SAUDI ARABIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	19,410	5	6,132	+ 13,278
HIV/AIDS	2	16,289	47	192	+ 16,097
Coronary Heart Disease	3	14,578	1	39,037	- 24,459
Stroke	4	11,620	2	16,793	- 5,173
Birth Trauma	5	10,924	37	343	+ 10,581
Road Traffic Accidents	6	10,070	3	12,317	- 2,247
Malaria	7	9,761	75	0	+ 9,761
Low Birth Weight	8	9,583	18	989	+ 8,594
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	9,062	35	457	+ 8,606
Tuberculosis	10	6,445	27	752	+ 5,693
Congenital Anomalies	11	5,548	12	2,307	+ 3,240
Liver Cancer	12	5,460	21	845	+ 4,615
Maternal Conditions	13	5,000	48	172	+ 4,828
Liver Disease	14	4,683	7	4,931	- 248
Diabetes Mellitus	15	4,196	9	3,890	+ 306
Kidney Disease	16	3,847	4	9,051	- 5,204
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,329	15	1,447	+ 1,881
Meningitis	18	3,312	45	227	+ 3,086
Lung Disease	19	2,982	10	2,842	+ 140
Violence	20	2,823	30	646	+ 2,178
Other Injuries	21	2,813	8	4,004	- 1,191
Hypertension	22	2,493	22	834	+ 1,659
Cervical Cancer	23	2,098	49	157	+ 1,941
Asthma	24	1,941	17	1,168	+ 774
Suicide	25	1,631	13	2,046	- 415
Malnutrition	26	1,588	52	79	+ 1,509
Pertussis	27	1,430	54	56	+ 1,374
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	1,288	11	2,442	- 1,154
Falls	29	1,201	6	5,340	- 4,139
Drownings	30	995	24	821	+ 173
Fires	31	964	23	825	+ 138
Inflammatory/Heart	32	857	16	1,342	- 485
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	817	41	275	+ 541
Syphilis	34	791	59	33	+ 759
Epilepsy	35	623	29	694	- 72
Poisonings	36	611	40	279	+ 331
Parkinson's Disease	37	497	25	776	- 280
Lung Cancers	38	486	26	775	- 290
Drug Use	39	403	33	491	- 88
Breast Cancer	40	381	20	908	- 527
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	343	39	280	+ 63
Schistosomiasis	42	329	60	25	+ 304
Prostate Cancer	43	298	50	148	+ 150
Skin Disease	44	269	32	516	- 247
Tetanus	45	266	61	16	+ 251
Hepatitis B	46	199	53	57	+ 142
Stomach Cancer	47	196	36	389	- 193
Encephalitis	48	196	43	234	- 39
Measles	49	195	68	1	+ 194
Alcohol	50	175	51	128	+ 46
Lymphomas	51	168	28	716	- 548
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	154	14	1,630	- 1,477
Pancreas Cancer	53	81	31	526	- 445
Oesophagus Cancer	54	79	44	229	- 151
Appendicitis	55	68	58	35	+ 34
Bladder Cancer	56	64	46	214	- 150
Other Neoplasms	57	40	57	40	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	40	56	49	- 9
Leukemia	59	33	19	925	- 891
Leishmaniasis	60	33	67	1	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	61	31	42	247	- 216
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	26	62	9	+ 17
Ascariasis	63	24	66	1	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	64	22	70	1	+ 22
Hepatitis C	65	15	64	7	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	66	14	38	323	- 309
Diphtheria	67	5	69	1	+ 4
Skin Cancers	68	4	55	55	- 50
War	69	4	65	3	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	3	71	0	+ 3
Oral Cancer	71	3	34	465	- 461
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	63	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Gambia

Saudi Arabia

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.