SWAZILAND VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	604	2	921	- 316
HIV/AIDS	2	507	1	2,314	- 1,806
Coronary Heart Disease	3	454	5	755	- 301
Stroke	4	362	4	800	- 439
Birth Trauma	5	340	18	166	+ 174
Road Traffic Accidents	6	314	7	384	- 71
Malaria	7	304	67	0	+ 304
Low Birth Weight	8	298	14	233	+ 65
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	282	6	517	- 235
Tuberculosis	10	201	13	256	- 55
Congenital Anomalies	11	173	19	160	+ 12
Liver Cancer	12	170	37	29	+ 141
Maternal Conditions	13	156	21	116	+ 40
Liver Disease	14	146	11	274	- 128
Diabetes Mellitus	15	131	3	892	- 761
Kidney Disease	16	120	8	381	- 261
Endocrine Disorders	17	104	28	74	+ 30
Meningitis	18	103	23	97	+ 6
Lung Disease	19	93	12	264	- 172
Violence	20	88	16	212	- 124
Other Injuries	21	88	17	190	- 103
Hypertension	22	78	10	292	- 214
Cervical Cancer	23	65	15	215	- 150
Asthma	24	60	20	150	- 89
Suicide	25	51	9	338	- 287
Malnutrition	26	49	22	106	- 56
Pertussis	27	45	33	39	+ 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	40	27	77	- 36
Falls	29	37	32	41	- 4
Drownings	30	31	25	87	- 56
Fires	31	30	26	84	- 54
Inflammatory/Heart	32	27	24	94	- 67
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	25	29	51	- 25
Syphilis	34	25	45	17	+ 7
Epilepsy	35	19	30	46	- 26
Poisonings	36	19	34	37	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	37	15	41	24	- 8
Lung Cancers	38	15	46	17	- 1
Drug Use	39	13	38	27	- 14
Breast Cancer	40	12	35	37	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	39	26	- 16
Schistosomiasis	42	10	49	13	- 3
Prostate Cancer	43	9	31	45	- 36
Skin Disease	44	8	40	25	- 17
Tetanus	45	8	62	4	+ 5
Hepatitis B	46	6	57	6	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	47	6	53	7	- 1
Encephalitis	48	6	59	5	+ 1
Measles	49	6	64	1	+ 5
Alcohol	50	5	48	16	- 11
Lymphomas	51	5	36	31	- 26
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	5	43	19	- 14
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	56	6	- 4
Oesophagus Cancer	54	2	44	18	- 16
Appendicitis	55	2	54	7	- 4
Bladder Cancer	56	2	55	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	1	61	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	1	63	1	- 0
Leukemia	59	1	47	16	- 15
Leishmaniasis	60	1	77	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	52	10	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	5	- 4
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	60	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	0	50	11	- 11
Diphtheria	67	0	70	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	42	20	- 20
War	69	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	51	10	- 10
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Gambia

Swaziland

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.