GAMBIA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,242	3	1,007	+ 3,235
Stroke	2	3,249	4	802	+ 2,446
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,839	15	290	+ 1,549
Hypertension	4	1,017	22	172	+ 845
Suicide	5	1,002	25	113	+ 889
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	958	1	1,340	- 382
HIV/AIDS	7	814	2	1,125	- 311
Kidney Disease	8	742	16	266	+ 476
Liver Disease	9	625	14	323	+ 302
Violence	10	615	20	195	+ 420
Road Traffic Accidents	11	556	6	695	- 140
Endocrine Disorders	12	554	17	230	+ 324
Lung Disease	13	553	19	206	+ 347
Other Injuries	14	531	21	194	+ 337
Drownings	15	460	30	69	+ 391
Tuberculosis	16	435	10	445	- 10
Prostate Cancer	17	392	43	21	+ 371
Anemia	18	314	83	0	+ 314
Breast Cancer	19	305	40	26	+ 278
Inflammatory/Heart	20	292	32	59	+ 232
Cervical Cancer	21	290	23	145	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	22	284	8	662	- 378
Congenital Anomalies	23	218	11	383	- 165
Birth Trauma	24	205	5	754	- 550
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	186	52	11	+ 176
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	173	33	56	+ 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	151	9	626	- 475
Other Neoplasms	28	128	57	3	+ 125
Lung Cancers	29	120	38	34	+ 86
Malnutrition	30	119	26	110	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	31	108	47	14	+ 94
Lymphomas	32	102	51	12	+ 91
Malaria	33	95	7	674	- 579
Liver Cancer	34	92	12	377	- 285
Maternal Conditions	35	90	13	345	- 256
Asthma	36	81	24	134	- 53
Epilepsy	37	75	35	43	+ 32
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	73	28	89	- 16
Leukemia	39	67	59	2	+ 65
Oral Cancer	40	64	71	0	+ 63
Fires	41	62	31	67	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	42	60	53	6	+ 55
Ovary Cancer	43	56	61	2	+ 54
Meningitis	44	55	18	229	- 173
Drug Use	45	50	39	28	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	46	41	66	1	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	41	41	24	+ 17
Falls	48	35	29	83	- 48
Parkinson's Disease	49	29	37	34	- 6
Bladder Cancer	50	25	56	4	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	51	25	54	5	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	25	80	0	+ 25
Encephalitis	53	22	48	14	+ 9
Appendicitis	54	19	55	5	+ 14
Skin Cancers	55	15	68	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	56	10	44	19	- 8
Alcohol	57	10	50	12	- 2
Osteoarthritis	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	59	6	46	14	- 7
Dengue	60	6	73	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	58	3	+ 1
Schizophrenia	62	3	85	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	62	2	+ 1
War	64	2	69	0	+ 2
Poisonings	65	2	36	42	- 40
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	2	+ 0
Oral conditions	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	68	1	76	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	69	1	65	1	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	1	84	0	+ 1
Syphilis	71	1	34	55	- 54
Tetanus	72	1	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	73	0	27	99	- 99
Ascariasis	74	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Guyana

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.