SLOVENIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		SLOVENIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,114	13	412	+ 703
HIV/AIDS	2	935	70	0	+ 935
Coronary Heart Disease	3	837	1	3,617	- 2,780
Stroke	4	667	2	1,977	- 1,310
Birth Trauma	5	627	57	1	+ 626
Road Traffic Accidents	6	578	31	105	+ 473
Malaria	7	560	81	0	+ 560
Low Birth Weight	8	550	43	17	+ 533
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	520	52	4	+ 516
Tuberculosis	10	370	46	15	+ 355
Congenital Anomalies	11	318	38	49	+ 269
Liver Cancer	12	313	19	285	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	13	287	56	1	+ 286
Liver Disease	14	269	12	429	- 160
Diabetes Mellitus	15	241	18	340	- 99
Kidney Disease	16	221	28	143	+ 77
Endocrine Disorders	17	191	33	93	+ 99
Meningitis	18	190	50	5	+ 185
Lung Disease	19	171	7	675	- 503
Violence	20	162	42	19	+ 143
Other Injuries	21	161	23	203	- 41
Hypertension	22	143	4	881	- 738
Cervical Cancer	23	120	36	60	+ 60
Asthma	24	111	45	16	+ 95
Suicide	25	94	14	411	- 318
Malnutrition	26	91	64	0	+ 91
Pertussis	27	82	66	0	+ 82
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	74	16	375	- 301
Falls	29	69	6	708	- 639
Drownings	30	57	44	17	+ 40
Fires	31	55	48	8	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	32	49	20	239	- 190
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	47	37	55	- 8
Syphilis	34	45	55	2	+ 43
Epilepsy	35	36	35	62	- 26
Poisonings	36	35	51	4	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	37	29	24	196	- 168
Lung Cancers	38	28	3	1,261	- 1,233
Drug Use	39	23	41	24	- 1
Breast Cancer	40	22	9	484	- 462
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	26	151	- 132
Schistosomiasis	42	19	82	0	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	43	17	10	476	- 459
Skin Disease	44	15	49	5	+ 10
Tetanus	45	15	59	1	+ 14
Hepatitis B	46	11	58	1	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	47	11	17	341	- 329
Encephalitis	48	11	65	0	+ 11
Measles	49	11	76	0	+ 11
Alcohol	50	10	8	511	- 501
Lymphomas	51	10	11	465	- 455
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	9	5	743	- 734
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	15	409	- 405
Oesophagus Cancer	54	5	32	93	- 88
Appendicitis	55	4	54	2	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	56	4	22	211	- 208
Other Neoplasms	57	2	34	69	- 67
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	39	35	- 32
Leukemia	59	2	21	225	- 223
Leishmaniasis	60	2	62	0	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	61	2	29	122	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	40	30	- 28
Ascariasis	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	66	1	30	106	- 105
Diphtheria	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	25	191	- 190
War	69	0	61	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	27	145	- 145
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	53	3	- 3
Anemia	83	0	60	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	47	9	- 9
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SLOVENIA

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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.