YEMEN VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	17,071	4	11,978	+ 5,092
HIV/AIDS	2	14,326	46	396	+ 13,930
Coronary Heart Disease	3	12,821	1	30,158	- 17,336
Stroke	4	10,220	2	13,570	- 3,350
Birth Trauma	5	9,607	7	5,939	+ 3,668
Road Traffic Accidents	6	8,856	6	8,561	+ 296
Malaria	7	8,585	20	1,719	+ 6,866
Low Birth Weight	8	8,428	5	8,810	- 382
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	7,970	9	4,372	+ 3,598
Tuberculosis	10	5,668	18	1,899	+ 3,769
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,879	10	4,291	+ 588
Liver Cancer	12	4,802	39	609	+ 4,193
Maternal Conditions	13	4,397	32	890	+ 3,508
Liver Disease	14	4,118	13	2,891	+ 1,227
Diabetes Mellitus	15	3,691	19	1,794	+ 1,896
Kidney Disease	16	3,383	15	2,679	+ 705
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,928	36	738	+ 2,190
Meningitis	18	2,913	28	1,018	+ 1,895
Lung Disease	19	2,622	11	3,196	- 573
Violence	20	2,483	14	2,839	- 356
Other Injuries	21	2,474	16	2,225	+ 249
Hypertension	22	2,192	8	5,293	- 3,101
Cervical Cancer	23	1,845	57	119	+ 1,726
Asthma	24	1,707	17	2,106	- 399
Suicide	25	1,435	21	1,699	- 264
Malnutrition	26	1,397	27	1,058	+ 338
Pertussis	27	1,258	23	1,239	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	1,133	22	1,405	- 272
Falls	29	1,056	24	1,170	- 113
Drownings	30	875	25	1,142	- 267
Fires	31	848	29	991	- 143
Inflammatory/Heart	32	754	40	585	+ 169
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	718	33	833	- 115
Syphilis	34	696	53	175	+ 520
Epilepsy	35	548	43	539	+ 9
Poisonings	36	537	44	532	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	37	437	49	362	+ 75
Lung Cancers	38	427	41	569	- 142
Drug Use	39	355	38	613	- 258
Breast Cancer	40	335	26	1,134	- 799
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	302	37	707	- 405
Schistosomiasis	42	289	56	124	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	43	262	63	39	+ 223
Skin Disease	44	237	61	44	+ 193
Tetanus	45	234	47	395	- 160
Hepatitis B	46	175	50	299	- 124
Stomach Cancer	47	172	31	902	- 730
Encephalitis	48	172	48	369	- 197
Measles	49	172	12	3,019	- 2,848
Alcohol	50	154	59	78	+ 75
Lymphomas	51	148	45	433	- 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	135	30	913	- 778
Pancreas Cancer	53	71	51	283	- 211
Oesophagus Cancer	54	69	35	765	- 696
Appendicitis	55	60	54	162	- 102
Bladder Cancer	56	56	55	160	- 104
Other Neoplasms	57	35	64	21	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	58	35	62	42	- 7
Leukemia	59	29	34	776	- 747
Leishmaniasis	60	29	71	2	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	61	27	52	188	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	23	66	14	+ 9
Ascariasis	63	21	65	17	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	19	70	5	+ 15
Hepatitis C	65	13	68	8	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	66	13	69	5	+ 7
Diphtheria	67	4	67	14	- 10
Skin Cancers	68	4	58	100	- 96
War	69	4	3	12,915	- 12,911
Chlamydia	70	3	72	1	+ 2
Oral Cancer	71	3	42	547	- 545
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Gambia

Yemen

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.