ICELAND VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	193	6	82	+ 111
HIV/AIDS	2	162	59	0	+ 162
Coronary Heart Disease	3	145	1	403	- 258
Stroke	4	116	3	141	- 25
Birth Trauma	5	109	46	2	+ 106
Road Traffic Accidents	6	100	35	7	+ 93
Malaria	7	97	73	0	+ 97
Low Birth Weight	8	95	43	3	+ 92
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	90	55	1	+ 89
Tuberculosis	10	64	82	0	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	11	55	34	7	+ 48
Liver Cancer	12	54	20	22	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	13	50	60	0	+ 49
Liver Disease	14	47	31	9	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	15	42	16	30	+ 12
Kidney Disease	16	38	15	33	+ 5
Endocrine Disorders	17	33	27	16	+ 18
Meningitis	18	33	50	1	+ 32
Lung Disease	19	30	5	129	- 99
Violence	20	28	39	4	+ 24
Other Injuries	21	28	11	50	- 22
Hypertension	22	25	17	24	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	23	21	32	9	+ 12
Asthma	24	19	48	2	+ 18
Suicide	25	16	13	40	- 24
Malnutrition	26	16	57	1	+ 15
Pertussis	27	14	62	0	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	13	2	295	- 283
Falls	29	12	18	24	- 12
Drownings	30	10	56	1	+ 9
Fires	31	10	58	1	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	9	26	16	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	8	41	3	+ 5
Syphilis	34	8	80	0	+ 8
Epilepsy	35	6	37	5	+ 1
Poisonings	36	6	42	3	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	37	5	10	53	- 48
Lung Cancers	38	5	4	134	- 129
Drug Use	39	4	24	17	- 13
Breast Cancer	40	4	9	53	- 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	3	54	1	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	42	3	75	0	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	43	3	8	61	- 58
Skin Disease	44	3	45	3	+ 0
Tetanus	45	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	46	2	63	0	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	47	2	23	18	- 16
Encephalitis	48	2	78	0	+ 2
Measles	49	2	67	0	+ 2
Alcohol	50	2	28	14	- 12
Lymphomas	51	2	14	37	- 35
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	2	7	73	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	53	1	12	43	- 43
Oesophagus Cancer	54	1	19	23	- 22
Appendicitis	55	1	86	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	56	1	21	20	- 20
Other Neoplasms	57	0	30	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	0	44	3	- 2
Leukemia	59	0	22	19	- 19
Leishmaniasis	60	0	77	0	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	61	0	25	16	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	38	4	- 4
Ascariasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	51	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	52	1	- 1
Uterin Cancer	66	0	36	7	- 7
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	29	13	- 13
War	69	0	61	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	33	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	47	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	49	1	- 1
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Gambia

Iceland

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.