LESOTHO VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,183	2	3,214	- 2,031
HIV/AIDS	2	993	1	4,767	- 3,775
Coronary Heart Disease	3	889	5	2,101	- 1,212
Stroke	4	708	3	2,817	- 2,109
Birth Trauma	5	666	15	717	- 51
Road Traffic Accidents	6	614	16	678	- 65
Malaria	7	595	79	0	+ 595
Low Birth Weight	8	584	12	957	- 373
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	552	4	2,354	- 1,802
Tuberculosis	10	393	8	1,208	- 815
Congenital Anomalies	11	338	19	389	- 51
Liver Cancer	12	333	39	71	+ 262
Maternal Conditions	13	305	24	292	+ 13
Liver Disease	14	285	14	792	- 507
Diabetes Mellitus	15	256	6	2,000	- 1,744
Kidney Disease	16	234	10	1,015	- 780
Endocrine Disorders	17	203	27	235	- 32
Meningitis	18	202	22	318	- 116
Lung Disease	19	182	9	1,102	- 920
Violence	20	172	13	924	- 752
Other Injuries	21	171	18	533	- 361
Hypertension	22	152	11	990	- 838
Cervical Cancer	23	128	20	372	- 245
Asthma	24	118	17	678	- 559
Suicide	25	99	7	1,539	- 1,440
Malnutrition	26	97	21	357	- 260
Pertussis	27	87	44	51	+ 36
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	79	29	194	- 116
Falls	29	73	31	128	- 55
Drownings	30	61	28	200	- 139
Fires	31	59	26	269	- 210
Inflammatory/Heart	32	52	23	305	- 253
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	50	25	279	- 229
Syphilis	34	48	45	50	- 2
Epilepsy	35	38	30	143	- 105
Poisonings	36	37	33	111	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	37	30	41	55	- 25
Lung Cancers	38	30	43	51	- 21
Drug Use	39	25	50	32	- 7
Breast Cancer	40	23	34	97	- 74
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	21	32	126	- 105
Schistosomiasis	42	20	76	0	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	43	18	35	81	- 62
Skin Disease	44	16	40	70	- 53
Tetanus	45	16	47	45	- 29
Hepatitis B	46	12	51	27	- 15
Stomach Cancer	47	12	60	11	+ 1
Encephalitis	48	12	57	14	- 2
Measles	49	12	59	12	+ 0
Alcohol	50	11	38	71	- 60
Lymphomas	51	10	36	78	- 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	9	48	40	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	58	12	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	37	73	- 69
Appendicitis	55	4	52	25	- 21
Bladder Cancer	56	4	61	10	- 6
Other Neoplasms	57	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	63	6	- 4
Leukemia	59	2	49	39	- 37
Leishmaniasis	60	2	75	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	53	24	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	18	- 16
Ascariasis	63	1	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	55	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	65	1	64	2	- 2
Uterin Cancer	66	1	54	23	- 23
Diphtheria	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	46	- 46
War	69	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	2	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	0	42	52	- 51
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Gambia

Lesotho

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.