GAMBIA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,400	2	1,125	+ 4,276
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,641	1	1,340	+ 2,301
Stroke	3	3,191	4	802	+ 2,388
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	2,667	9	626	+ 2,041
Coronary Heart Disease	5	2,380	3	1,007	+ 1,373
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,265	15	290	+ 1,975
Suicide	7	1,744	25	113	+ 1,631
Tuberculosis	8	1,369	10	445	+ 924
Lung Disease	9	1,248	19	206	+ 1,042
Kidney Disease	10	1,149	16	266	+ 884
Hypertension	11	1,121	22	172	+ 949
Low Birth Weight	12	1,084	8	662	+ 422
Violence	13	1,047	20	195	+ 852
Liver Disease	14	897	14	323	+ 574
Birth Trauma	15	813	5	754	+ 58
Road Traffic Accidents	16	769	6	695	+ 73
Asthma	17	768	24	134	+ 634
Other Injuries	18	604	21	194	+ 409
Congenital Anomalies	19	441	11	383	+ 58
Cervical Cancer	20	422	23	145	+ 277
Malnutrition	21	405	26	110	+ 295
Meningitis	22	360	18	229	+ 131
Inflammatory/Heart	23	346	32	59	+ 286
Maternal Conditions	24	331	13	345	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	316	33	56	+ 259
Fires	26	304	31	67	+ 238
Endocrine Disorders	27	266	17	230	+ 36
Drownings	28	226	30	69	+ 158
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	220	28	89	+ 131
Epilepsy	30	162	35	43	+ 119
Falls	31	145	29	83	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	142	41	24	+ 119
Poisonings	33	126	36	42	+ 84
Breast Cancer	34	110	40	26	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	35	91	43	21	+ 71
Lymphomas	36	88	51	12	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	37	83	54	5	+ 78
Alcohol	38	80	50	12	+ 68
Liver Cancer	39	80	12	377	- 297
Skin Disease	40	79	44	19	+ 61
Parkinson's Disease	41	62	37	34	+ 28
Oral Cancer	42	59	71	0	+ 58
Lung Cancers	43	58	38	34	+ 24
Pertussis	44	58	27	99	- 41
Syphilis	45	57	34	55	+ 3
Skin Cancers	46	52	68	0	+ 52
Tetanus	47	51	45	18	+ 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	45	52	11	+ 34
Leukemia	49	44	59	2	+ 42
Drug Use	50	36	39	28	+ 8
Hepatitis B	51	30	46	14	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	28	55	5	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	53	28	61	2	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	54	27	66	1	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	55	21	64	2	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	20	62	2	+ 19
Encephalitis	57	15	48	14	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	14	53	6	+ 8
Measles	59	13	49	13	- 0
Stomach Cancer	60	12	47	14	- 1
Bladder Cancer	61	11	56	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	10	57	3	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	63	7	58	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	3	65	1	+ 2
Chlamydia	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	1	63	2	- 1
War	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

Lesotho

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.