MAURITANIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,299	1	2,756	- 457
HIV/AIDS	2	1,929	25	231	+ 1,699
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,727	4	1,636	+ 91
Stroke	4	1,376	6	1,307	+ 69
Birth Trauma	5	1,294	7	1,204	+ 89
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,193	8	1,158	+ 34
Malaria	7	1,156	5	1,423	- 266
Low Birth Weight	8	1,135	2	2,014	- 879
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,073	3	1,656	- 583
Tuberculosis	10	763	9	717	+ 47
Congenital Anomalies	11	657	10	665	- 8
Liver Cancer	12	647	21	312	+ 335
Maternal Conditions	13	592	11	639	- 47
Liver Disease	14	555	13	586	- 31
Diabetes Mellitus	15	497	12	594	- 97
Kidney Disease	16	456	15	555	- 99
Endocrine Disorders	17	394	27	197	+ 197
Meningitis	18	392	18	357	+ 35
Lung Disease	19	353	23	275	+ 78
Violence	20	334	16	491	- 157
Other Injuries	21	333	19	343	- 10
Hypertension	22	295	22	286	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	23	248	20	333	- 85
Asthma	24	230	29	170	+ 60
Suicide	25	193	30	141	+ 52
Malnutrition	26	188	17	462	- 274
Pertussis	27	169	14	574	- 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	153	24	251	- 99
Falls	29	142	31	140	+ 2
Drownings	30	118	35	116	+ 2
Fires	31	114	33	123	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	102	36	110	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	97	38	83	+ 13
Syphilis	34	94	26	204	- 110
Epilepsy	35	74	39	75	- 1
Poisonings	36	72	42	67	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	37	59	41	69	- 10
Lung Cancers	38	58	44	60	- 3
Drug Use	39	48	40	71	- 23
Breast Cancer	40	45	28	189	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	41	52	34	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	42	39	59	14	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	43	35	34	118	- 83
Skin Disease	44	32	47	47	- 16
Tetanus	45	32	45	58	- 26
Hepatitis B	46	24	56	22	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	47	23	32	132	- 109
Encephalitis	48	23	53	33	- 10
Measles	49	23	61	9	+ 14
Alcohol	50	21	58	16	+ 5
Lymphomas	51	20	43	65	- 45
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	18	37	110	- 91
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	51	39	- 29
Oesophagus Cancer	54	9	54	30	- 21
Appendicitis	55	8	60	9	- 1
Bladder Cancer	56	8	50	42	- 35
Other Neoplasms	57	5	62	7	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	63	5	- 1
Leukemia	59	4	55	22	- 18
Leishmaniasis	60	4	69	2	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	4	49	43	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	64	4	- 1
Ascariasis	63	3	66	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	3	- 1
Uterin Cancer	66	2	57	17	- 15
Diphtheria	67	1	65	3	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	1	46	50	- 49
War	69	0	70	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	48	45	- 44
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Gambia

Mauritania

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.