GAMBIA VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,722	3	1,007	+ 1,715
Lung Disease	2	1,575	19	206	+ 1,369
Stroke	3	1,248	4	802	+ 446
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	1,200	9	626	+ 575
Tuberculosis	5	781	10	445	+ 336
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	703	1	1,340	- 637
Diabetes Mellitus	7	486	15	290	+ 196
Liver Disease	8	481	14	323	+ 158
Low Birth Weight	9	428	8	662	- 234
Falls	10	404	29	83	+ 321
Kidney Disease	11	399	16	266	+ 134
Road Traffic Accidents	12	381	6	695	- 315
Asthma	13	351	24	134	+ 217
Suicide	14	310	25	113	+ 198
Other Injuries	15	268	21	194	+ 74
Oral Cancer	16	240	71	0	+ 240
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	227	28	89	+ 138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	226	41	24	+ 202
Hypertension	19	193	22	172	+ 21
Birth Trauma	20	184	5	754	- 570
Lung Cancers	21	158	38	34	+ 125
Breast Cancer	22	148	40	26	+ 122
Congenital Anomalies	23	148	11	383	- 235
Stomach Cancer	24	145	47	14	+ 132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	139	52	11	+ 128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	122	33	56	+ 66
Violence	27	93	20	195	- 102
Drownings	28	87	30	69	+ 19
Encephalitis	29	86	48	14	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	30	81	23	145	- 64
HIV/AIDS	31	80	2	1,125	- 1,045
Parkinson's Disease	32	78	37	34	+ 43
Lymphomas	33	72	51	12	+ 60
Oesophagus Cancer	34	70	54	5	+ 64
Leukemia	35	60	59	2	+ 57
Meningitis	36	60	18	229	- 169
Pancreas Cancer	37	59	53	6	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	38	55	43	21	+ 35
Liver Cancer	39	54	12	377	- 323
Epilepsy	40	54	35	43	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	41	46	13	345	- 299
Fires	42	42	31	67	- 25
Alcohol	43	41	50	12	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	44	39	61	2	+ 37
Skin Disease	45	32	44	19	+ 13
Dengue	46	31	73	0	+ 31
Endocrine Disorders	47	27	17	230	- 203
Bladder Cancer	48	25	56	4	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	49	23	32	59	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	62	2	+ 20
Measles	51	21	49	13	+ 8
Drug Use	52	21	39	28	- 7
Appendicitis	53	20	55	5	+ 15
Pertussis	54	18	27	99	- 81
Malnutrition	55	15	26	110	- 94
Hepatitis B	56	15	46	14	+ 1
Malaria	57	14	7	674	- 660
Tetanus	58	13	45	18	- 6
Uterin Cancer	59	12	66	1	+ 11
Skin Cancers	60	9	68	0	+ 9
Poisonings	61	6	36	42	- 36
Other Neoplasms	62	5	57	3	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	58	3	+ 1
Syphilis	64	4	34	55	- 51
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	2	60	2	- 1
War	67	2	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	2	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.