LITHUANIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,396	7	654	+ 742
HIV/AIDS	2	1,171	51	22	+ 1,149
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,048	1	15,329	- 14,281
Stroke	4	836	2	5,643	- 4,807
Birth Trauma	5	786	53	10	+ 775
Road Traffic Accidents	6	724	27	225	+ 500
Malaria	7	702	81	0	+ 702
Low Birth Weight	8	689	55	9	+ 680
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	652	42	59	+ 592
Tuberculosis	10	463	38	119	+ 345
Congenital Anomalies	11	399	41	62	+ 337
Liver Cancer	12	393	25	239	+ 154
Maternal Conditions	13	360	63	2	+ 357
Liver Disease	14	337	9	644	- 307
Diabetes Mellitus	15	302	14	525	- 223
Kidney Disease	16	277	19	372	- 95
Endocrine Disorders	17	239	39	72	+ 167
Meningitis	18	238	52	19	+ 219
Lung Disease	19	214	16	513	- 299
Violence	20	203	36	132	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	202	18	416	- 213
Hypertension	22	179	4	1,289	- 1,110
Cervical Cancer	23	151	28	224	- 73
Asthma	24	140	46	45	+ 94
Suicide	25	117	6	721	- 604
Malnutrition	26	114	58	7	+ 107
Pertussis	27	103	69	0	+ 103
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	93	8	649	- 556
Falls	29	86	15	518	- 432
Drownings	30	72	35	150	- 78
Fires	31	69	43	51	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	32	62	17	484	- 422
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	59	22	313	- 254
Syphilis	34	57	70	0	+ 57
Epilepsy	35	45	40	62	- 17
Poisonings	36	44	45	46	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	37	36	29	222	- 187
Lung Cancers	38	35	3	1,329	- 1,294
Drug Use	39	29	37	122	- 93
Breast Cancer	40	27	11	629	- 602
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	25	48	29	- 5
Schistosomiasis	42	24	78	0	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	43	21	12	598	- 576
Skin Disease	44	19	44	48	- 29
Tetanus	45	19	62	2	+ 17
Hepatitis B	46	14	61	5	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	47	14	10	639	- 625
Encephalitis	48	14	65	2	+ 12
Measles	49	14	83	0	+ 14
Alcohol	50	13	33	192	- 179
Lymphomas	51	12	21	321	- 309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	11	5	1,074	- 1,063
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	13	578	- 572
Oesophagus Cancer	54	6	30	219	- 213
Appendicitis	55	5	54	10	- 5
Bladder Cancer	56	5	23	292	- 288
Other Neoplasms	57	3	31	212	- 209
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	49	29	- 26
Leukemia	59	2	24	284	- 281
Leishmaniasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	26	233	- 231
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	47	41	- 39
Ascariasis	63	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	50	23	- 22
Uterin Cancer	66	1	34	159	- 158
Diphtheria	67	0	82	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	32	197	- 196
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	20	338	- 338
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	8	- 8
Osteoarthritis	81	0	59	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	56	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Gambia

Lithuania

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.