HAITI VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	6,243	3	7,064	- 821
HIV/AIDS	2	5,239	5	2,706	+ 2,533
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,689	1	13,208	- 8,519
Stroke	4	3,737	2	11,779	- 8,042
Birth Trauma	5	3,513	14	2,100	+ 1,413
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,239	13	2,115	+ 1,124
Malaria	7	3,140	59	36	+ 3,104
Low Birth Weight	8	3,082	9	2,516	+ 566
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,915	8	2,540	+ 375
Tuberculosis	10	2,073	22	1,007	+ 1,065
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,784	15	1,819	- 35
Liver Cancer	12	1,756	33	662	+ 1,094
Maternal Conditions	13	1,608	18	1,349	+ 259
Liver Disease	14	1,506	10	2,425	- 919
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,350	4	5,026	- 3,676
Kidney Disease	16	1,237	6	2,701	- 1,464
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,071	24	951	+ 119
Meningitis	18	1,065	28	780	+ 286
Lung Disease	19	959	11	2,334	- 1,375
Violence	20	908	12	2,330	- 1,422
Other Injuries	21	905	16	1,499	- 594
Hypertension	22	802	7	2,632	- 1,830
Cervical Cancer	23	675	34	573	+ 102
Asthma	24	624	20	1,107	- 483
Suicide	25	525	21	1,085	- 561
Malnutrition	26	511	29	717	- 206
Pertussis	27	460	38	446	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	414	23	955	- 541
Falls	29	386	35	549	- 163
Drownings	30	320	19	1,306	- 986
Fires	31	310	37	470	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	32	276	25	941	- 665
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	263	31	704	- 442
Syphilis	34	254	46	251	+ 3
Epilepsy	35	200	41	409	- 208
Poisonings	36	196	50	154	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	37	160	42	329	- 170
Lung Cancers	38	156	36	492	- 335
Drug Use	39	130	52	140	- 10
Breast Cancer	40	122	30	705	- 582
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	110	27	814	- 704
Schistosomiasis	42	106	76	0	+ 106
Prostate Cancer	43	96	17	1,356	- 1,261
Skin Disease	44	87	40	425	- 338
Tetanus	45	86	53	119	- 33
Hepatitis B	46	64	62	26	+ 38
Stomach Cancer	47	63	26	863	- 800
Encephalitis	48	63	54	118	- 55
Measles	49	63	74	0	+ 63
Alcohol	50	56	39	428	- 371
Lymphomas	51	54	47	235	- 181
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	49	32	680	- 631
Pancreas Cancer	53	26	44	268	- 242
Oesophagus Cancer	54	25	49	155	- 130
Appendicitis	55	22	48	172	- 150
Bladder Cancer	56	21	55	92	- 71
Other Neoplasms	57	13	60	31	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	58	13	61	28	- 16
Leukemia	59	11	43	300	- 290
Leishmaniasis	60	11	79	0	+ 11
Ovary Cancer	61	10	51	153	- 143
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	58	37	- 29
Ascariasis	63	8	67	5	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	7	63	19	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	7	- 2
Uterin Cancer	66	5	57	42	- 37
Diphtheria	67	1	69	3	- 2
Skin Cancers	68	1	56	56	- 55
War	69	1	66	5	- 4
Chlamydia	70	1	68	5	- 3
Oral Cancer	71	1	45	261	- 260
Otitis Media	72	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	64	17	- 17
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Gambia

Haiti

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.