PARAGUAY VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,995	4	1,661	+ 2,334
HIV/AIDS	2	3,353	21	448	+ 2,905
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,001	1	4,327	- 1,326
Stroke	4	2,392	2	3,007	- 615
Birth Trauma	5	2,249	30	213	+ 2,036
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,073	6	1,552	+ 521
Malaria	7	2,009	81	0	+ 2,009
Low Birth Weight	8	1,973	12	644	+ 1,328
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,865	31	192	+ 1,673
Tuberculosis	10	1,327	26	273	+ 1,054
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,142	11	662	+ 480
Liver Cancer	12	1,124	35	152	+ 972
Maternal Conditions	13	1,029	49	64	+ 965
Liver Disease	14	964	17	524	+ 440
Diabetes Mellitus	15	864	3	2,361	- 1,498
Kidney Disease	16	792	5	1,592	- 800
Endocrine Disorders	17	685	14	562	+ 123
Meningitis	18	682	53	52	+ 630
Lung Disease	19	614	7	1,181	- 567
Violence	20	581	13	566	+ 16
Other Injuries	21	579	9	843	- 264
Hypertension	22	513	8	895	- 382
Cervical Cancer	23	432	18	516	- 84
Asthma	24	400	39	126	+ 273
Suicide	25	336	22	425	- 89
Malnutrition	26	327	25	330	- 3
Pertussis	27	294	59	30	+ 264
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	265	36	144	+ 121
Falls	29	247	43	100	+ 147
Drownings	30	205	32	178	+ 27
Fires	31	198	50	63	+ 135
Inflammatory/Heart	32	176	34	154	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	168	47	69	+ 100
Syphilis	34	163	42	119	+ 44
Epilepsy	35	128	44	98	+ 30
Poisonings	36	126	63	14	+ 112
Parkinson's Disease	37	102	41	122	- 19
Lung Cancers	38	100	10	738	- 638
Drug Use	39	83	56	38	+ 45
Breast Cancer	40	78	20	481	- 402
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	71	55	43	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	42	68	80	0	+ 68
Prostate Cancer	43	61	15	546	- 485
Skin Disease	44	55	37	144	- 88
Tetanus	45	55	64	12	+ 43
Hepatitis B	46	41	67	10	+ 31
Stomach Cancer	47	40	24	355	- 315
Encephalitis	48	40	66	11	+ 29
Measles	49	40	78	0	+ 40
Alcohol	50	36	23	410	- 374
Lymphomas	51	35	29	245	- 210
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	32	16	543	- 511
Pancreas Cancer	53	17	28	258	- 241
Oesophagus Cancer	54	16	33	173	- 157
Appendicitis	55	14	57	37	- 23
Bladder Cancer	56	13	51	57	- 43
Other Neoplasms	57	8	19	487	- 478
Multiple Sclerosis	58	8	68	8	- 0
Leukemia	59	7	27	272	- 265
Leishmaniasis	60	7	61	17	- 10
Ovary Cancer	61	6	45	85	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	48	66	- 60
Ascariasis	63	5	76	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	5	70	4	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	3	72	3	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	3	54	45	- 43
Diphtheria	67	1	77	0	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	40	125	- 124
War	69	1	71	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	38	134	- 133
Otitis Media	72	0	74	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	62	16	- 16
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	84	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	12	- 12
Chagas disease	77	0	60	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	52	- 52
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	30	- 30
Oral conditions	82	0	73	2	- 2
Anemia	83	0	46	82	- 82
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	69	8	- 8
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

Gambia

Paraguay

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.