GAMBIA VS MALAYSIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALAYSIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,681	3	1,007	+ 1,675
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,714	1	1,340	+ 374
Stroke	3	1,576	4	802	+ 774
Road Traffic Accidents	4	524	6	695	- 171
Lung Disease	5	484	19	206	+ 278
Kidney Disease	6	484	16	266	+ 218
Liver Disease	7	374	14	323	+ 51
Lung Cancers	8	315	38	34	+ 282
Diabetes Mellitus	9	300	15	290	+ 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	292	28	89	+ 203
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	280	52	11	+ 269
Breast Cancer	12	224	40	26	+ 198
HIV/AIDS	13	196	2	1,125	- 929
Other Injuries	14	162	21	194	- 32
Skin Disease	15	151	44	19	+ 132
Liver Cancer	16	145	12	377	- 232
Oral Cancer	17	136	71	0	+ 136
Falls	18	135	29	83	+ 52
Suicide	19	133	25	113	+ 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	20	129	9	626	- 496
Stomach Cancer	21	105	47	14	+ 92
Peptic Ulcer Disease	22	104	33	56	+ 48
Leukemia	23	103	59	2	+ 101
Congenital Anomalies	24	102	11	383	- 281
Lymphomas	25	96	51	12	+ 85
Tuberculosis	26	90	10	445	- 355
Inflammatory/Heart	27	89	32	59	+ 29
Parkinson's Disease	28	81	37	34	+ 46
Low Birth Weight	29	74	8	662	- 587
Asthma	30	74	24	134	- 60
Cervical Cancer	31	74	23	145	- 71
Pancreas Cancer	32	73	53	6	+ 67
Prostate Cancer	33	66	43	21	+ 45
Violence	34	63	20	195	- 132
Ovary Cancer	35	60	61	2	+ 58
Drownings	36	60	30	69	- 9
Endocrine Disorders	37	59	17	230	- 171
Hypertension	38	47	22	172	- 125
Bladder Cancer	39	34	56	4	+ 30
Encephalitis	40	33	48	14	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	41	32	54	5	+ 26
Birth Trauma	42	26	5	754	- 728
Uterin Cancer	43	26	66	1	+ 25
Fires	44	25	31	67	- 42
Drug Use	45	24	39	28	- 4
Meningitis	46	22	18	229	- 207
Dengue	47	20	73	0	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	48	19	57	3	+ 17
Malnutrition	49	18	26	110	- 91
Skin Cancers	50	18	68	0	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	18	41	24	- 6
Epilepsy	52	16	35	43	- 27
Poisonings	53	15	36	42	- 27
Hepatitis B	54	15	46	14	+ 1
Alcohol	55	13	50	12	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	56	12	13	345	- 333
Pertussis	57	6	27	99	- 93
Appendicitis	58	5	55	5	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	58	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	2	62	2	+ 0
Tetanus	61	2	45	18	- 17
Syphilis	62	1	34	55	- 53
War	63	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Malaysia

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.