NORWAY VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,926	6	1,797	+ 1,130
HIV/AIDS	2	2,456	61	10	+ 2,446
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,198	1	5,321	- 3,123
Stroke	4	1,752	4	2,475	- 723
Birth Trauma	5	1,647	54	17	+ 1,630
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,518	42	114	+ 1,404
Malaria	7	1,472	84	0	+ 1,472
Low Birth Weight	8	1,445	52	23	+ 1,421
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,366	37	128	+ 1,238
Tuberculosis	10	972	56	15	+ 957
Congenital Anomalies	11	836	34	136	+ 700
Liver Cancer	12	823	26	259	+ 564
Maternal Conditions	13	754	66	1	+ 753
Liver Disease	14	706	30	214	+ 492
Diabetes Mellitus	15	633	16	560	+ 73
Kidney Disease	16	580	14	611	- 31
Endocrine Disorders	17	502	19	359	+ 143
Meningitis	18	499	58	14	+ 486
Lung Disease	19	450	3	2,723	- 2,273
Violence	20	426	50	32	+ 394
Other Injuries	21	424	15	583	- 159
Hypertension	22	376	28	230	+ 146
Cervical Cancer	23	316	39	125	+ 191
Asthma	24	293	43	85	+ 208
Suicide	25	246	13	633	- 387
Malnutrition	26	239	35	135	+ 104
Pertussis	27	216	64	1	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	194	2	4,464	- 4,270
Falls	29	181	9	777	- 596
Drownings	30	150	45	65	+ 85
Fires	31	145	48	45	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	32	129	29	221	- 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	123	33	160	- 37
Syphilis	34	119	67	1	+ 118
Epilepsy	35	94	40	119	- 25
Poisonings	36	92	57	14	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	37	75	17	554	- 479
Lung Cancers	38	73	5	2,320	- 2,247
Drug Use	39	61	25	264	- 203
Breast Cancer	40	57	11	698	- 641
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	52	46	61	- 10
Schistosomiasis	42	50	83	0	+ 50
Prostate Cancer	43	45	8	1,172	- 1,127
Skin Disease	44	41	38	128	- 87
Tetanus	45	40	69	0	+ 40
Hepatitis B	46	30	63	3	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	47	30	22	343	- 314
Encephalitis	48	29	70	0	+ 29
Measles	49	29	72	0	+ 29
Alcohol	50	26	31	205	- 178
Lymphomas	51	25	12	646	- 620
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	23	7	1,787	- 1,763
Pancreas Cancer	53	12	10	770	- 758
Oesophagus Cancer	54	12	27	248	- 236
Appendicitis	55	10	59	12	- 2
Bladder Cancer	56	10	20	356	- 346
Other Neoplasms	57	6	23	324	- 318
Multiple Sclerosis	58	6	41	119	- 113
Leukemia	59	5	21	354	- 349
Leishmaniasis	60	5	81	0	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	61	5	24	309	- 304
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	47	60	- 56
Ascariasis	63	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	60	12	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	2	55	17	- 15
Uterin Cancer	66	2	36	134	- 132
Diphtheria	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	18	407	- 407
War	69	1	68	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	77	0	+ 1
Oral Cancer	71	0	32	168	- 167
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Gambia

Norway

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.