GAMBIA VS ICELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ICELAND		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,796	3	1,007	+ 1,790
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,048	28	89	+ 1,959
Stroke	3	974	4	802	+ 172
Lung Cancers	4	930	38	34	+ 897
Lung Disease	5	892	19	206	+ 686
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	571	1	1,340	- 770
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	509	52	11	+ 498
Prostate Cancer	8	422	43	21	+ 401
Breast Cancer	9	370	40	26	+ 344
Parkinson's Disease	10	367	37	34	+ 333
Other Injuries	11	347	21	194	+ 152
Pancreas Cancer	12	300	53	6	+ 295
Suicide	13	279	25	113	+ 166
Lymphomas	14	255	51	12	+ 243
Kidney Disease	15	230	16	266	- 35
Diabetes Mellitus	16	206	15	290	- 84
Hypertension	17	168	22	172	- 4
Falls	18	164	29	83	+ 81
Oesophagus Cancer	19	156	54	5	+ 151
Liver Cancer	20	155	12	377	- 222
Bladder Cancer	21	141	56	4	+ 137
Leukemia	22	131	59	2	+ 129
Stomach Cancer	23	122	47	14	+ 108
Drug Use	24	116	39	28	+ 89
Ovary Cancer	25	114	61	2	+ 112
Inflammatory/Heart	26	108	32	59	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	27	108	17	230	- 122
Alcohol	28	98	50	12	+ 86
Skin Cancers	29	90	68	0	+ 90
Other Neoplasms	30	67	57	3	+ 65
Liver Disease	31	66	14	323	- 258
Cervical Cancer	32	64	23	145	- 81
Oral Cancer	33	59	71	0	+ 59
Congenital Anomalies	34	52	11	383	- 331
Road Traffic Accidents	35	48	6	695	- 647
Uterin Cancer	36	48	66	1	+ 47
Epilepsy	37	38	35	43	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	29	62	2	+ 28
Violence	39	28	20	195	- 167
Anemia	40	25	83	0	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	23	33	56	- 34
Poisonings	42	22	36	42	- 20
Low Birth Weight	43	21	8	662	- 641
Multiple Sclerosis	44	19	58	3	+ 16
Skin Disease	45	18	44	19	- 0
Birth Trauma	46	17	5	754	- 737
Osteoarthritis	47	14	81	0	+ 14
Asthma	48	12	24	134	- 123
Schizophrenia	49	10	85	0	+ 10
Meningitis	50	9	18	229	- 220
Upper Respiratory	51	8	64	2	+ 6
Hepatitis C	52	8	65	1	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	7	80	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	7	41	24	- 16
Diarrhoeal diseases	55	7	9	626	- 619
Drownings	56	6	30	69	- 62
Malnutrition	57	4	26	110	- 106
Fires	58	4	31	67	- 63
HIV/AIDS	59	3	2	1,125	- 1,122
Maternal Conditions	60	2	13	345	- 343
War	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Pertussis	62	0	27	99	- 99
Hepatitis B	63	0	46	14	- 14
Otitis Media	64	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	65	0	76	0	- 0
Diphtheria	66	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	49	13	- 13
Tetanus	68	0	45	18	- 18
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	70	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Encephalitis	78	0	48	14	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Syphilis	80	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Tuberculosis	82	0	10	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	85	0	82	0	- 0
Appendicitis	86	0	55	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Iceland

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.