MOZAMBIQUE VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		MOZAMBIQUE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	17,714	3	22,445	- 4,732
HIV/AIDS	2	14,866	1	50,430	- 35,565
Coronary Heart Disease	3	13,304	6	12,621	+ 684
Stroke	4	10,605	2	23,110	- 12,505
Birth Trauma	5	9,969	8	9,817	+ 153
Road Traffic Accidents	6	9,190	9	9,117	+ 73
Malaria	7	8,908	4	14,971	- 6,063
Low Birth Weight	8	8,746	7	10,409	- 1,664
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	8,270	5	12,928	- 4,657
Tuberculosis	10	5,882	12	5,770	+ 112
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,063	13	5,566	- 503
Liver Cancer	12	4,983	33	1,108	+ 3,875
Maternal Conditions	13	4,563	15	4,339	+ 224
Liver Disease	14	4,274	20	4,004	+ 270
Diabetes Mellitus	15	3,830	10	6,877	- 3,047
Kidney Disease	16	3,511	19	4,036	- 525
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,038	38	912	+ 2,126
Meningitis	18	3,023	17	4,102	- 1,080
Lung Disease	19	2,721	22	2,986	- 265
Violence	20	2,577	32	1,113	+ 1,464
Other Injuries	21	2,567	14	4,924	- 2,356
Hypertension	22	2,275	11	5,786	- 3,511
Cervical Cancer	23	1,914	21	3,297	- 1,383
Asthma	24	1,772	23	2,160	- 389
Suicide	25	1,489	16	4,144	- 2,655
Malnutrition	26	1,449	18	4,039	- 2,590
Pertussis	27	1,305	28	1,320	- 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	1,176	24	1,724	- 548
Falls	29	1,096	25	1,524	- 428
Drownings	30	908	26	1,418	- 511
Fires	31	880	29	1,318	- 439
Inflammatory/Heart	32	782	35	1,020	- 237
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	745	37	969	- 224
Syphilis	34	722	27	1,404	- 682
Epilepsy	35	568	34	1,082	- 514
Poisonings	36	557	31	1,136	- 579
Parkinson's Disease	37	453	47	453	+ 0
Lung Cancers	38	443	56	220	+ 223
Drug Use	39	368	59	160	+ 208
Breast Cancer	40	348	40	757	- 409
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	313	45	516	- 203
Schistosomiasis	42	300	42	562	- 262
Prostate Cancer	43	272	39	805	- 533
Skin Disease	44	245	51	377	- 131
Tetanus	45	243	46	456	- 213
Hepatitis B	46	182	53	258	- 76
Stomach Cancer	47	179	57	198	- 19
Encephalitis	48	178	54	240	- 61
Measles	49	178	71	2	+ 176
Alcohol	50	159	49	403	- 243
Lymphomas	51	153	30	1,180	- 1,026
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	140	48	424	- 284
Pancreas Cancer	53	74	62	90	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	54	72	36	976	- 904
Appendicitis	55	62	50	393	- 331
Bladder Cancer	56	58	55	236	- 178
Other Neoplasms	57	37	65	43	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	58	36	66	38	- 2
Leukemia	59	31	43	555	- 524
Leishmaniasis	60	30	75	0	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	61	28	60	120	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	24	63	78	- 54
Ascariasis	63	22	67	28	- 6
Upper Respiratory	64	20	52	309	- 289
Hepatitis C	65	14	64	55	- 41
Uterin Cancer	66	13	61	98	- 84
Diphtheria	67	4	70	5	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	4	41	563	- 559
War	69	4	58	175	- 172
Chlamydia	70	3	69	18	- 14
Oral Cancer	71	3	44	545	- 542
Otitis Media	72	0	68	22	- 22
Dengue	73	0	72	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOZAMBIQUE

Gambia

Mozambique

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.