MONGOLIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,743	11	410	+ 1,333
HIV/AIDS	2	1,463	49	21	+ 1,442
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,309	1	5,202	- 3,892
Stroke	4	1,043	2	4,401	- 3,357
Birth Trauma	5	981	24	160	+ 821
Road Traffic Accidents	6	904	5	679	+ 226
Malaria	7	877	79	0	+ 877
Low Birth Weight	8	861	20	204	+ 657
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	814	36	66	+ 747
Tuberculosis	10	579	14	327	+ 251
Congenital Anomalies	11	498	17	262	+ 236
Liver Cancer	12	490	3	1,834	- 1,344
Maternal Conditions	13	449	40	49	+ 400
Liver Disease	14	421	4	1,723	- 1,302
Diabetes Mellitus	15	377	27	145	+ 232
Kidney Disease	16	345	12	408	- 63
Endocrine Disorders	17	299	35	69	+ 230
Meningitis	18	297	48	21	+ 276
Lung Disease	19	268	15	327	- 59
Violence	20	254	22	197	+ 57
Other Injuries	21	253	9	442	- 189
Hypertension	22	224	21	199	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	23	188	25	155	+ 33
Asthma	24	174	29	112	+ 62
Suicide	25	146	8	577	- 430
Malnutrition	26	143	64	0	+ 142
Pertussis	27	128	53	15	+ 114
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	116	19	243	- 127
Falls	29	108	18	244	- 136
Drownings	30	89	26	151	- 62
Fires	31	87	31	94	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	32	77	16	263	- 186
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	73	23	192	- 119
Syphilis	34	71	44	34	+ 37
Epilepsy	35	56	34	80	- 24
Poisonings	36	55	33	89	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	37	45	39	55	- 10
Lung Cancers	38	44	10	411	- 368
Drug Use	39	36	45	33	+ 4
Breast Cancer	40	34	38	61	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	31	28	129	- 98
Schistosomiasis	42	30	78	0	+ 30
Prostate Cancer	43	27	52	18	+ 9
Skin Disease	44	24	51	18	+ 6
Tetanus	45	24	60	2	+ 22
Hepatitis B	46	18	55	10	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	18	6	617	- 600
Encephalitis	48	18	43	40	- 23
Measles	49	18	69	0	+ 18
Alcohol	50	16	7	582	- 567
Lymphomas	51	15	42	43	- 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	14	32	93	- 80
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	30	94	- 87
Oesophagus Cancer	54	7	13	366	- 359
Appendicitis	55	6	47	25	- 19
Bladder Cancer	56	6	50	19	- 13
Other Neoplasms	57	4	58	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	59	3	+ 1
Leukemia	59	3	46	30	- 27
Leishmaniasis	60	3	76	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	3	41	45	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	8	- 6
Ascariasis	63	2	67	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	57	7	- 6
Diphtheria	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	54	13	- 12
War	69	0	63	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	37	61	- 61
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

Gambia

Mongolia

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.