GAMBIA VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,135	3	1,007	+ 1,128
Violence	2	1,727	20	195	+ 1,532
Stroke	3	1,501	4	802	+ 698
Kidney Disease	4	809	16	266	+ 544
Lung Disease	5	794	19	206	+ 588
Liver Disease	6	721	14	323	+ 397
Road Traffic Accidents	7	416	6	695	- 279
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	374	28	89	+ 285
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	354	1	1,340	- 987
Diabetes Mellitus	10	285	15	290	- 5
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	244	9	626	- 381
Other Injuries	12	224	21	194	+ 30
Hypertension	13	222	22	172	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	14	210	2	1,125	- 915
Congenital Anomalies	15	210	11	383	- 173
Low Birth Weight	16	200	8	662	- 462
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	174	33	56	+ 117
Stomach Cancer	18	170	47	14	+ 157
Cervical Cancer	19	130	23	145	- 14
Breast Cancer	20	127	40	26	+ 100
Leukemia	21	126	59	2	+ 123
Tuberculosis	22	120	10	445	- 325
Parkinson's Disease	23	114	37	34	+ 79
Lymphomas	24	103	51	12	+ 92
Prostate Cancer	25	100	43	21	+ 80
Liver Cancer	26	99	12	377	- 278
Lung Cancers	27	98	38	34	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	28	97	32	59	+ 38
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	94	52	11	+ 83
Asthma	30	92	24	134	- 42
Endocrine Disorders	31	89	17	230	- 141
Pancreas Cancer	32	86	53	6	+ 81
Birth Trauma	33	82	5	754	- 672
Alcohol	34	82	50	12	+ 70
Falls	35	77	29	83	- 6
Epilepsy	36	53	35	43	+ 10
Suicide	37	53	25	113	- 59
Drownings	38	48	30	69	- 20
Malnutrition	39	48	26	110	- 62
Skin Disease	40	44	44	19	+ 26
Appendicitis	41	37	55	5	+ 32
Drug Use	42	34	39	28	+ 6
Dengue	43	32	73	0	+ 32
Oral Cancer	44	26	71	0	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	45	26	61	2	+ 24
Meningitis	46	24	18	229	- 204
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	24	62	2	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	48	24	13	345	- 321
Bladder Cancer	49	22	56	4	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	50	21	54	5	+ 16
Encephalitis	51	21	48	14	+ 7
Skin Cancers	52	18	68	0	+ 18
Pertussis	53	15	27	99	- 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	12	41	24	- 11
Poisonings	55	12	36	42	- 30
Other Neoplasms	56	11	57	3	+ 8
Fires	57	11	31	67	- 56
Chagas disease	58	7	77	0	+ 7
Tetanus	59	7	45	18	- 12
Uterin Cancer	60	6	66	1	+ 5
Syphilis	61	5	34	55	- 50
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	63	2	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	46	14	- 12
War	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	69	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Malaria	71	0	7	674	- 674
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Honduras

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.