ZIMBABWE VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,109	2	10,779	- 1,670
HIV/AIDS	2	7,645	1	19,988	- 12,344
Coronary Heart Disease	3	6,842	3	8,493	- 1,651
Stroke	4	5,453	5	5,126	+ 327
Birth Trauma	5	5,127	8	3,405	+ 1,721
Road Traffic Accidents	6	4,726	4	6,037	- 1,312
Malaria	7	4,581	15	2,003	+ 2,578
Low Birth Weight	8	4,497	7	4,038	+ 460
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	4,253	6	4,595	- 342
Tuberculosis	10	3,025	16	1,999	+ 1,025
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,603	11	2,217	+ 386
Liver Cancer	12	2,562	38	510	+ 2,053
Maternal Conditions	13	2,347	19	1,749	+ 597
Liver Disease	14	2,198	17	1,941	+ 256
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,969	9	3,344	- 1,374
Kidney Disease	16	1,805	12	2,214	- 408
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,562	34	553	+ 1,009
Meningitis	18	1,554	22	1,325	+ 229
Lung Disease	19	1,399	23	1,163	+ 236
Violence	20	1,325	18	1,916	- 591
Other Injuries	21	1,320	20	1,656	- 335
Hypertension	22	1,170	24	1,146	+ 24
Cervical Cancer	23	984	14	2,023	- 1,039
Asthma	24	911	21	1,531	- 620
Suicide	25	766	13	2,069	- 1,303
Malnutrition	26	745	10	2,396	- 1,651
Pertussis	27	671	42	419	+ 252
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	605	31	768	- 163
Falls	29	564	41	465	+ 99
Drownings	30	467	27	956	- 489
Fires	31	452	30	793	- 340
Inflammatory/Heart	32	402	25	1,047	- 645
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	383	35	548	- 165
Syphilis	34	371	55	124	+ 247
Epilepsy	35	292	39	508	- 215
Poisonings	36	287	37	515	- 229
Parkinson's Disease	37	233	46	226	+ 7
Lung Cancers	38	228	43	286	- 58
Drug Use	39	189	48	213	- 23
Breast Cancer	40	179	28	839	- 660
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	161	36	542	- 381
Schistosomiasis	42	154	53	172	- 18
Prostate Cancer	43	140	32	628	- 488
Skin Disease	44	126	52	173	- 47
Tetanus	45	125	57	102	+ 23
Hepatitis B	46	93	60	57	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	47	92	33	559	- 467
Encephalitis	48	92	56	117	- 26
Measles	49	92	63	30	+ 61
Alcohol	50	82	61	48	+ 34
Lymphomas	51	79	26	960	- 881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	72	40	505	- 433
Pancreas Cancer	53	38	47	217	- 179
Oesophagus Cancer	54	37	29	801	- 765
Appendicitis	55	32	58	66	- 34
Bladder Cancer	56	30	54	125	- 95
Other Neoplasms	57	19	62	37	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	58	19	67	14	+ 4
Leukemia	59	16	45	244	- 228
Leishmaniasis	60	15	77	0	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	61	15	51	173	- 159
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	64	26	- 14
Ascariasis	63	11	70	2	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	10	59	65	- 55
Hepatitis C	65	7	66	14	- 7
Uterin Cancer	66	7	50	182	- 175
Diphtheria	67	2	72	2	+ 0
Skin Cancers	68	2	44	264	- 262
War	69	2	65	26	- 24
Chlamydia	70	2	69	3	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	1	49	208	- 206
Otitis Media	72	0	68	3	- 3
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
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 ZIMBABWE

Gambia

Zimbabwe

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.