KUWAIT VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,667	4	340	+ 1,327
HIV/AIDS	2	1,399	48	7	+ 1,392
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,252	1	2,325	- 1,073
Stroke	4	998	3	599	+ 399
Birth Trauma	5	938	47	7	+ 931
Road Traffic Accidents	6	865	2	649	+ 215
Malaria	7	838	78	0	+ 838
Low Birth Weight	8	823	13	158	+ 665
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	778	49	6	+ 772
Tuberculosis	10	553	34	31	+ 523
Congenital Anomalies	11	476	9	202	+ 275
Liver Cancer	12	469	16	129	+ 340
Maternal Conditions	13	429	54	4	+ 426
Liver Disease	14	402	11	192	+ 210
Diabetes Mellitus	15	360	6	242	+ 118
Kidney Disease	16	330	8	204	+ 126
Endocrine Disorders	17	286	28	44	+ 242
Meningitis	18	284	45	9	+ 275
Lung Disease	19	256	21	84	+ 172
Violence	20	242	23	75	+ 168
Other Injuries	21	242	22	83	+ 159
Hypertension	22	214	5	256	- 42
Cervical Cancer	23	180	33	32	+ 148
Asthma	24	167	40	21	+ 145
Suicide	25	140	18	122	+ 18
Malnutrition	26	136	60	0	+ 136
Pertussis	27	123	63	0	+ 123
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	111	14	139	- 29
Falls	29	103	19	102	+ 1
Drownings	30	85	41	19	+ 66
Fires	31	83	38	28	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	32	74	31	36	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	70	43	14	+ 56
Syphilis	34	68	64	0	+ 68
Epilepsy	35	53	39	22	+ 32
Poisonings	36	52	42	16	+ 36
Parkinson's Disease	37	43	36	29	+ 14
Lung Cancers	38	42	12	161	- 120
Drug Use	39	35	30	38	- 4
Breast Cancer	40	33	7	230	- 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	29	46	8	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	42	28	77	0	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	43	26	26	58	- 33
Skin Disease	44	23	53	4	+ 19
Tetanus	45	23	66	0	+ 23
Hepatitis B	46	17	58	1	+ 16
Stomach Cancer	47	17	25	72	- 55
Encephalitis	48	17	52	4	+ 13
Measles	49	17	61	0	+ 17
Alcohol	50	15	44	12	+ 3
Lymphomas	51	14	15	132	- 117
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	13	10	198	- 185
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	20	89	- 82
Oesophagus Cancer	54	7	32	35	- 28
Appendicitis	55	6	55	1	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	56	5	27	52	- 47
Other Neoplasms	57	3	51	4	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	50	5	- 1
Leukemia	59	3	17	123	- 120
Leishmaniasis	60	3	76	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	3	29	41	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	2	73	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	59	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	35	31	- 29
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	37	28	- 28
War	69	0	57	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	24	74	- 74
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	67	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Gambia

Kuwait

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.