GAMBIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,186	1	1,340	- 154
Stroke	2	1,106	4	802	+ 304
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,029	3	1,007	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	4	990	2	1,125	- 135
Malaria	5	814	7	674	+ 140
Tuberculosis	6	745	10	445	+ 300
Road Traffic Accidents	7	570	6	695	- 126
Low Birth Weight	8	486	8	662	- 176
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	477	9	626	- 149
Birth Trauma	10	452	5	754	- 302
Liver Disease	11	442	14	323	+ 118
Diabetes Mellitus	12	433	15	290	+ 143
Kidney Disease	13	304	16	266	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	14	287	11	383	- 96
Lung Disease	15	228	19	206	+ 22
Meningitis	16	218	18	229	- 11
Liver Cancer	17	208	12	377	- 169
Other Injuries	18	177	21	194	- 17
Hypertension	19	163	22	172	- 9
Cervical Cancer	20	158	23	145	+ 13
Suicide	21	145	25	113	+ 33
Maternal Conditions	22	145	13	345	- 200
Asthma	23	144	24	134	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	24	143	17	230	- 86
Breast Cancer	25	141	40	26	+ 115
Malnutrition	26	136	26	110	+ 27
Violence	27	135	20	195	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	28	118	32	59	+ 59
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	94	28	89	+ 5
Falls	30	85	29	83	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	31	75	43	21	+ 55
Lymphomas	32	64	51	12	+ 52
Stomach Cancer	33	63	47	14	+ 50
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	59	52	11	+ 48
Pertussis	35	54	27	99	- 44
Drownings	36	54	30	69	- 15
Fires	37	53	31	67	- 13
Ovary Cancer	38	51	61	2	+ 49
Drug Use	39	46	39	28	+ 18
Poisonings	40	38	36	42	- 4
Syphilis	41	35	34	55	- 19
Oral Cancer	42	35	71	0	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	43	28	37	34	- 6
Encephalitis	44	26	48	14	+ 13
Leukemia	45	25	59	2	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	46	24	53	6	+ 19
Epilepsy	47	24	35	43	- 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	23	33	56	- 33
Oesophagus Cancer	49	21	54	5	+ 15
Skin Disease	50	19	44	19	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	51	19	42	23	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	19	41	24	- 5
Bladder Cancer	53	18	56	4	+ 13
Alcohol	54	18	50	12	+ 6
Lung Cancers	55	17	38	34	- 16
Tetanus	56	16	45	18	- 2
Uterin Cancer	57	16	66	1	+ 15
Skin Cancers	58	16	68	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	59	11	55	5	+ 6
Measles	60	10	49	13	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	8	58	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	7	46	14	- 6
Other Neoplasms	63	3	57	3	+ 1
War	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	62	2	- 1
Ascariasis	68	1	63	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Ghana

Gambia

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.