TRINIDAD/TOB. VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	748	10	205	+ 543
HIV/AIDS	2	628	12	196	+ 432
Coronary Heart Disease	3	562	1	1,476	- 914
Stroke	4	448	3	822	- 374
Birth Trauma	5	421	40	25	+ 396
Road Traffic Accidents	6	388	15	130	+ 258
Malaria	7	376	72	0	+ 376
Low Birth Weight	8	369	23	83	+ 287
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	349	45	18	+ 331
Tuberculosis	10	248	43	22	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	11	214	22	93	+ 121
Liver Cancer	12	210	28	66	+ 145
Maternal Conditions	13	193	50	10	+ 182
Liver Disease	14	181	14	136	+ 45
Diabetes Mellitus	15	162	2	1,275	- 1,114
Kidney Disease	16	148	5	439	- 291
Endocrine Disorders	17	128	18	119	+ 9
Meningitis	18	128	52	9	+ 118
Lung Disease	19	115	16	129	- 14
Violence	20	109	4	549	- 440
Other Injuries	21	108	30	61	+ 48
Hypertension	22	96	11	201	- 105
Cervical Cancer	23	81	21	97	- 16
Asthma	24	75	35	40	+ 35
Suicide	25	63	17	121	- 58
Malnutrition	26	61	47	17	+ 45
Pertussis	27	55	67	0	+ 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	50	9	215	- 165
Falls	29	46	33	43	+ 3
Drownings	30	38	39	31	+ 8
Fires	31	37	48	16	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	32	33	25	72	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	31	31	52	- 20
Syphilis	34	31	61	0	+ 30
Epilepsy	35	24	37	32	- 8
Poisonings	36	24	59	1	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	37	19	32	51	- 32
Lung Cancers	38	19	8	217	- 199
Drug Use	39	16	44	19	- 3
Breast Cancer	40	15	7	258	- 244
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	13	49	11	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	42	13	71	0	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	43	11	6	330	- 318
Skin Disease	44	10	36	39	- 28
Tetanus	45	10	65	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	46	8	60	0	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	47	8	26	69	- 62
Encephalitis	48	8	54	6	+ 1
Measles	49	8	76	0	+ 8
Alcohol	50	7	42	23	- 16
Lymphomas	51	6	20	111	- 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	6	13	196	- 190
Pancreas Cancer	53	3	19	114	- 111
Oesophagus Cancer	54	3	41	24	- 21
Appendicitis	55	3	56	4	- 2
Bladder Cancer	56	2	34	41	- 38
Other Neoplasms	57	2	51	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	58	2	58	2	- 1
Leukemia	59	1	29	62	- 61
Leishmaniasis	60	1	73	0	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	61	1	24	80	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	53	8	- 7
Ascariasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	1	27	68	- 67
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	57	4	- 4
War	69	0	46	17	- 17
Chlamydia	70	0	63	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	38	31	- 31
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Gambia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.