UGANDA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	26,176	2	18,865	+ 7,311
HIV/AIDS	2	21,967	1	21,188	+ 779
Coronary Heart Disease	3	19,660	9	8,784	+ 10,876
Stroke	4	15,671	6	11,181	+ 4,489
Birth Trauma	5	14,732	7	10,405	+ 4,327
Road Traffic Accidents	6	13,580	4	13,012	+ 568
Malaria	7	13,164	3	13,576	- 412
Low Birth Weight	8	12,923	8	9,673	+ 3,250
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	12,221	5	12,103	+ 118
Tuberculosis	10	8,691	10	7,255	+ 1,437
Congenital Anomalies	11	7,481	11	6,641	+ 841
Liver Cancer	12	7,363	29	1,522	+ 5,840
Maternal Conditions	13	6,743	17	3,641	+ 3,102
Liver Disease	14	6,315	13	5,122	+ 1,193
Diabetes Mellitus	15	5,659	14	4,794	+ 865
Kidney Disease	16	5,188	19	3,168	+ 2,019
Endocrine Disorders	17	4,489	38	761	+ 3,728
Meningitis	18	4,467	16	3,718	+ 749
Lung Disease	19	4,021	22	3,051	+ 970
Violence	20	3,807	12	6,175	- 2,367
Other Injuries	21	3,794	20	3,130	+ 664
Hypertension	22	3,362	21	3,120	+ 242
Cervical Cancer	23	2,829	15	4,378	- 1,549
Asthma	24	2,618	27	1,745	+ 873
Suicide	25	2,200	24	2,033	+ 167
Malnutrition	26	2,142	18	3,317	- 1,175
Pertussis	27	1,928	25	1,909	+ 19
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	1,737	30	1,286	+ 451
Falls	29	1,620	33	1,127	+ 493
Drownings	30	1,342	31	1,238	+ 104
Fires	31	1,300	36	872	+ 428
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,156	37	859	+ 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	1,101	41	687	+ 415
Syphilis	34	1,067	23	2,235	- 1,169
Epilepsy	35	840	43	599	+ 241
Poisonings	36	823	39	745	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	37	670	48	351	+ 318
Lung Cancers	38	655	46	441	+ 214
Drug Use	39	544	57	233	+ 311
Breast Cancer	40	514	32	1,128	- 614
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	463	50	348	+ 115
Schistosomiasis	42	443	52	286	+ 158
Prostate Cancer	43	402	34	950	- 548
Skin Disease	44	363	55	242	+ 120
Tetanus	45	359	53	271	+ 89
Hepatitis B	46	269	61	123	+ 145
Stomach Cancer	47	264	45	515	- 251
Encephalitis	48	264	62	122	+ 142
Measles	49	263	51	343	- 80
Alcohol	50	236	54	256	- 21
Lymphomas	51	226	26	1,762	- 1,535
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	207	35	919	- 712
Pancreas Cancer	53	109	47	358	- 249
Oesophagus Cancer	54	106	28	1,674	- 1,569
Appendicitis	55	92	58	211	- 119
Bladder Cancer	56	86	59	181	- 95
Other Neoplasms	57	54	66	37	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	58	53	69	16	+ 37
Leukemia	59	45	42	599	- 554
Leishmaniasis	60	44	68	28	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	61	42	44	519	- 477
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	35	64	55	- 20
Ascariasis	63	33	70	16	+ 17
Upper Respiratory	64	30	60	144	- 114
Hepatitis C	65	20	67	30	- 10
Uterin Cancer	66	19	56	234	- 214
Diphtheria	67	6	72	11	- 5
Skin Cancers	68	6	49	349	- 343
War	69	5	63	88	- 82
Chlamydia	70	5	73	6	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	4	40	731	- 727
Otitis Media	72	0	71	11	- 11
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Gambia

Uganda

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.