

Gambia

Guinea

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.