GAMBIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,895	3	1,007	+ 3,889
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,109	15	290	+ 2,819
Stroke	3	3,018	4	802	+ 2,215
Kidney Disease	4	1,425	16	266	+ 1,159
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,312	1	1,340	- 28
Lung Disease	6	1,044	19	206	+ 838
Suicide	7	814	25	113	+ 701
Hypertension	8	687	22	172	+ 515
Liver Disease	9	601	14	323	+ 277
Lung Cancers	10	581	38	34	+ 547
Drownings	11	436	30	69	+ 368
Breast Cancer	12	430	40	26	+ 404
Asthma	13	403	24	134	+ 269
Low Birth Weight	14	379	8	662	- 283
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	348	41	24	+ 324
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	340	9	626	- 286
Other Injuries	17	337	21	194	+ 143
Congenital Anomalies	18	336	11	383	- 47
Tuberculosis	19	317	10	445	- 128
Stomach Cancer	20	297	47	14	+ 284
Birth Trauma	21	274	5	754	- 480
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	214	52	11	+ 203
Cervical Cancer	23	211	23	145	+ 66
Liver Cancer	24	207	12	377	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	168	33	56	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	165	28	89	+ 76
Falls	27	156	29	83	+ 73
Inflammatory/Heart	28	153	32	59	+ 93
Prostate Cancer	29	140	43	21	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	30	134	17	230	- 95
Violence	31	133	20	195	- 61
Leukemia	32	127	59	2	+ 125
Parkinson's Disease	33	118	37	34	+ 84
Maternal Conditions	34	93	13	345	- 252
Pancreas Cancer	35	92	53	6	+ 86
Lymphomas	36	91	51	12	+ 80
Pertussis	37	89	27	99	- 9
Oral Cancer	38	86	71	0	+ 85
Meningitis	39	81	18	229	- 148
Syphilis	40	77	34	55	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	41	73	66	1	+ 72
Skin Disease	42	69	44	19	+ 51
Epilepsy	43	69	35	43	+ 26
Malnutrition	44	67	26	110	- 42
Ovary Cancer	45	58	61	2	+ 56
Alcohol	46	58	50	12	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	47	55	54	5	+ 50
Fires	48	51	31	67	- 16
Bladder Cancer	49	40	56	4	+ 35
Poisonings	50	26	36	42	- 16
Skin Cancers	51	23	68	0	+ 23
Drug Use	52	16	39	28	- 12
Encephalitis	53	15	48	14	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	11	55	5	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	55	9	57	3	+ 7
Measles	56	9	49	13	- 5
Hepatitis B	57	8	46	14	- 6
Road Traffic Accidents	58	5	6	695	- 691
Tetanus	59	4	45	18	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	4	62	2	+ 2
Dengue	61	4	73	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	63	2	- 1
War	66	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
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
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	42	23	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Micronesia

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.