IRELAND VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,780	6	1,298	+ 1,481
HIV/AIDS	2	2,333	57	9	+ 2,324
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,088	1	4,762	- 2,674
Stroke	4	1,664	5	1,770	- 106
Birth Trauma	5	1,564	56	10	+ 1,554
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,442	33	153	+ 1,289
Malaria	7	1,398	75	0	+ 1,398
Low Birth Weight	8	1,372	44	56	+ 1,317
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,298	45	53	+ 1,245
Tuberculosis	10	923	50	23	+ 900
Congenital Anomalies	11	794	32	153	+ 641
Liver Cancer	12	782	18	318	+ 464
Maternal Conditions	13	716	61	3	+ 713
Liver Disease	14	671	19	279	+ 391
Diabetes Mellitus	15	601	16	414	+ 187
Kidney Disease	16	551	10	566	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	17	477	24	249	+ 227
Meningitis	18	474	58	7	+ 467
Lung Disease	19	427	4	1,915	- 1,488
Violence	20	404	47	38	+ 366
Other Injuries	21	403	30	171	+ 232
Hypertension	22	357	29	175	+ 182
Cervical Cancer	23	300	35	103	+ 197
Asthma	24	278	41	58	+ 220
Suicide	25	234	14	470	- 236
Malnutrition	26	227	63	2	+ 226
Pertussis	27	205	67	0	+ 205
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	184	2	3,209	- 3,025
Falls	29	172	25	247	- 75
Drownings	30	142	43	57	+ 85
Fires	31	138	48	30	+ 108
Inflammatory/Heart	32	123	26	240	- 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	117	38	67	+ 50
Syphilis	34	113	68	0	+ 113
Epilepsy	35	89	36	85	+ 4
Poisonings	36	87	53	14	+ 73
Parkinson's Disease	37	71	12	530	- 459
Lung Cancers	38	70	3	1,916	- 1,846
Drug Use	39	58	31	167	- 109
Breast Cancer	40	55	8	760	- 705
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	49	46	50	- 1
Schistosomiasis	42	47	72	0	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	43	43	9	585	- 542
Skin Disease	44	39	42	58	- 19
Tetanus	45	38	81	0	+ 38
Hepatitis B	46	29	59	6	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	47	28	17	357	- 329
Encephalitis	48	28	66	0	+ 28
Measles	49	28	83	0	+ 28
Alcohol	50	25	39	64	- 39
Lymphomas	51	24	13	513	- 489
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	22	7	1,095	- 1,073
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	11	530	- 519
Oesophagus Cancer	54	11	15	419	- 407
Appendicitis	55	10	60	3	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	56	9	22	256	- 247
Other Neoplasms	57	6	27	218	- 212
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	37	83	- 77
Leukemia	59	5	20	274	- 269
Leishmaniasis	60	5	76	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	4	21	273	- 268
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	40	59	- 55
Ascariasis	63	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	64	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	52	19	- 17
Uterin Cancer	66	2	34	126	- 124
Diphtheria	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	23	252	- 251
War	69	1	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	28	183	- 182
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Gambia

Ireland

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.