GUYANA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	422	6	302	+ 120
HIV/AIDS	2	354	7	256	+ 98
Coronary Heart Disease	3	317	1	1,335	- 1,018
Stroke	4	253	2	1,022	- 770
Birth Trauma	5	237	24	64	+ 173
Road Traffic Accidents	6	219	11	175	+ 44
Malaria	7	212	33	30	+ 182
Low Birth Weight	8	208	22	89	+ 119
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	197	27	48	+ 149
Tuberculosis	10	140	16	137	+ 3
Congenital Anomalies	11	121	23	69	+ 52
Liver Cancer	12	119	34	29	+ 90
Maternal Conditions	13	109	35	28	+ 80
Liver Disease	14	102	9	197	- 95
Diabetes Mellitus	15	91	3	579	- 487
Kidney Disease	16	84	8	233	- 150
Endocrine Disorders	17	72	12	174	- 102
Meningitis	18	72	44	17	+ 55
Lung Disease	19	65	13	174	- 109
Violence	20	61	10	194	- 132
Other Injuries	21	61	14	167	- 106
Hypertension	22	54	4	320	- 266
Cervical Cancer	23	46	21	91	- 46
Asthma	24	42	36	25	+ 17
Suicide	25	35	5	315	- 280
Malnutrition	26	35	30	37	- 3
Pertussis	27	31	73	0	+ 31
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	28	38	23	+ 5
Falls	29	26	48	11	+ 15
Drownings	30	22	15	145	- 123
Fires	31	21	41	19	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	32	19	20	92	- 73
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	18	26	54	- 37
Syphilis	34	17	71	0	+ 17
Epilepsy	35	14	37	24	- 10
Poisonings	36	13	65	1	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	37	11	49	9	+ 2
Lung Cancers	38	11	29	38	- 27
Drug Use	39	9	45	16	- 7
Breast Cancer	40	8	19	96	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	7	47	13	- 5
Schistosomiasis	42	7	84	0	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	43	6	17	123	- 117
Skin Disease	44	6	56	3	+ 3
Tetanus	45	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	46	4	59	2	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	47	4	31	34	- 30
Encephalitis	48	4	53	7	- 3
Measles	49	4	77	0	+ 4
Alcohol	50	4	57	3	+ 1
Lymphomas	51	4	32	32	- 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	3	25	59	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	53	2	42	19	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	51	8	- 6
Appendicitis	55	1	54	6	- 5
Bladder Cancer	56	1	50	8	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	1	28	40	- 39
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	61	1	- 0
Leukemia	59	1	39	21	- 20
Leishmaniasis	60	1	83	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	43	18	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	63	1	- 0
Ascariasis	63	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	66	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	0	46	13	- 13
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	55	5	- 5
War	69	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	40	20	- 20
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	62	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Gambia

Guyana

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.