GAMBIA VS IRELAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRELAND		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,296	3	1,007	+ 1,289
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,547	28	89	+ 1,458
Lung Cancers	3	924	38	34	+ 890
Lung Disease	4	924	19	206	+ 718
Stroke	5	853	4	802	+ 51
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	626	1	1,340	- 714
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	528	52	11	+ 517
Breast Cancer	8	366	40	26	+ 340
Prostate Cancer	9	282	43	21	+ 261
Kidney Disease	10	273	16	266	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	11	256	53	6	+ 250
Parkinson's Disease	12	255	37	34	+ 221
Lymphomas	13	247	51	12	+ 236
Suicide	14	227	25	113	+ 114
Oesophagus Cancer	15	202	54	5	+ 196
Diabetes Mellitus	16	199	15	290	- 90
Stomach Cancer	17	172	47	14	+ 158
Liver Cancer	18	153	12	377	- 224
Liver Disease	19	135	14	323	- 189
Leukemia	20	132	59	2	+ 130
Ovary Cancer	21	132	61	2	+ 129
Bladder Cancer	22	123	56	4	+ 119
Skin Cancers	23	121	68	0	+ 121
Endocrine Disorders	24	120	17	230	- 110
Falls	25	119	29	83	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	26	116	32	59	+ 56
Other Neoplasms	27	105	57	3	+ 102
Oral Cancer	28	88	71	0	+ 88
Hypertension	29	84	22	172	- 88
Other Injuries	30	82	21	194	- 112
Drug Use	31	80	39	28	+ 53
Congenital Anomalies	32	74	11	383	- 309
Road Traffic Accidents	33	74	6	695	- 622
Uterin Cancer	34	61	66	1	+ 60
Cervical Cancer	35	50	23	145	- 95
Epilepsy	36	41	35	43	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	37	40	58	3	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	32	33	56	- 24
Alcohol	39	31	50	12	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	40	28	62	2	+ 27
Asthma	41	28	24	134	- 106
Skin Disease	42	28	44	19	+ 9
Drownings	43	28	30	69	- 41
Low Birth Weight	44	27	8	662	- 635
Diarrhoeal diseases	45	25	9	626	- 600
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	24	41	24	+ 0
Violence	47	18	20	195	- 177
Fires	48	14	31	67	- 52
Anemia	49	14	83	0	+ 14
Tuberculosis	50	11	10	445	- 434
Osteoarthritis	51	9	81	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	52	9	65	1	+ 8
Poisonings	53	7	36	42	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	7	80	0	+ 7
Schizophrenia	55	6	85	0	+ 6
Birth Trauma	56	5	5	754	- 749
HIV/AIDS	57	4	2	1,125	- 1,121
Meningitis	58	4	18	229	- 225
Hepatitis B	59	3	46	14	- 11
Appendicitis	60	2	55	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	61	1	13	345	- 344
Oral conditions	62	1	82	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	63	1	26	110	- 109
Upper Respiratory	64	0	64	2	- 1
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Encephalitis	66	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	67	0	27	99	- 99
Syphilis	68	0	34	55	- 55
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Ascariasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Tetanus	81	0	45	18	- 18
Diphtheria	82	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	83	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Ireland

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.