NAMIBIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,489	2	1,464	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	2	1,250	1	2,928	- 1,679
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,118	5	1,221	- 102
Stroke	4	891	4	1,333	- 441
Birth Trauma	5	838	13	345	+ 494
Road Traffic Accidents	6	773	6	868	- 96
Malaria	7	749	51	22	+ 727
Low Birth Weight	8	735	9	516	+ 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	695	8	645	+ 50
Tuberculosis	10	494	3	1,416	- 922
Congenital Anomalies	11	426	16	283	+ 142
Liver Cancer	12	419	41	45	+ 374
Maternal Conditions	13	384	25	110	+ 273
Liver Disease	14	359	14	336	+ 24
Diabetes Mellitus	15	322	7	724	- 402
Kidney Disease	16	295	15	322	- 26
Endocrine Disorders	17	255	33	73	+ 182
Meningitis	18	254	27	109	+ 145
Lung Disease	19	229	10	461	- 232
Violence	20	217	11	450	- 233
Other Injuries	21	216	19	207	+ 9
Hypertension	22	191	12	428	- 237
Cervical Cancer	23	161	23	133	+ 28
Asthma	24	149	20	200	- 52
Suicide	25	125	17	243	- 118
Malnutrition	26	122	18	224	- 102
Pertussis	27	110	37	54	+ 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	99	21	176	- 77
Falls	29	92	34	62	+ 30
Drownings	30	76	26	110	- 33
Fires	31	74	28	109	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	32	66	22	162	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	63	32	76	- 13
Syphilis	34	61	43	35	+ 26
Epilepsy	35	48	38	49	- 1
Poisonings	36	47	39	46	+ 1
Parkinson's Disease	37	38	42	43	- 5
Lung Cancers	38	37	35	59	- 22
Drug Use	39	31	46	32	- 1
Breast Cancer	40	29	24	121	- 92
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	26	44	33	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	25	55	14	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	43	23	31	94	- 71
Skin Disease	44	21	47	31	- 10
Tetanus	45	20	62	6	+ 14
Hepatitis B	46	15	63	4	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	47	15	45	33	- 18
Encephalitis	48	15	59	8	+ 7
Measles	49	15	65	2	+ 13
Alcohol	50	13	48	28	- 15
Lymphomas	51	13	40	46	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	12	36	54	- 43
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	53	18	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	54	6	52	21	- 15
Appendicitis	55	5	58	9	- 4
Bladder Cancer	56	5	54	16	- 11
Other Neoplasms	57	3	60	8	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	3	64	2	+ 1
Leukemia	59	3	49	24	- 21
Leishmaniasis	60	3	79	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	2	50	23	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	57	9	- 7
Ascariasis	63	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	61	6	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	56	11	- 10
Diphtheria	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	29	108	- 107
War	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	30	100	- 99
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Gambia

Namibia

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.