LEBANON VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,849	10	931	+ 1,918
HIV/AIDS	2	2,391	45	51	+ 2,340
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,140	1	13,328	- 11,188
Stroke	4	1,706	2	1,795	- 89
Birth Trauma	5	1,604	42	67	+ 1,536
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,478	7	1,127	+ 351
Malaria	7	1,433	78	0	+ 1,433
Low Birth Weight	8	1,407	28	190	+ 1,216
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,330	40	81	+ 1,249
Tuberculosis	10	946	41	70	+ 876
Congenital Anomalies	11	814	20	298	+ 517
Liver Cancer	12	801	27	217	+ 584
Maternal Conditions	13	734	50	30	+ 703
Liver Disease	14	687	14	663	+ 24
Diabetes Mellitus	15	616	9	934	- 318
Kidney Disease	16	565	5	1,243	- 678
Endocrine Disorders	17	489	34	145	+ 344
Meningitis	18	486	49	35	+ 451
Lung Disease	19	438	11	889	- 451
Violence	20	414	22	285	+ 130
Other Injuries	21	413	30	168	+ 245
Hypertension	22	366	4	1,426	- 1,060
Cervical Cancer	23	308	35	135	+ 173
Asthma	24	285	19	298	- 13
Suicide	25	239	29	190	+ 49
Malnutrition	26	233	60	11	+ 222
Pertussis	27	210	57	16	+ 194
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	189	6	1,213	- 1,024
Falls	29	176	33	148	+ 29
Drownings	30	146	43	62	+ 84
Fires	31	141	39	99	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	32	126	32	153	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	120	37	114	+ 6
Syphilis	34	116	63	5	+ 111
Epilepsy	35	91	46	49	+ 42
Poisonings	36	90	48	39	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	37	73	25	226	- 153
Lung Cancers	38	71	3	1,498	- 1,427
Drug Use	39	59	23	281	- 221
Breast Cancer	40	56	8	987	- 931
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	47	47	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	42	48	65	2	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	43	44	17	442	- 398
Skin Disease	44	39	53	19	+ 21
Tetanus	45	39	52	23	+ 16
Hepatitis B	46	29	36	123	- 93
Stomach Cancer	47	29	16	479	- 451
Encephalitis	48	29	56	16	+ 13
Measles	49	29	59	12	+ 16
Alcohol	50	26	54	18	+ 8
Lymphomas	51	25	15	646	- 621
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	23	12	841	- 819
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	24	273	- 261
Oesophagus Cancer	54	12	44	52	- 41
Appendicitis	55	10	61	11	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	9	13	704	- 695
Other Neoplasms	57	6	58	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	55	16	- 10
Leukemia	59	5	18	334	- 329
Leishmaniasis	60	5	66	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	5	26	224	- 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	62	5	- 1
Ascariasis	63	4	70	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	4	- 2
Uterin Cancer	66	2	38	99	- 97
Diphtheria	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	21	296	- 296
War	69	1	51	25	- 25
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	31	162	- 161
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Gambia

Lebanon

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.