GAMBIA VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,358	3	1,007	+ 351
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,278	1	1,340	- 62
Diabetes Mellitus	3	958	15	290	+ 668
Kidney Disease	4	868	16	266	+ 602
Liver Disease	5	786	14	323	+ 462
Stroke	6	670	4	802	- 132
Violence	7	610	20	195	+ 415
Road Traffic Accidents	8	557	6	695	- 139
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	362	9	626	- 264
Other Injuries	10	341	21	194	+ 147
Malnutrition	11	274	26	110	+ 164
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	270	28	89	+ 182
Lung Disease	13	263	19	206	+ 57
Alcohol	14	249	50	12	+ 237
Liver Cancer	15	244	12	377	- 133
Low Birth Weight	16	229	8	662	- 432
Stomach Cancer	17	217	47	14	+ 204
Congenital Anomalies	18	210	11	383	- 173
Birth Trauma	19	203	5	754	- 552
Falls	20	190	29	83	+ 107
HIV/AIDS	21	162	2	1,125	- 963
Suicide	22	144	25	113	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	142	33	56	+ 86
Prostate Cancer	24	117	43	21	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	25	112	23	145	- 33
Hypertension	26	94	22	172	- 78
Leukemia	27	83	59	2	+ 81
Breast Cancer	28	68	40	26	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	29	67	17	230	- 163
Maternal Conditions	30	65	13	345	- 281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	64	52	11	+ 54
Drownings	32	64	30	69	- 5
Epilepsy	33	64	35	43	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	34	54	37	34	+ 20
Lung Cancers	35	54	38	34	+ 21
Asthma	36	46	24	134	- 88
Tuberculosis	37	42	10	445	- 403
Pancreas Cancer	38	39	53	6	+ 33
Poisonings	39	38	36	42	- 4
Drug Use	40	38	39	28	+ 10
Meningitis	41	37	18	229	- 191
Skin Disease	42	32	44	19	+ 14
Lymphomas	43	32	51	12	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	44	31	32	59	- 28
Fires	45	29	31	67	- 38
Skin Cancers	46	27	68	0	+ 27
Appendicitis	47	23	55	5	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	48	20	54	5	+ 14
Oral Cancer	49	20	71	0	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	50	18	61	2	+ 16
Encephalitis	51	14	48	14	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	11	62	2	+ 10
Pertussis	53	10	27	99	- 89
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	9	41	24	- 15
Bladder Cancer	55	8	56	4	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	56	6	57	3	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	57	5	64	2	+ 3
Dengue	58	5	73	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	59	4	66	1	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	58	3	+ 0
Chagas disease	61	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	62	1	45	18	- 17
Ascariasis	63	1	63	2	- 1
Syphilis	64	0	34	55	- 54
Hepatitis B	65	0	46	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	66	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
War	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	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

Guatemala

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.