GAMBIA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	978	1	1,340	- 362
HIV/AIDS	2	905	2	1,125	- 220
Tuberculosis	3	851	10	445	+ 406
Stroke	4	689	4	802	- 114
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	668	9	626	+ 42
Road Traffic Accidents	6	645	6	695	- 51
Liver Disease	7	581	14	323	+ 257
Malaria	8	548	7	674	- 126
Coronary Heart Disease	9	519	3	1,007	- 488
Birth Trauma	10	431	5	754	- 323
Low Birth Weight	11	414	8	662	- 247
Congenital Anomalies	12	265	11	383	- 118
Maternal Conditions	13	245	13	345	- 100
Diabetes Mellitus	14	245	15	290	- 45
Meningitis	15	232	18	229	+ 4
Kidney Disease	16	193	16	266	- 72
Hypertension	17	191	22	172	+ 19
Oesophagus Cancer	18	189	54	5	+ 184
Other Injuries	19	188	21	194	- 6
Lung Disease	20	185	19	206	- 20
Malnutrition	21	182	26	110	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	22	147	23	145	+ 2
Suicide	23	139	25	113	+ 27
Violence	24	127	20	195	- 67
Breast Cancer	25	115	40	26	+ 89
Asthma	26	100	24	134	- 34
Tetanus	27	92	45	18	+ 74
Stomach Cancer	28	87	47	14	+ 74
Lymphomas	29	84	51	12	+ 72
Oral Cancer	30	80	71	0	+ 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	79	28	89	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	64	52	11	+ 53
Falls	33	63	29	83	- 19
Liver Cancer	34	59	12	377	- 318
Leukemia	35	58	59	2	+ 55
Fires	36	57	31	67	- 10
Prostate Cancer	37	56	43	21	+ 35
Poisonings	38	55	36	42	+ 13
Drownings	39	52	30	69	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	40	49	32	59	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	47	33	56	- 9
Pertussis	42	44	27	99	- 55
Epilepsy	43	36	35	43	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	44	36	17	230	- 194
Ovary Cancer	45	34	61	2	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	46	31	53	6	+ 25
Lung Cancers	47	29	38	34	- 5
Skin Cancers	48	28	68	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	49	23	46	14	+ 9
Parkinson's Disease	50	20	37	34	- 14
Skin Disease	51	20	44	19	+ 1
Syphilis	52	19	34	55	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	18	41	24	- 6
Schistosomiasis	54	16	42	23	- 7
Alcohol	55	15	50	12	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	56	14	66	1	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	57	14	56	4	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	10	55	5	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	59	8	60	2	+ 6
Encephalitis	60	8	48	14	- 5
Hepatitis C	61	7	65	1	+ 6
Drug Use	62	5	39	28	- 23
Measles	63	4	49	13	- 9
Upper Respiratory	64	4	64	2	+ 3
War	65	4	69	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	4	62	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	67	3	57	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	58	3	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	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

Kenya

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.