GAMBIA VS IRAQ: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAQ		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,194	3	1,007	+ 1,188
Stroke	2	1,247	4	802	+ 444
Road Traffic Accidents	3	643	6	695	- 52
Diabetes Mellitus	4	443	15	290	+ 154
Low Birth Weight	5	394	8	662	- 268
Kidney Disease	6	379	16	266	+ 114
Violence	7	339	20	195	+ 144
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	333	1	1,340	- 1,007
Congenital Anomalies	9	289	11	383	- 95
Birth Trauma	10	253	5	754	- 501
War	11	176	69	0	+ 176
Hypertension	12	147	22	172	- 25
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	146	28	89	+ 57
Other Injuries	14	133	21	194	- 62
Lung Cancers	15	130	38	34	+ 96
Liver Disease	16	128	14	323	- 196
Breast Cancer	17	107	40	26	+ 81
Diarrhoeal diseases	18	95	9	626	- 531
Suicide	19	85	25	113	- 28
Lung Disease	20	80	19	206	- 126
Leukemia	21	79	59	2	+ 77
Inflammatory/Heart	22	71	32	59	+ 12
Asthma	23	55	24	134	- 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	51	52	11	+ 40
Tuberculosis	25	49	10	445	- 396
Lymphomas	26	49	51	12	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	27	47	13	345	- 298
Stomach Cancer	28	46	47	14	+ 33
Fires	29	44	31	67	- 22
Falls	30	43	29	83	- 40
Parkinson's Disease	31	39	37	34	+ 5
Drownings	32	39	30	69	- 29
Pertussis	33	38	27	99	- 61
Bladder Cancer	34	38	56	4	+ 33
Liver Cancer	35	33	12	377	- 344
Pancreas Cancer	36	32	53	6	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	37	28	17	230	- 202
Drug Use	38	26	39	28	- 1
Oral Cancer	39	25	71	0	+ 24
Encephalitis	40	23	48	14	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	41	23	61	2	+ 20
Meningitis	42	22	18	229	- 206
Skin Cancers	43	20	68	0	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	17	41	24	- 7
Epilepsy	45	15	35	43	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	46	10	54	5	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	47	10	43	21	- 10
Cervical Cancer	48	10	23	145	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	10	33	56	- 47
Syphilis	50	8	34	55	- 46
Tetanus	51	7	45	18	- 12
Poisonings	52	6	36	42	- 36
Malnutrition	53	5	26	110	- 104
Uterin Cancer	54	4	66	1	+ 3
Measles	55	4	49	13	- 10
Hepatitis B	56	3	46	14	- 10
Skin Disease	57	3	44	19	- 16
Alcohol	58	2	50	12	- 10
Schistosomiasis	59	2	42	23	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	57	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	62	1	60	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	1	62	2	- 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	72	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Malaria	73	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.