RWANDA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,236	1	5,280	+ 1,956
HIV/AIDS	2	6,072	7	2,826	+ 3,247
Coronary Heart Disease	3	5,435	4	3,605	+ 1,829
Stroke	4	4,332	2	5,060	- 728
Birth Trauma	5	4,072	10	1,888	+ 2,184
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,754	3	3,718	+ 36
Malaria	7	3,639	5	3,298	+ 341
Low Birth Weight	8	3,572	9	2,193	+ 1,380
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	3,378	6	3,121	+ 257
Tuberculosis	10	2,403	26	625	+ 1,778
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,068	12	1,777	+ 291
Liver Cancer	12	2,035	23	706	+ 1,329
Maternal Conditions	13	1,864	21	722	+ 1,142
Liver Disease	14	1,746	8	2,548	- 802
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,564	11	1,858	- 294
Kidney Disease	16	1,434	15	1,206	+ 228
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,241	41	219	+ 1,021
Meningitis	18	1,235	19	847	+ 388
Lung Disease	19	1,112	13	1,555	- 443
Violence	20	1,052	29	548	+ 505
Other Injuries	21	1,049	17	944	+ 105
Hypertension	22	929	14	1,357	- 428
Cervical Cancer	23	782	18	941	- 159
Asthma	24	724	22	717	+ 6
Suicide	25	608	24	704	- 95
Malnutrition	26	592	16	1,168	- 576
Pertussis	27	533	42	218	+ 315
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	480	25	657	- 177
Falls	29	448	31	412	+ 36
Drownings	30	371	36	285	+ 86
Fires	31	359	38	270	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	32	319	34	347	- 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	304	33	362	- 58
Syphilis	34	295	46	173	+ 122
Epilepsy	35	232	45	191	+ 41
Poisonings	36	228	40	220	+ 8
Parkinson's Disease	37	185	47	146	+ 39
Lung Cancers	38	181	39	234	- 53
Drug Use	39	150	60	45	+ 106
Breast Cancer	40	142	27	600	- 458
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	128	48	136	- 8
Schistosomiasis	42	123	51	111	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	43	111	32	396	- 285
Skin Disease	44	100	52	103	- 3
Tetanus	45	99	58	53	+ 47
Hepatitis B	46	74	55	68	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	47	73	20	780	- 707
Encephalitis	48	73	61	39	+ 34
Measles	49	73	59	51	+ 21
Alcohol	50	65	49	125	- 60
Lymphomas	51	63	30	450	- 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	57	28	591	- 534
Pancreas Cancer	53	30	43	214	- 183
Oesophagus Cancer	54	29	44	213	- 184
Appendicitis	55	25	54	70	- 45
Bladder Cancer	56	24	62	35	- 11
Other Neoplasms	57	15	64	16	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	15	66	7	+ 8
Leukemia	59	12	35	317	- 304
Leishmaniasis	60	12	77	0	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	61	12	53	92	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	63	23	- 13
Ascariasis	63	9	67	5	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	8	57	58	- 50
Hepatitis C	65	6	65	12	- 7
Uterin Cancer	66	5	56	58	- 53
Diphtheria	67	2	71	1	+ 1
Skin Cancers	68	2	50	113	- 111
War	69	1	69	3	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	70	2	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	37	272	- 271
Otitis Media	72	0	68	4	- 4
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Gambia

Rwanda

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.