GAMBIA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,284	10	445	+ 839
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,250	1	1,340	- 91
Measles	3	1,185	49	13	+ 1,172
Malaria	4	1,127	7	674	+ 453
Road Traffic Accidents	5	891	6	695	+ 196
HIV/AIDS	6	891	2	1,125	- 234
Coronary Heart Disease	7	875	3	1,007	- 132
Low Birth Weight	8	767	8	662	+ 105
Birth Trauma	9	743	5	754	- 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	739	9	626	+ 113
Stroke	11	732	4	802	- 70
Maternal Conditions	12	404	13	345	+ 58
Liver Disease	13	398	14	323	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	387	11	383	+ 4
Diabetes Mellitus	15	302	15	290	+ 12
Kidney Disease	16	282	16	266	+ 17
Meningitis	17	256	18	229	+ 27
Violence	18	221	20	195	+ 26
Cervical Cancer	19	220	23	145	+ 75
Liver Cancer	20	204	12	377	- 173
Syphilis	21	183	34	55	+ 128
Other Injuries	22	176	21	194	- 18
Hypertension	23	172	22	172	- 0
Malnutrition	24	164	26	110	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	25	138	43	21	+ 117
Lung Disease	26	136	19	206	- 70
Breast Cancer	27	114	40	26	+ 88
Endocrine Disorders	28	114	17	230	- 116
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	109	28	89	+ 20
Suicide	30	102	25	113	- 11
Asthma	31	93	24	134	- 41
Pertussis	32	92	27	99	- 7
Falls	33	72	29	83	- 11
Fires	34	71	31	67	+ 5
Drownings	35	59	30	69	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	59	33	56	+ 2
Stomach Cancer	37	56	47	14	+ 43
Inflammatory/Heart	38	53	32	59	- 6
Lymphomas	39	43	51	12	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	42	52	11	+ 31
Poisonings	41	38	36	42	- 4
Epilepsy	42	38	35	43	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	43	34	37	34	- 1
Lung Cancers	44	31	38	34	- 3
Schistosomiasis	45	24	42	23	+ 1
Skin Cancers	46	24	68	0	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	47	23	61	2	+ 21
Oral Cancer	48	23	71	0	+ 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	23	41	24	- 0
Drug Use	50	20	39	28	- 8
Skin Disease	51	19	44	19	+ 1
Hepatitis B	52	18	46	14	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	53	17	53	6	+ 12
Tetanus	54	14	45	18	- 4
Uterin Cancer	55	13	66	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	56	13	48	14	- 1
Alcohol	57	12	50	12	- 0
Leukemia	58	11	59	2	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	59	9	56	4	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	60	7	54	5	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	6	55	5	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	3	57	3	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	58	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	62	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	2	63	2	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	2	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

Liberia

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.