LATVIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	957	9	501	+ 456
HIV/AIDS	2	803	39	74	+ 729
Coronary Heart Disease	3	719	1	8,099	- 7,381
Stroke	4	573	2	5,893	- 5,320
Birth Trauma	5	538	55	12	+ 527
Road Traffic Accidents	6	496	27	154	+ 343
Malaria	7	481	79	0	+ 481
Low Birth Weight	8	472	56	11	+ 461
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	447	54	14	+ 433
Tuberculosis	10	318	40	71	+ 246
Congenital Anomalies	11	273	43	46	+ 227
Liver Cancer	12	269	26	157	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	13	246	60	5	+ 242
Liver Disease	14	231	15	365	- 134
Diabetes Mellitus	15	207	8	529	- 323
Kidney Disease	16	190	17	356	- 167
Endocrine Disorders	17	164	41	59	+ 105
Meningitis	18	163	52	15	+ 148
Lung Disease	19	147	18	346	- 199
Violence	20	139	37	94	+ 45
Other Injuries	21	139	16	362	- 224
Hypertension	22	123	3	1,194	- 1,071
Cervical Cancer	23	103	33	128	- 24
Asthma	24	96	46	42	+ 54
Suicide	25	80	14	384	- 303
Malnutrition	26	78	64	2	+ 76
Pertussis	27	70	70	0	+ 70
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	63	7	664	- 600
Falls	29	59	23	201	- 142
Drownings	30	49	34	127	- 78
Fires	31	48	36	103	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	32	42	5	921	- 879
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	40	31	142	- 102
Syphilis	34	39	65	1	+ 38
Epilepsy	35	31	45	44	- 14
Poisonings	36	30	49	23	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	37	24	35	125	- 101
Lung Cancers	38	24	4	956	- 933
Drug Use	39	20	48	41	- 21
Breast Cancer	40	19	10	472	- 454
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	17	47	41	- 24
Schistosomiasis	42	16	78	0	+ 16
Prostate Cancer	43	15	12	464	- 449
Skin Disease	44	13	38	76	- 63
Tetanus	45	13	71	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	46	10	63	3	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	10	11	470	- 460
Encephalitis	48	10	69	0	+ 10
Measles	49	10	72	0	+ 10
Alcohol	50	9	21	227	- 219
Lymphomas	51	8	19	245	- 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	8	6	722	- 714
Pancreas Cancer	53	4	13	436	- 432
Oesophagus Cancer	54	4	32	131	- 127
Appendicitis	55	3	59	5	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	3	20	228	- 225
Other Neoplasms	57	2	28	153	- 151
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	50	20	- 18
Leukemia	59	2	25	186	- 184
Leishmaniasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	24	196	- 195
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	20	- 19
Ascariasis	63	1	84	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	42	53	- 52
Uterin Cancer	66	1	29	148	- 147
Diphtheria	67	0	67	1	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	30	144	- 144
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	22	214	- 214
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	57	7	- 7
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Gambia

Latvia

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.