NEW ZEALAND VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,741	7	920	+ 1,821
HIV/AIDS	2	2,301	57	10	+ 2,290
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,059	1	5,095	- 3,036
Stroke	4	1,641	3	2,378	- 737
Birth Trauma	5	1,543	54	15	+ 1,528
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,422	16	458	+ 964
Malaria	7	1,379	78	0	+ 1,379
Low Birth Weight	8	1,353	38	78	+ 1,275
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,280	37	81	+ 1,199
Tuberculosis	10	910	52	17	+ 893
Congenital Anomalies	11	783	30	176	+ 608
Liver Cancer	12	771	24	288	+ 483
Maternal Conditions	13	706	63	5	+ 701
Liver Disease	14	661	32	158	+ 504
Diabetes Mellitus	15	593	8	769	- 176
Kidney Disease	16	543	17	432	+ 111
Endocrine Disorders	17	470	21	325	+ 146
Meningitis	18	468	59	9	+ 459
Lung Disease	19	421	5	1,815	- 1,394
Violence	20	399	42	57	+ 341
Other Injuries	21	397	28	218	+ 179
Hypertension	22	352	20	327	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	23	296	41	61	+ 235
Asthma	24	274	36	91	+ 184
Suicide	25	230	15	528	- 298
Malnutrition	26	224	55	14	+ 210
Pertussis	27	202	65	1	+ 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	182	2	3,032	- 2,850
Falls	29	170	11	627	- 457
Drownings	30	140	44	54	+ 86
Fires	31	136	53	17	+ 119
Inflammatory/Heart	32	121	23	313	- 192
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	115	39	70	+ 45
Syphilis	34	112	70	0	+ 111
Epilepsy	35	88	43	55	+ 33
Poisonings	36	86	58	9	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	37	70	19	353	- 283
Lung Cancers	38	69	4	1,873	- 1,805
Drug Use	39	57	40	69	- 12
Breast Cancer	40	54	10	737	- 683
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	48	35	113	- 64
Schistosomiasis	42	46	77	0	+ 46
Prostate Cancer	43	42	9	739	- 697
Skin Disease	44	38	34	118	- 80
Tetanus	45	38	69	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	46	28	56	14	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	47	28	22	323	- 295
Encephalitis	48	28	66	1	+ 27
Measles	49	28	82	0	+ 28
Alcohol	50	25	45	51	- 27
Lymphomas	51	24	13	608	- 584
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	22	6	1,495	- 1,473
Pancreas Cancer	53	11	14	543	- 531
Oesophagus Cancer	54	11	25	279	- 268
Appendicitis	55	10	62	6	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	56	9	26	267	- 258
Other Neoplasms	57	6	27	245	- 239
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	47	43	- 38
Leukemia	59	5	18	391	- 386
Leishmaniasis	60	5	80	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	4	29	207	- 202
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	46	47	- 43
Ascariasis	63	3	76	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	64	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	2	48	30	- 27
Uterin Cancer	66	2	33	145	- 142
Diphtheria	67	1	83	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	12	612	- 611
War	69	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	31	164	- 163
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Gambia

New Zealand

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.