GAMBIA VS MOROCCO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MOROCCO		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,220	3	1,007	+ 4,213
Stroke	2	2,150	4	802	+ 1,348
Hypertension	3	725	22	172	+ 552
Kidney Disease	4	690	16	266	+ 424
Diabetes Mellitus	5	498	15	290	+ 208
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	488	1	1,340	- 852
Lung Cancers	7	444	38	34	+ 411
Lung Disease	8	425	19	206	+ 219
Road Traffic Accidents	9	417	6	695	- 278
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	335	28	89	+ 246
Liver Disease	11	328	14	323	+ 5
Breast Cancer	12	243	40	26	+ 217
Asthma	13	226	24	134	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	14	223	8	662	- 439
Tuberculosis	15	194	10	445	- 251
Suicide	16	177	25	113	+ 64
Colon-Rectum Cancers	17	173	52	11	+ 162
Cervical Cancer	18	169	23	145	+ 24
Falls	19	166	29	83	+ 83
Lymphomas	20	153	51	12	+ 142
Other Injuries	21	153	21	194	- 41
Congenital Anomalies	22	143	11	383	- 240
Birth Trauma	23	140	5	754	- 615
Prostate Cancer	24	129	43	21	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	25	114	47	14	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	26	102	37	34	+ 68
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	80	9	626	- 545
Endocrine Disorders	28	76	17	230	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	73	33	56	+ 16
Bladder Cancer	30	72	56	4	+ 68
Leukemia	31	70	59	2	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	32	69	32	59	+ 10
Fires	33	61	31	67	- 6
Ovary Cancer	34	54	61	2	+ 52
Oral Cancer	35	53	71	0	+ 52
Pancreas Cancer	36	50	53	6	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	48	41	24	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	38	48	13	345	- 298
Violence	39	43	20	195	- 152
Meningitis	40	37	18	229	- 192
Skin Cancers	41	32	68	0	+ 32
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	54	5	+ 24
Drownings	43	29	30	69	- 40
Liver Cancer	44	29	12	377	- 348
Epilepsy	45	23	35	43	- 20
Pertussis	46	22	27	99	- 77
Drug Use	47	22	39	28	- 6
Hepatitis B	48	21	46	14	+ 8
HIV/AIDS	49	20	2	1,125	- 1,105
Poisonings	50	18	36	42	- 24
Malnutrition	51	14	26	110	- 96
Encephalitis	52	12	48	14	- 2
Uterin Cancer	53	10	66	1	+ 9
Skin Disease	54	10	44	19	- 9
Syphilis	55	9	34	55	- 45
Appendicitis	56	9	55	5	+ 4
Alcohol	57	7	50	12	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	58	7	58	3	+ 4
Tetanus	59	5	45	18	- 13
Other Neoplasms	60	5	57	3	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	61	4	42	23	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	62	2	+ 1
War	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	1	60	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	49	13	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	73	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
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
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Morocco

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.