GAMBIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,097	3	1,007	+ 90
Stroke	2	657	4	802	- 146
Road Traffic Accidents	3	388	6	695	- 308
Diabetes Mellitus	4	380	15	290	+ 90
Hypertension	5	346	22	172	+ 174
Kidney Disease	6	337	16	266	+ 72
Lung Cancers	7	239	38	34	+ 206
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	212	1	1,340	- 1,129
Congenital Anomalies	9	211	11	383	- 172
Low Birth Weight	10	194	8	662	- 468
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	160	28	89	+ 71
Breast Cancer	12	155	40	26	+ 129
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	139	52	11	+ 129
Liver Disease	14	111	14	323	- 212
Lung Disease	15	100	19	206	- 106
Leukemia	16	83	59	2	+ 81
Stomach Cancer	17	82	47	14	+ 69
Lymphomas	18	73	51	12	+ 61
Other Injuries	19	66	21	194	- 128
Birth Trauma	20	61	5	754	- 693
Violence	21	61	20	195	- 134
Pancreas Cancer	22	55	53	6	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	23	48	56	4	+ 44
Falls	24	43	29	83	- 40
Liver Cancer	25	42	12	377	- 335
Endocrine Disorders	26	41	17	230	- 189
Parkinson's Disease	27	38	37	34	+ 4
Suicide	28	37	25	113	- 75
Fires	29	34	31	67	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	34	9	626	- 591
Oral Cancer	31	32	71	0	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	32	31	61	2	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	33	30	43	21	+ 9
Drug Use	34	26	39	28	- 2
Asthma	35	26	24	134	- 108
Drownings	36	24	30	69	- 45
Meningitis	37	18	18	229	- 211
Inflammatory/Heart	38	17	32	59	- 42
Uterin Cancer	39	17	66	1	+ 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	15	33	56	- 41
Cervical Cancer	41	14	23	145	- 130
Oesophagus Cancer	42	14	54	5	+ 9
Pertussis	43	12	27	99	- 86
Maternal Conditions	44	12	13	345	- 333
Syphilis	45	12	34	55	- 43
Epilepsy	46	11	35	43	- 32
Poisonings	47	11	36	42	- 32
Skin Disease	48	10	44	19	- 9
Skin Cancers	49	9	68	0	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	5	41	24	- 19
Malnutrition	51	3	26	110	- 106
Encephalitis	52	3	48	14	- 10
Tuberculosis	53	3	10	445	- 442
Multiple Sclerosis	54	3	58	3	- 0
Alcohol	55	2	50	12	- 10
Tetanus	56	2	45	18	- 16
Other Neoplasms	57	2	57	3	- 1
Appendicitis	58	2	55	5	- 3
War	59	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	1	46	14	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	1	62	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	62	1	42	23	- 22
HIV/AIDS	63	0	2	1,125	- 1,124
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 1
Measles	65	0	49	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	66	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.