PANAMA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		PANAMA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,374	7	697	+ 1,677
HIV/AIDS	2	1,993	8	653	+ 1,339
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,783	1	2,624	- 841
Stroke	4	1,421	2	2,006	- 585
Birth Trauma	5	1,336	36	94	+ 1,243
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,232	9	591	+ 641
Malaria	7	1,194	81	0	+ 1,194
Low Birth Weight	8	1,172	22	238	+ 934
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,109	28	163	+ 946
Tuberculosis	10	788	23	223	+ 565
Congenital Anomalies	11	679	13	378	+ 301
Liver Cancer	12	668	27	182	+ 486
Maternal Conditions	13	612	48	32	+ 579
Liver Disease	14	573	15	325	+ 247
Diabetes Mellitus	15	513	4	1,070	- 557
Kidney Disease	16	471	3	1,106	- 636
Endocrine Disorders	17	407	18	279	+ 128
Meningitis	18	405	52	27	+ 378
Lung Disease	19	365	5	815	- 450
Violence	20	345	6	730	- 384
Other Injuries	21	344	35	100	+ 244
Hypertension	22	305	10	510	- 205
Cervical Cancer	23	257	26	185	+ 72
Asthma	24	237	43	56	+ 181
Suicide	25	200	32	121	+ 78
Malnutrition	26	194	31	122	+ 72
Pertussis	27	175	74	0	+ 175
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	158	17	296	- 139
Falls	29	147	37	92	+ 55
Drownings	30	122	34	103	+ 18
Fires	31	118	57	11	+ 107
Inflammatory/Heart	32	105	20	270	- 165
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	100	50	30	+ 70
Syphilis	34	97	65	1	+ 95
Epilepsy	35	76	39	66	+ 10
Poisonings	36	75	61	4	+ 71
Parkinson's Disease	37	61	33	115	- 54
Lung Cancers	38	59	16	303	- 243
Drug Use	39	49	47	33	+ 17
Breast Cancer	40	47	19	279	- 232
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	42	53	25	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	42	40	80	0	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	43	36	12	390	- 353
Skin Disease	44	33	30	127	- 95
Tetanus	45	33	69	0	+ 32
Hepatitis B	46	24	59	7	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	47	24	11	397	- 373
Encephalitis	48	24	63	3	+ 21
Measles	49	24	79	0	+ 24
Alcohol	50	21	49	30	- 9
Lymphomas	51	21	24	205	- 184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	19	14	352	- 334
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	29	135	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	54	10	45	52	- 42
Appendicitis	55	8	56	11	- 3
Bladder Cancer	56	8	46	33	- 25
Other Neoplasms	57	5	21	256	- 251
Multiple Sclerosis	58	5	62	3	+ 2
Leukemia	59	4	25	189	- 185
Leishmaniasis	60	4	70	0	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	61	4	41	64	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	55	14	- 10
Ascariasis	63	3	75	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	54	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	2	40	66	- 64
Diphtheria	67	1	78	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	44	56	- 55
War	69	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	38	78	- 78
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	64	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	81	0	60	4	- 4
Oral conditions	82	0	72	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	63	- 63
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	58	10	- 10
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PANAMA

Gambia

Panama

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.