SYRIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,676	4	2,958	+ 9,717
HIV/AIDS	2	10,638	58	15	+ 10,623
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,520	1	28,203	- 18,683
Stroke	4	7,589	2	8,088	- 500
Birth Trauma	5	7,134	21	744	+ 6,389
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,576	5	2,550	+ 4,026
Malaria	7	6,375	79	0	+ 6,375
Low Birth Weight	8	6,258	12	1,652	+ 4,606
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,918	7	2,156	+ 3,762
Tuberculosis	10	4,209	56	23	+ 4,185
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,623	8	2,077	+ 1,545
Liver Cancer	12	3,565	31	366	+ 3,199
Maternal Conditions	13	3,265	45	105	+ 3,161
Liver Disease	14	3,058	11	1,720	+ 1,338
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,740	15	1,534	+ 1,207
Kidney Disease	16	2,512	6	2,329	+ 183
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,174	26	418	+ 1,756
Meningitis	18	2,163	35	295	+ 1,868
Lung Disease	19	1,947	13	1,601	+ 346
Violence	20	1,844	25	444	+ 1,400
Other Injuries	21	1,837	24	521	+ 1,316
Hypertension	22	1,628	23	707	+ 921
Cervical Cancer	23	1,370	42	188	+ 1,182
Asthma	24	1,268	17	1,052	+ 215
Suicide	25	1,065	33	333	+ 733
Malnutrition	26	1,037	51	73	+ 964
Pertussis	27	934	37	289	+ 645
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	841	14	1,551	- 709
Falls	29	784	29	383	+ 401
Drownings	30	650	40	215	+ 435
Fires	31	630	43	179	+ 451
Inflammatory/Heart	32	560	32	337	+ 222
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	533	49	79	+ 454
Syphilis	34	517	55	31	+ 486
Epilepsy	35	407	48	92	+ 314
Poisonings	36	399	46	98	+ 301
Parkinson's Disease	37	324	30	367	- 43
Lung Cancers	38	317	9	2,048	- 1,731
Drug Use	39	263	39	249	+ 14
Breast Cancer	40	249	10	1,953	- 1,704
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	224	41	197	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	42	215	60	11	+ 203
Prostate Cancer	43	195	28	404	- 209
Skin Disease	44	176	61	8	+ 168
Tetanus	45	174	52	57	+ 116
Hepatitis B	46	130	63	5	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	47	128	22	725	- 596
Encephalitis	48	128	50	77	+ 51
Measles	49	127	70	0	+ 127
Alcohol	50	114	53	51	+ 63
Lymphomas	51	110	18	827	- 717
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	100	16	1,224	- 1,123
Pancreas Cancer	53	53	27	411	- 358
Oesophagus Cancer	54	51	47	97	- 46
Appendicitis	55	44	54	36	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	56	42	20	757	- 716
Other Neoplasms	57	26	57	21	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	26	59	14	+ 12
Leukemia	59	22	19	796	- 774
Leishmaniasis	60	22	65	5	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	61	20	34	328	- 308
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	62	7	+ 10
Ascariasis	63	16	67	1	+ 15
Upper Respiratory	64	14	66	3	+ 11
Hepatitis C	65	10	68	1	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	66	9	44	146	- 136
Diphtheria	67	3	64	5	- 2
Skin Cancers	68	3	38	276	- 274
War	69	3	3	7,760	- 7,758
Chlamydia	70	2	69	1	+ 1
Oral Cancer	71	2	36	289	- 287
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Gambia

Syria

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.