OMAN VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		OMAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,072	4	701	+ 1,372
HIV/AIDS	2	1,739	41	31	+ 1,708
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,557	1	5,287	- 3,731
Stroke	4	1,241	2	1,648	- 407
Birth Trauma	5	1,166	29	77	+ 1,089
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,075	5	527	+ 548
Malaria	7	1,042	74	0	+ 1,042
Low Birth Weight	8	1,023	15	207	+ 816
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	968	28	78	+ 889
Tuberculosis	10	688	48	18	+ 670
Congenital Anomalies	11	592	7	386	+ 206
Liver Cancer	12	583	24	116	+ 467
Maternal Conditions	13	534	46	22	+ 512
Liver Disease	14	500	6	406	+ 94
Diabetes Mellitus	15	448	3	1,029	- 581
Kidney Disease	16	411	11	312	+ 99
Endocrine Disorders	17	355	32	53	+ 302
Meningitis	18	354	47	21	+ 333
Lung Disease	19	318	9	325	- 7
Violence	20	301	39	34	+ 267
Other Injuries	21	300	20	130	+ 171
Hypertension	22	266	8	360	- 93
Cervical Cancer	23	224	34	42	+ 182
Asthma	24	207	55	11	+ 196
Suicide	25	174	13	241	- 67
Malnutrition	26	170	60	2	+ 167
Pertussis	27	153	51	13	+ 140
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	138	10	323	- 186
Falls	29	128	12	292	- 164
Drownings	30	106	14	211	- 105
Fires	31	103	36	38	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	32	92	21	127	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	87	38	36	+ 51
Syphilis	34	84	61	2	+ 83
Epilepsy	35	67	44	22	+ 45
Poisonings	36	65	33	47	+ 18
Parkinson's Disease	37	53	26	110	- 57
Lung Cancers	38	52	25	113	- 61
Drug Use	39	43	42	29	+ 14
Breast Cancer	40	41	18	141	- 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	37	53	12	+ 25
Schistosomiasis	42	35	59	2	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	43	32	37	37	- 5
Skin Disease	44	29	27	92	- 63
Tetanus	45	28	63	1	+ 27
Hepatitis B	46	21	64	0	+ 21
Stomach Cancer	47	21	17	185	- 165
Encephalitis	48	21	23	126	- 105
Measles	49	21	76	0	+ 21
Alcohol	50	19	50	13	+ 5
Lymphomas	51	18	19	138	- 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	16	16	205	- 188
Pancreas Cancer	53	9	30	77	- 68
Oesophagus Cancer	54	8	40	32	- 24
Appendicitis	55	7	57	5	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	56	7	35	41	- 34
Other Neoplasms	57	4	56	7	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	52	12	- 7
Leukemia	59	4	22	127	- 123
Leishmaniasis	60	4	66	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	3	43	26	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	62	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	3	65	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	66	2	54	11	- 10
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	45	22	- 21
War	69	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	31	70	- 70
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	49	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to OMAN

Gambia

Oman

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.