URUGUAY VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,819	6	1,370	+ 449
HIV/AIDS	2	1,527	28	195	+ 1,332
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,366	1	4,265	- 2,898
Stroke	4	1,089	2	2,850	- 1,761
Birth Trauma	5	1,024	53	22	+ 1,002
Road Traffic Accidents	6	944	16	512	+ 432
Malaria	7	915	79	0	+ 915
Low Birth Weight	8	898	42	73	+ 825
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	849	35	134	+ 715
Tuberculosis	10	604	41	81	+ 524
Congenital Anomalies	11	520	30	170	+ 350
Liver Cancer	12	512	34	147	+ 364
Maternal Conditions	13	469	60	9	+ 460
Liver Disease	14	439	27	206	+ 233
Diabetes Mellitus	15	393	11	747	- 354
Kidney Disease	16	361	8	1,040	- 679
Endocrine Disorders	17	312	17	487	- 175
Meningitis	18	310	58	10	+ 300
Lung Disease	19	279	4	1,706	- 1,427
Violence	20	265	23	295	- 30
Other Injuries	21	264	10	774	- 510
Hypertension	22	234	15	648	- 415
Cervical Cancer	23	197	29	172	+ 25
Asthma	24	182	37	127	+ 55
Suicide	25	153	12	735	- 582
Malnutrition	26	149	43	73	+ 76
Pertussis	27	134	72	0	+ 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	121	3	1,899	- 1,778
Falls	29	113	47	55	+ 58
Drownings	30	93	45	65	+ 29
Fires	31	90	48	54	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	32	80	22	314	- 234
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	77	46	57	+ 20
Syphilis	34	74	66	3	+ 71
Epilepsy	35	58	40	86	- 27
Poisonings	36	57	55	17	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	37	47	21	320	- 274
Lung Cancers	38	46	5	1,463	- 1,417
Drug Use	39	38	49	41	- 3
Breast Cancer	40	36	9	848	- 812
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	32	50	39	- 7
Schistosomiasis	42	31	77	0	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	43	28	13	707	- 679
Skin Disease	44	25	36	130	- 105
Tetanus	45	25	71	0	+ 25
Hepatitis B	46	19	63	4	+ 14
Stomach Cancer	47	18	18	480	- 462
Encephalitis	48	18	64	4	+ 14
Measles	49	18	74	0	+ 18
Alcohol	50	16	39	104	- 88
Lymphomas	51	16	20	457	- 442
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	14	7	1,245	- 1,230
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	14	656	- 648
Oesophagus Cancer	54	7	24	286	- 279
Appendicitis	55	6	59	9	- 3
Bladder Cancer	56	6	26	276	- 270
Other Neoplasms	57	4	19	464	- 460
Multiple Sclerosis	58	4	56	13	- 9
Leukemia	59	3	25	280	- 277
Leishmaniasis	60	3	78	0	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	61	3	32	160	- 157
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	35	- 32
Ascariasis	63	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	62	5	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	3	- 2
Uterin Cancer	66	1	38	115	- 114
Diphtheria	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	33	149	- 149
War	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Oral Cancer	71	0	31	167	- 167
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Anemia	83	0	44	71	- 71
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	54	18	- 18
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Gambia

Uruguay

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.