GAMBIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,636	2	1,125	+ 1,511
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,318	1	1,340	- 22
Tuberculosis	3	1,275	10	445	+ 830
Stroke	4	1,200	4	802	+ 397
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,099	3	1,007	+ 92
Road Traffic Accidents	6	781	6	695	+ 86
Diabetes Mellitus	7	652	15	290	+ 362
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	580	9	626	- 45
Low Birth Weight	9	464	8	662	- 197
Lung Disease	10	415	19	206	+ 209
Violence	11	405	20	195	+ 210
Hypertension	12	385	22	172	+ 213
Birth Trauma	13	310	5	754	- 444
Liver Disease	14	302	14	323	- 21
Kidney Disease	15	289	16	266	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	16	255	11	383	- 128
Suicide	17	218	25	113	+ 106
Malnutrition	18	201	26	110	+ 92
Other Injuries	19	186	21	194	- 8
Asthma	20	180	24	134	+ 46
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	158	28	89	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	22	146	32	59	+ 86
Cervical Cancer	23	119	23	145	- 25
Breast Cancer	24	109	40	26	+ 83
Maternal Conditions	25	99	13	345	- 246
Drownings	26	99	30	69	+ 30
Meningitis	27	98	18	229	- 131
Fires	28	98	31	67	+ 31
Skin Cancers	29	97	68	0	+ 97
Oral Cancer	30	90	71	0	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	31	85	43	21	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	68	33	56	+ 12
Endocrine Disorders	33	66	17	230	- 164
Falls	34	56	29	83	- 27
Lung Cancers	35	53	38	34	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	49	52	11	+ 38
Pertussis	37	49	27	99	- 50
Epilepsy	38	44	35	43	+ 1
Poisonings	39	42	36	42	- 0
Lymphomas	40	41	51	12	+ 30
Liver Cancer	41	40	12	377	- 337
Parkinson's Disease	42	39	37	34	+ 5
Syphilis	43	31	34	55	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	30	41	24	+ 6
Stomach Cancer	45	29	47	14	+ 16
Drug Use	46	29	39	28	+ 1
Skin Disease	47	28	44	19	+ 9
Alcohol	48	25	50	12	+ 13
Leukemia	49	21	59	2	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	50	21	61	2	+ 19
Malaria	51	19	7	674	- 655
Oesophagus Cancer	52	19	54	5	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	53	16	53	6	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	54	14	56	4	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	55	12	42	23	- 10
Uterin Cancer	56	10	66	1	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	9	62	2	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	8	55	5	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	7	48	14	- 6
Other Neoplasms	60	7	57	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	61	6	64	2	+ 4
Tetanus	62	5	45	18	- 13
Hepatitis B	63	4	46	14	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	58	3	- 1
Measles	65	2	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	- 1
War	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Namibia

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.