GAMBIA VS KIRIBATI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KIRIBATI		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,831	3	1,007	+ 2,825
Stroke	2	3,583	4	802	+ 2,780
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,322	15	290	+ 3,032
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,222	1	1,340	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,178	9	626	+ 552
Asthma	6	1,026	24	134	+ 892
Tuberculosis	7	935	10	445	+ 490
Kidney Disease	8	914	16	266	+ 649
Suicide	9	720	25	113	+ 608
Lung Disease	10	697	19	206	+ 491
Cervical Cancer	11	657	23	145	+ 512
Liver Disease	12	649	14	323	+ 325
Low Birth Weight	13	593	8	662	- 69
Birth Trauma	14	500	5	754	- 254
Congenital Anomalies	15	499	11	383	+ 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	16	399	41	24	+ 375
Malnutrition	17	324	26	110	+ 214
Breast Cancer	18	323	40	26	+ 297
Peptic Ulcer Disease	19	309	33	56	+ 252
Lung Cancers	20	303	38	34	+ 269
Hypertension	21	295	22	172	+ 123
Meningitis	22	293	18	229	+ 64
Stomach Cancer	23	251	47	14	+ 238
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	236	28	89	+ 147
Other Injuries	25	226	21	194	+ 32
Oral Cancer	26	225	71	0	+ 225
Liver Cancer	27	201	12	377	- 176
Drownings	28	199	30	69	+ 130
Inflammatory/Heart	29	163	32	59	+ 104
Endocrine Disorders	30	156	17	230	- 73
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	152	52	11	+ 142
Pertussis	32	138	27	99	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	33	130	37	34	+ 95
Violence	34	123	20	195	- 72
Maternal Conditions	35	123	13	345	- 223
Oesophagus Cancer	36	119	54	5	+ 114
Syphilis	37	96	34	55	+ 41
Epilepsy	38	96	35	43	+ 52
Leukemia	39	89	59	2	+ 87
Skin Disease	40	86	44	19	+ 67
Lymphomas	41	68	51	12	+ 56
Falls	42	68	29	83	- 15
Poisonings	43	67	36	42	+ 25
Prostate Cancer	44	58	43	21	+ 38
Road Traffic Accidents	45	49	6	695	- 646
Uterin Cancer	46	45	66	1	+ 44
Fires	47	44	31	67	- 22
Hepatitis B	48	42	46	14	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	49	41	53	6	+ 36
Ovary Cancer	50	25	61	2	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	51	21	56	4	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	18	55	5	+ 13
Encephalitis	53	15	48	14	+ 2
Alcohol	54	14	50	12	+ 2
Tetanus	55	10	45	18	- 9
Skin Cancers	56	9	68	0	+ 9
Drug Use	57	9	39	28	- 19
Other Neoplasms	58	7	57	3	+ 4
Dengue	59	6	73	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	60	6	64	2	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	61	4	58	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	4	65	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	2	62	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	64	1	63	2	- 0
Diphtheria	65	1	67	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	66	1	70	0	+ 1
War	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	23	- 23
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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Kiribati

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.