GAMBIA VS GRENADA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GRENADA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,430	3	1,007	+ 2,424
Stroke	2	2,298	4	802	+ 1,496
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,976	15	290	+ 1,686
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,191	1	1,340	- 149
Prostate Cancer	5	1,068	43	21	+ 1,047
Kidney Disease	6	884	16	266	+ 618
Endocrine Disorders	7	616	17	230	+ 386
Hypertension	8	594	22	172	+ 422
Breast Cancer	9	549	40	26	+ 522
Other Injuries	10	472	21	194	+ 278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	439	52	11	+ 428
Skin Disease	12	398	44	19	+ 379
Lung Disease	13	344	19	206	+ 139
Lung Cancers	14	331	38	34	+ 297
Uterin Cancer	15	266	66	1	+ 265
Pancreas Cancer	16	246	53	6	+ 241
Birth Trauma	17	237	5	754	- 517
Liver Disease	18	235	14	323	- 89
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	228	28	89	+ 139
Cervical Cancer	20	225	23	145	+ 80
Lymphomas	21	220	51	12	+ 208
Road Traffic Accidents	22	196	6	695	- 499
Stomach Cancer	23	179	47	14	+ 165
Violence	24	163	20	195	- 32
Liver Cancer	25	154	12	377	- 223
Congenital Anomalies	26	149	11	383	- 235
Low Birth Weight	27	148	8	662	- 513
Oral Cancer	28	146	71	0	+ 146
Other Neoplasms	29	143	57	3	+ 140
Oesophagus Cancer	30	131	54	5	+ 126
Alcohol	31	129	50	12	+ 117
Anemia	32	122	83	0	+ 122
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	103	33	56	+ 47
Falls	34	101	29	83	+ 18
Ovary Cancer	35	97	61	2	+ 94
Inflammatory/Heart	36	95	32	59	+ 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	37	94	80	0	+ 94
Leukemia	38	90	59	2	+ 88
Drownings	39	89	30	69	+ 21
Malnutrition	40	79	26	110	- 31
Bladder Cancer	41	79	56	4	+ 74
HIV/AIDS	42	74	2	1,125	- 1,051
Asthma	43	65	24	134	- 69
Parkinson's Disease	44	60	37	34	+ 26
Epilepsy	45	46	35	43	+ 3
Fires	46	41	31	67	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	38	41	24	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	48	35	9	626	- 591
Drug Use	49	28	39	28	- 0
Osteoarthritis	50	23	81	0	+ 23
Tuberculosis	51	21	10	445	- 424
Suicide	52	16	25	113	- 96
Appendicitis	53	14	55	5	+ 9
Skin Cancers	54	14	68	0	+ 13
Maternal Conditions	55	12	13	345	- 333
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	10	62	2	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	57	9	64	2	+ 7
Hepatitis B	58	7	46	14	- 7
Syphilis	59	6	34	55	- 48
Poisonings	60	2	36	42	- 40
War	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	27	99	- 99
Dengue	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	64	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	65	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	66	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Meningitis	68	0	18	229	- 229
Hepatitis C	69	0	65	1	- 1
Encephalitis	70	0	48	14	- 14
Malaria	71	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	77	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	80	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	81	0	72	0	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	82	0	58	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	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.