GAMBIA VS GERMANY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GERMANY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,411	3	1,007	+ 3,405
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,535	28	89	+ 1,446
Stroke	3	1,494	4	802	+ 691
Lung Cancers	4	1,397	38	34	+ 1,363
Lung Disease	5	1,284	19	206	+ 1,078
Hypertension	6	804	22	172	+ 632
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	781	52	11	+ 770
Kidney Disease	8	683	16	266	+ 417
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	621	1	1,340	- 719
Breast Cancer	10	565	40	26	+ 539
Pancreas Cancer	11	539	53	6	+ 533
Prostate Cancer	12	495	43	21	+ 474
Diabetes Mellitus	13	467	15	290	+ 177
Falls	14	460	29	83	+ 377
Liver Disease	15	456	14	323	+ 132
Parkinson's Disease	16	378	37	34	+ 343
Lymphomas	17	367	51	12	+ 356
Endocrine Disorders	18	320	17	230	+ 90
Suicide	19	308	25	113	+ 196
Stomach Cancer	20	290	47	14	+ 276
Inflammatory/Heart	21	267	32	59	+ 208
Leukemia	22	262	59	2	+ 260
Other Injuries	23	247	21	194	+ 53
Other Neoplasms	24	245	57	3	+ 242
Liver Cancer	25	242	12	377	- 135
Alcohol	26	188	50	12	+ 176
Oesophagus Cancer	27	186	54	5	+ 181
Bladder Cancer	28	186	56	4	+ 181
Oral Cancer	29	181	71	0	+ 180
Ovary Cancer	30	156	61	2	+ 154
Skin Cancers	31	122	68	0	+ 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	115	9	626	- 511
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	108	41	24	+ 85
Road Traffic Accidents	34	95	6	695	- 601
Epilepsy	35	93	35	43	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	36	69	11	383	- 314
Uterin Cancer	37	67	66	1	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	65	33	56	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	39	64	23	145	- 81
Drug Use	40	58	39	28	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	41	47	58	3	+ 44
Skin Disease	42	46	44	19	+ 28
Anemia	43	30	83	0	+ 30
Asthma	44	28	24	134	- 106
Low Birth Weight	45	23	8	662	- 639
Violence	46	23	20	195	- 172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	16	62	2	+ 14
Hepatitis C	48	15	65	1	+ 14
Drownings	49	14	30	69	- 55
Malnutrition	50	14	26	110	- 96
Schizophrenia	51	12	85	0	+ 12
Osteoarthritis	52	11	81	0	+ 11
Fires	53	11	31	67	- 56
HIV/AIDS	54	10	2	1,125	- 1,114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	9	80	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	56	8	10	445	- 437
Birth Trauma	57	7	5	754	- 747
Poisonings	58	6	36	42	- 36
Hepatitis B	59	5	46	14	- 8
Meningitis	60	5	18	229	- 224
Upper Respiratory	61	4	64	2	+ 3
Appendicitis	62	4	55	5	- 1
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	345	- 344
Otitis Media	65	0	72	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	67	0	48	14	- 13
Syphilis	68	0	34	55	- 54
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Measles	70	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	75	0	45	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	76	0	84	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	81	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	84	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	85	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.