GAMBIA VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,158	4	802	+ 1,355
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,856	15	290	+ 1,566
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,542	3	1,007	+ 536
Violence	4	1,326	20	195	+ 1,131
Prostate Cancer	5	789	43	21	+ 769
Kidney Disease	6	709	16	266	+ 443
HIV/AIDS	7	677	2	1,125	- 448
Hypertension	8	581	22	172	+ 409
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	525	28	89	+ 436
Lung Cancers	10	422	38	34	+ 389
Lung Disease	11	404	19	206	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	12	397	6	695	- 299
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	390	52	11	+ 379
Breast Cancer	14	369	40	26	+ 343
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	351	1	1,340	- 989
Cervical Cancer	16	320	23	145	+ 175
Lymphomas	17	224	51	12	+ 213
Low Birth Weight	18	215	8	662	- 447
Stomach Cancer	19	206	47	14	+ 192
Endocrine Disorders	20	158	17	230	- 72
Liver Disease	21	138	14	323	- 185
Skin Disease	22	130	44	19	+ 111
Congenital Anomalies	23	124	11	383	- 259
Inflammatory/Heart	24	119	32	59	+ 60
Parkinson's Disease	25	118	37	34	+ 84
Leukemia	26	115	59	2	+ 113
Pancreas Cancer	27	106	53	6	+ 100
Uterin Cancer	28	95	66	1	+ 94
Liver Cancer	29	90	12	377	- 287
Ovary Cancer	30	87	61	2	+ 85
Other Injuries	31	81	21	194	- 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	74	33	56	+ 17
Falls	33	73	29	83	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	34	66	54	5	+ 60
Suicide	35	63	25	113	- 50
Asthma	36	58	24	134	- 76
Birth Trauma	37	58	5	754	- 696
Bladder Cancer	38	53	56	4	+ 49
Oral Cancer	39	52	71	0	+ 52
Malnutrition	40	43	26	110	- 67
Epilepsy	41	41	35	43	- 2
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	31	9	626	- 595
Maternal Conditions	43	31	13	345	- 314
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	24	41	24	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	45	17	57	3	+ 14
Fires	46	14	31	67	- 53
Meningitis	47	14	18	229	- 215
Drug Use	48	12	39	28	- 16
Encephalitis	49	12	48	14	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	10	62	2	+ 8
Drownings	51	9	30	69	- 60
Skin Cancers	52	9	68	0	+ 9
Appendicitis	53	8	55	5	+ 3
Tuberculosis	54	7	10	445	- 438
Alcohol	55	7	50	12	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	58	3	+ 0
Poisonings	57	2	36	42	- 40
Dengue	58	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	59	1	46	14	- 13
Syphilis	60	1	34	55	- 54
War	61	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	62	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	63	0	45	18	- 18
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Pertussis	67	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	72	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Jamaica

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.