GAMBIA VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,243	3	1,007	+ 1,237
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,662	15	290	+ 1,372
Kidney Disease	3	861	16	266	+ 596
Stroke	4	768	4	802	- 34
Violence	5	626	20	195	+ 431
Liver Disease	6	576	14	323	+ 253
Lung Disease	7	562	19	206	+ 356
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	479	1	1,340	- 861
Hypertension	9	344	22	172	+ 172
Road Traffic Accidents	10	315	6	695	- 381
Other Injuries	11	235	21	194	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	12	218	17	230	- 12
Congenital Anomalies	13	202	11	383	- 181
Malnutrition	14	146	26	110	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	15	145	43	21	+ 124
Breast Cancer	16	142	40	26	+ 116
Lung Cancers	17	142	38	34	+ 108
Low Birth Weight	18	138	8	662	- 523
Stomach Cancer	19	134	47	14	+ 120
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	133	52	11	+ 122
Liver Cancer	21	132	12	377	- 245
Suicide	22	131	25	113	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	23	120	57	3	+ 117
Lymphomas	24	96	51	12	+ 84
Leukemia	25	93	59	2	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	26	92	23	145	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	27	87	53	6	+ 81
HIV/AIDS	28	80	2	1,125	- 1,045
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	67	9	626	- 559
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	67	28	89	- 22
Skin Disease	31	58	44	19	+ 40
Alcohol	32	57	50	12	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	53	33	56	- 4
Ovary Cancer	34	51	61	2	+ 49
Falls	35	51	29	83	- 32
Birth Trauma	36	49	5	754	- 705
Anemia	37	42	83	0	+ 42
Tuberculosis	38	38	10	445	- 407
Epilepsy	39	37	35	43	- 6
Skin Cancers	40	37	68	0	+ 37
Inflammatory/Heart	41	36	32	59	- 23
Drownings	42	35	30	69	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	43	30	37	34	- 4
Drug Use	44	28	39	28	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	27	62	2	+ 26
Oral Cancer	46	26	71	0	+ 26
Asthma	47	26	24	134	- 108
Bladder Cancer	48	25	56	4	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	49	24	54	5	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	50	17	66	1	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	17	80	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	17	41	24	- 7
Appendicitis	53	15	55	5	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	54	14	13	345	- 331
Hepatitis C	55	12	65	1	+ 11
Fires	56	12	31	67	- 55
Poisonings	57	10	36	42	- 32
Meningitis	58	7	18	229	- 222
Osteoarthritis	59	6	81	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	60	6	58	3	+ 3
Hepatitis B	61	4	46	14	- 10
Encephalitis	62	3	48	14	- 11
Schizophrenia	63	2	85	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	64	2	64	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	2	82	0	+ 2
War	66	2	69	0	+ 2
Dengue	67	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Chagas disease	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	70	0	27	99	- 98
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Ascariasis	72	0	63	2	- 2
Syphilis	73	0	34	55	- 55
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Chlamydia	77	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	84	0	7	674	- 674
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Mexico

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.