LUXEMBOURG VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		LUXEMBOURG		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	357	8	111	+ 245
HIV/AIDS	2	299	52	2	+ 297
Coronary Heart Disease	3	268	1	655	- 387
Stroke	4	213	4	257	- 44
Birth Trauma	5	201	59	1	+ 200
Road Traffic Accidents	6	185	30	25	+ 160
Malaria	7	179	81	0	+ 179
Low Birth Weight	8	176	49	3	+ 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	166	42	6	+ 160
Tuberculosis	10	118	55	2	+ 117
Congenital Anomalies	11	102	37	10	+ 91
Liver Cancer	12	100	25	49	+ 52
Maternal Conditions	13	92	63	0	+ 92
Liver Disease	14	86	12	75	+ 11
Diabetes Mellitus	15	77	17	61	+ 16
Kidney Disease	16	71	9	91	- 20
Endocrine Disorders	17	61	21	53	+ 8
Meningitis	18	61	58	1	+ 60
Lung Disease	19	55	5	242	- 188
Violence	20	52	48	3	+ 49
Other Injuries	21	52	10	88	- 37
Hypertension	22	46	19	54	- 8
Cervical Cancer	23	39	38	10	+ 29
Asthma	24	36	45	5	+ 31
Suicide	25	30	13	69	- 39
Malnutrition	26	29	32	19	+ 10
Pertussis	27	26	68	0	+ 26
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	24	2	298	- 274
Falls	29	22	18	61	- 39
Drownings	30	18	54	2	+ 16
Fires	31	18	51	3	+ 15
Inflammatory/Heart	32	16	23	49	- 33
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	15	41	7	+ 8
Syphilis	34	15	66	0	+ 14
Epilepsy	35	11	35	17	- 5
Poisonings	36	11	56	1	+ 10
Parkinson's Disease	37	9	16	62	- 53
Lung Cancers	38	9	3	260	- 251
Drug Use	39	7	39	9	- 2
Breast Cancer	40	7	7	113	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	6	34	19	- 13
Schistosomiasis	42	6	80	0	+ 6
Prostate Cancer	43	5	15	64	- 58
Skin Disease	44	5	44	5	- 0
Tetanus	45	5	69	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	46	4	60	1	+ 3
Stomach Cancer	47	4	22	51	- 48
Encephalitis	48	4	65	0	+ 3
Measles	49	4	70	0	+ 4
Alcohol	50	3	29	25	- 22
Lymphomas	51	3	14	64	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	3	6	131	- 128
Pancreas Cancer	53	1	11	82	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	54	1	28	32	- 30
Appendicitis	55	1	62	0	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	56	1	26	44	- 43
Other Neoplasms	57	1	24	49	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	46	4	- 3
Leukemia	59	1	20	53	- 52
Leishmaniasis	60	1	83	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	27	35	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	53	2	- 2
Ascariasis	63	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	61	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	47	4	- 3
Uterin Cancer	66	0	36	16	- 15
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	31	22	- 22
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	33	19	- 19
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	64	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	40	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	43	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LUXEMBOURG

Gambia

Luxembourg

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.