GAMBIA VS JAPAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	JAPAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,357	3	1,007	+ 2,350
Stroke	2	2,495	4	802	+ 1,693
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	2,210	1	1,340	+ 870
Lung Cancers	4	1,632	38	34	+ 1,599
Lung Disease	5	1,601	19	206	+ 1,395
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,174	52	11	+ 1,164
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	1,166	28	89	+ 1,077
Stomach Cancer	8	1,033	47	14	+ 1,019
Kidney Disease	9	917	16	266	+ 652
Pancreas Cancer	10	758	53	6	+ 753
Liver Cancer	11	602	12	377	+ 225
Other Injuries	12	452	21	194	+ 258
Suicide	13	399	25	113	+ 286
Lymphomas	14	395	51	12	+ 383
Breast Cancer	15	324	40	26	+ 297
Other Neoplasms	16	310	57	3	+ 307
Liver Disease	17	291	14	323	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	18	287	37	34	+ 253
Prostate Cancer	19	277	43	21	+ 256
Oesophagus Cancer	20	252	54	5	+ 247
Endocrine Disorders	21	235	17	230	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	22	204	56	4	+ 199
Falls	23	199	29	83	+ 116
Leukemia	24	197	59	2	+ 194
Drownings	25	172	30	69	+ 104
Oral Cancer	26	171	71	0	+ 170
Inflammatory/Heart	27	169	32	59	+ 109
Hypertension	28	137	22	172	- 35
Diabetes Mellitus	29	111	15	290	- 178
Ovary Cancer	30	104	61	2	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	31	94	6	695	- 602
Cervical Cancer	32	78	23	145	- 67
Uterin Cancer	33	71	66	1	+ 70
Tuberculosis	34	71	10	445	- 374
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	60	33	56	+ 3
Skin Disease	36	57	44	19	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	56	9	626	- 570
Rheumatoid Arthritis	38	54	62	2	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	52	41	24	+ 29
Congenital Anomalies	40	51	11	383	- 332
Hepatitis C	41	45	65	1	+ 44
Asthma	42	39	24	134	- 95
Malnutrition	43	39	26	110	- 71
Skin Cancers	44	38	68	0	+ 37
Epilepsy	45	32	35	43	- 11
Hepatitis B	46	29	46	14	+ 15
Schizophrenia	47	22	85	0	+ 22
Fires	48	21	31	67	- 46
Anemia	49	18	83	0	+ 18
Drug Use	50	15	39	28	- 13
Alcohol	51	12	50	12	- 0
Meningitis	52	6	18	229	- 222
Violence	53	5	20	195	- 189
Poisonings	54	5	36	42	- 37
Low Birth Weight	55	4	8	662	- 658
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	4	80	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	57	3	64	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	58	3	55	5	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	58	3	- 1
Oral conditions	60	2	82	0	+ 2
Birth Trauma	61	2	5	754	- 752
Osteoarthritis	62	2	81	0	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	63	1	2	1,125	- 1,124
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	345	- 344
Syphilis	65	0	34	55	- 54
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	67	0	45	18	- 18
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	69	0	48	14	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	71	0	27	99	- 99
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	23	- 23
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	75	0	49	13	- 13
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Chlamydia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Japan

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.