JAMAICA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,500	15	393	+ 1,107
HIV/AIDS	2	1,259	7	757	+ 501
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,126	3	1,726	- 600
Stroke	4	898	1	2,415	- 1,517
Birth Trauma	5	844	37	65	+ 779
Road Traffic Accidents	6	778	12	444	+ 334
Malaria	7	754	72	0	+ 754
Low Birth Weight	8	740	18	241	+ 500
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	700	42	35	+ 666
Tuberculosis	10	498	54	8	+ 490
Congenital Anomalies	11	429	23	139	+ 290
Liver Cancer	12	422	29	101	+ 321
Maternal Conditions	13	386	43	35	+ 352
Liver Disease	14	362	21	155	+ 207
Diabetes Mellitus	15	324	2	2,077	- 1,753
Kidney Disease	16	297	6	793	- 496
Endocrine Disorders	17	257	20	176	+ 81
Meningitis	18	256	47	16	+ 240
Lung Disease	19	230	11	452	- 222
Violence	20	218	4	1,484	- 1,266
Other Injuries	21	217	31	91	+ 127
Hypertension	22	193	8	651	- 458
Cervical Cancer	23	162	16	358	- 196
Asthma	24	150	36	65	+ 85
Suicide	25	126	35	70	+ 56
Malnutrition	26	123	40	48	+ 75
Pertussis	27	110	67	0	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	100	9	587	- 488
Falls	29	93	33	82	+ 11
Drownings	30	77	51	10	+ 67
Fires	31	74	46	16	+ 59
Inflammatory/Heart	32	66	24	133	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	63	32	82	- 19
Syphilis	34	61	60	1	+ 60
Epilepsy	35	48	41	46	+ 2
Poisonings	36	47	57	2	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	37	38	25	132	- 94
Lung Cancers	38	38	10	472	- 435
Drug Use	39	31	48	13	+ 18
Breast Cancer	40	29	14	413	- 384
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	27	44	27	- 0
Schistosomiasis	42	25	74	0	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	43	23	5	883	- 860
Skin Disease	44	21	22	145	- 125
Tetanus	45	21	63	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	46	15	59	1	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	47	15	19	231	- 215
Encephalitis	48	15	49	13	+ 2
Measles	49	15	77	0	+ 15
Alcohol	50	13	55	7	+ 6
Lymphomas	51	13	17	251	- 238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	12	13	436	- 425
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	27	119	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	54	6	34	74	- 68
Appendicitis	55	5	53	9	- 4
Bladder Cancer	56	5	38	60	- 55
Other Neoplasms	57	3	45	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	56	3	- 0
Leukemia	59	3	26	129	- 126
Leishmaniasis	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	2	30	97	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	50	11	- 9
Ascariasis	63	2	66	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	65	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	28	106	- 105
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	52	10	- 10
War	69	0	61	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	39	59	- 59
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Gambia

Jamaica

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.