SIERRA LEONE VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,844	1	7,420	- 2,575
HIV/AIDS	2	4,066	9	2,546	+ 1,520
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,639	4	4,027	- 388
Stroke	4	2,900	5	3,769	- 869
Birth Trauma	5	2,726	6	2,888	- 162
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,513	8	2,581	- 68
Malaria	7	2,436	2	6,824	- 4,388
Low Birth Weight	8	2,392	7	2,791	- 399
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,262	3	5,275	- 3,013
Tuberculosis	10	1,609	10	2,414	- 806
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,385	11	1,532	- 148
Liver Cancer	12	1,363	27	400	+ 963
Maternal Conditions	13	1,248	18	880	+ 368
Liver Disease	14	1,169	13	1,312	- 144
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,047	14	1,190	- 142
Kidney Disease	16	960	15	1,082	- 122
Endocrine Disorders	17	831	19	798	+ 33
Meningitis	18	827	12	1,415	- 588
Lung Disease	19	744	20	791	- 47
Violence	20	705	22	618	+ 87
Other Injuries	21	702	16	1,040	- 338
Hypertension	22	622	21	623	- 1
Cervical Cancer	23	524	35	264	+ 260
Asthma	24	485	24	613	- 128
Suicide	25	407	25	521	- 114
Malnutrition	26	396	17	924	- 527
Pertussis	27	357	26	469	- 112
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	322	28	373	- 52
Falls	29	300	30	324	- 24
Drownings	30	248	29	366	- 118
Fires	31	241	33	275	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	32	214	32	288	- 74
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	204	31	308	- 104
Syphilis	34	197	41	180	+ 18
Epilepsy	35	155	37	230	- 75
Poisonings	36	152	38	218	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	37	124	44	117	+ 7
Lung Cancers	38	121	49	85	+ 36
Drug Use	39	101	40	185	- 85
Breast Cancer	40	95	23	615	- 520
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	86	43	127	- 41
Schistosomiasis	42	82	46	101	- 19
Prostate Cancer	43	74	34	274	- 199
Skin Disease	44	67	51	81	- 13
Tetanus	45	66	45	103	- 36
Hepatitis B	46	50	47	92	- 42
Stomach Cancer	47	49	36	232	- 183
Encephalitis	48	49	56	50	- 1
Measles	49	49	58	37	+ 12
Alcohol	50	44	55	52	- 8
Lymphomas	51	42	42	132	- 90
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	38	39	192	- 154
Pancreas Cancer	53	20	54	62	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	54	20	57	37	- 17
Appendicitis	55	17	61	27	- 10
Bladder Cancer	56	16	52	78	- 62
Other Neoplasms	57	10	66	10	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	58	10	65	10	- 1
Leukemia	59	8	59	37	- 28
Leishmaniasis	60	8	79	0	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	61	8	53	77	- 69
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	68	7	- 1
Ascariasis	63	6	62	15	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	10	- 5
Hepatitis C	65	4	63	13	- 10
Uterin Cancer	66	4	60	31	- 27
Diphtheria	67	1	69	4	- 3
Skin Cancers	68	1	48	86	- 85
War	69	1	67	8	- 7
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	1	50	82	- 82
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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 SIERRA LEONE

Gambia

Sierra Leone

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.