GAMBIA VS ISRAEL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ISRAEL		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,375	3	1,007	+ 368
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	804	28	89	+ 715
Kidney Disease	3	654	16	266	+ 388
Stroke	4	652	4	802	- 150
Lung Cancers	5	544	38	34	+ 510
Diabetes Mellitus	6	513	15	290	+ 224
Lung Disease	7	415	19	206	+ 209
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	408	1	1,340	- 933
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	405	52	11	+ 395
Breast Cancer	10	332	40	26	+ 306
Pancreas Cancer	11	274	53	6	+ 269
Endocrine Disorders	12	269	17	230	+ 39
Lymphomas	13	248	51	12	+ 237
Other Injuries	14	222	21	194	+ 28
Leukemia	15	164	59	2	+ 162
Stomach Cancer	16	152	47	14	+ 138
Prostate Cancer	17	140	43	21	+ 119
Bladder Cancer	18	133	56	4	+ 129
Suicide	19	122	25	113	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	20	113	57	3	+ 110
Hypertension	21	107	22	172	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	22	107	37	34	+ 72
Skin Cancers	23	102	68	0	+ 101
Skin Disease	24	99	44	19	+ 80
Liver Cancer	25	93	12	377	- 284
Road Traffic Accidents	26	89	6	695	- 606
Ovary Cancer	27	87	61	2	+ 84
Liver Disease	28	78	14	323	- 245
Congenital Anomalies	29	78	11	383	- 305
Inflammatory/Heart	30	58	32	59	- 2
Uterin Cancer	31	54	66	1	+ 53
Diarrhoeal diseases	32	45	9	626	- 581
Oral Cancer	33	40	71	0	+ 40
Anemia	34	40	83	0	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	39	41	24	+ 15
Asthma	36	38	24	134	- 96
Oesophagus Cancer	37	37	54	5	+ 32
Cervical Cancer	38	36	23	145	- 109
Falls	39	33	29	83	- 50
Epilepsy	40	29	35	43	- 14
Violence	41	28	20	195	- 167
Low Birth Weight	42	25	8	662	- 636
Drug Use	43	18	39	28	- 10
Schizophrenia	44	18	85	0	+ 18
Drownings	45	10	30	69	- 58
Hepatitis C	46	10	65	1	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	47	10	58	3	+ 8
Malnutrition	48	10	26	110	- 99
Alcohol	49	10	50	12	- 2
Birth Trauma	50	9	5	754	- 745
Peptic Ulcer Disease	51	9	33	56	- 47
HIV/AIDS	52	7	2	1,125	- 1,118
Fires	53	7	31	67	- 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	6	62	2	+ 4
Meningitis	55	5	18	229	- 223
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	5	80	0	+ 5
Tuberculosis	57	4	10	445	- 441
Hepatitis B	58	4	46	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	59	2	81	0	+ 2
War	60	2	69	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	61	2	13	345	- 344
Upper Respiratory	62	1	64	2	- 0
Poisonings	63	1	36	42	- 41
Appendicitis	64	1	55	5	- 4
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	48	14	- 13
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	68	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Leishmaniasis	70	0	60	2	- 2
Syphilis	71	0	34	55	- 55
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Tetanus	73	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	74	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Israel

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.