MAURITIUS VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	696	7	346	+ 350
HIV/AIDS	2	584	13	141	+ 443
Coronary Heart Disease	3	523	2	1,805	- 1,282
Stroke	4	417	3	985	- 568
Birth Trauma	5	392	36	37	+ 355
Road Traffic Accidents	6	361	11	155	+ 206
Malaria	7	350	70	0	+ 350
Low Birth Weight	8	344	35	37	+ 307
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	325	42	23	+ 302
Tuberculosis	10	231	45	17	+ 214
Congenital Anomalies	11	199	25	57	+ 142
Liver Cancer	12	196	27	56	+ 140
Maternal Conditions	13	179	48	11	+ 169
Liver Disease	14	168	12	145	+ 23
Diabetes Mellitus	15	150	1	1,873	- 1,723
Kidney Disease	16	138	4	724	- 586
Endocrine Disorders	17	119	19	101	+ 19
Meningitis	18	119	57	2	+ 116
Lung Disease	19	107	5	646	- 539
Violence	20	101	41	30	+ 72
Other Injuries	21	101	21	66	+ 35
Hypertension	22	89	6	592	- 502
Cervical Cancer	23	75	30	49	+ 26
Asthma	24	70	17	107	- 37
Suicide	25	58	14	120	- 62
Malnutrition	26	57	54	4	+ 53
Pertussis	27	51	66	0	+ 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	46	34	42	+ 4
Falls	29	43	26	57	- 14
Drownings	30	36	33	43	- 7
Fires	31	35	50	10	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	32	31	16	108	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	29	43	22	+ 7
Syphilis	34	28	67	0	+ 28
Epilepsy	35	22	38	35	- 13
Poisonings	36	22	49	11	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	37	18	47	12	+ 6
Lung Cancers	38	17	9	182	- 165
Drug Use	39	14	46	16	- 2
Breast Cancer	40	14	8	232	- 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	12	56	3	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	42	12	69	0	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	43	11	15	115	- 104
Skin Disease	44	10	22	64	- 55
Tetanus	45	10	76	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	46	7	65	0	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	7	18	104	- 97
Encephalitis	48	7	61	1	+ 6
Measles	49	7	77	0	+ 7
Alcohol	50	6	29	53	- 47
Lymphomas	51	6	24	57	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	6	10	182	- 177
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	28	55	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	54	3	37	35	- 33
Appendicitis	55	2	59	1	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	56	2	44	21	- 19
Other Neoplasms	57	1	20	77	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	84	0	+ 1
Leukemia	59	1	31	48	- 47
Leishmaniasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	32	46	- 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	60	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	63	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Uterin Cancer	66	1	40	32	- 31
Diphtheria	67	0	75	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	53	5	- 4
War	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	23	63	- 63
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Gambia

Mauritius

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.