GAMBIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,020	3	1,007	+ 3,013
Stroke	2	2,592	4	802	+ 1,790
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,715	28	89	+ 1,626
Lung Cancers	4	1,414	38	34	+ 1,380
Lung Disease	5	1,340	19	206	+ 1,134
Hypertension	6	1,239	22	172	+ 1,067
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	880	52	11	+ 869
Diabetes Mellitus	8	821	15	290	+ 531
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	676	1	1,340	- 664
Breast Cancer	10	574	40	26	+ 548
Kidney Disease	11	527	16	266	+ 261
Other Injuries	12	501	21	194	+ 307
Pancreas Cancer	13	501	53	6	+ 495
Stomach Cancer	14	424	47	14	+ 411
Other Neoplasms	15	413	57	3	+ 410
Lymphomas	16	400	51	12	+ 389
Liver Cancer	17	398	12	377	+ 21
Endocrine Disorders	18	349	17	230	+ 119
Parkinson's Disease	19	349	37	34	+ 315
Prostate Cancer	20	348	43	21	+ 327
Leukemia	21	278	59	2	+ 276
Bladder Cancer	22	278	56	4	+ 273
Liver Disease	23	230	14	323	- 93
Inflammatory/Heart	24	229	32	59	+ 170
Falls	25	175	29	83	+ 92
Suicide	26	167	25	113	+ 55
Oral Cancer	27	138	71	0	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	28	136	61	2	+ 134
Skin Cancers	29	134	68	0	+ 134
Road Traffic Accidents	30	133	6	695	- 562
Hepatitis C	31	101	65	1	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	92	41	24	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	33	91	66	1	+ 90
Oesophagus Cancer	34	85	54	5	+ 79
Anemia	35	69	83	0	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	67	9	626	- 559
Congenital Anomalies	37	60	11	383	- 323
Skin Disease	38	60	44	19	+ 41
Epilepsy	39	55	35	43	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	40	48	23	145	- 97
Malnutrition	41	32	26	110	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	29	62	2	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	29	33	56	- 28
Multiple Sclerosis	44	28	58	3	+ 25
Drug Use	45	27	39	28	- 1
HIV/AIDS	46	22	2	1,125	- 1,103
Asthma	47	20	24	134	- 114
Osteoarthritis	48	20	81	0	+ 20
Schizophrenia	49	18	85	0	+ 18
Violence	50	17	20	195	- 178
Low Birth Weight	51	15	8	662	- 647
Drownings	52	14	30	69	- 54
Tuberculosis	53	14	10	445	- 431
Hepatitis B	54	14	46	14	+ 0
Alcohol	55	11	50	12	- 1
Fires	56	11	31	67	- 55
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	10	80	0	+ 10
Poisonings	58	6	36	42	- 36
Birth Trauma	59	6	5	754	- 748
Meningitis	60	5	18	229	- 223
Appendicitis	61	2	55	5	- 3
Oral conditions	62	2	82	0	+ 2
Tetanus	63	1	45	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	64	1	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Maternal Conditions	67	0	13	345	- 345
Encephalitis	68	0	48	14	- 13
Syphilis	69	0	34	55	- 54
Leishmaniasis	70	0	60	2	- 2
Measles	71	0	49	13	- 13
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	27	99	- 99
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Ascariasis	80	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Italy

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.