GAMBIA VS NEPAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEPAL		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Lung Disease	1	2,191	19	206	+ 1,985
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,595	3	1,007	+ 589
Tuberculosis	3	1,341	10	445	+ 896
Stroke	4	1,047	4	802	+ 244
Liver Disease	5	518	14	323	+ 194
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	506	1	1,340	- 835
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	492	9	626	- 134
Asthma	8	481	24	134	+ 347
Road Traffic Accidents	9	377	6	695	- 318
Kidney Disease	10	347	16	266	+ 82
Low Birth Weight	11	310	8	662	- 352
Lung Cancers	12	291	38	34	+ 257
Falls	13	269	29	83	+ 186
Diabetes Mellitus	14	237	15	290	- 52
Birth Trauma	15	217	5	754	- 537
Suicide	16	208	25	113	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	17	188	41	24	+ 164
Hypertension	18	170	22	172	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	164	28	89	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	20	160	23	145	+ 15
Congenital Anomalies	21	158	11	383	- 225
Other Injuries	22	134	21	194	- 60
Drownings	23	122	30	69	+ 53
Oral Cancer	24	113	71	0	+ 112
Stomach Cancer	25	112	47	14	+ 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	26	95	52	11	+ 84
Breast Cancer	27	84	40	26	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	28	79	13	345	- 266
Encephalitis	29	72	48	14	+ 58
Epilepsy	30	71	35	43	+ 28
Malnutrition	31	69	26	110	- 41
Lymphomas	32	62	51	12	+ 51
Parkinson's Disease	33	62	37	34	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	34	60	2	1,125	- 1,065
Violence	35	57	20	195	- 138
Leukemia	36	54	59	2	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	37	47	61	2	+ 45
Oesophagus Cancer	38	40	54	5	+ 34
Poisonings	39	38	36	42	- 4
Pertussis	40	37	27	99	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	41	36	53	6	+ 30
Skin Cancers	42	32	68	0	+ 32
Meningitis	43	31	18	229	- 198
Bladder Cancer	44	26	56	4	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	45	21	17	230	- 209
Liver Cancer	46	21	12	377	- 356
Appendicitis	47	18	55	5	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	48	18	32	59	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	16	33	56	- 41
Fires	50	15	31	67	- 52
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	14	62	2	+ 12
Alcohol	52	14	50	12	+ 2
Tetanus	53	11	45	18	- 7
Syphilis	54	11	34	55	- 44
Dengue	55	10	73	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	56	9	46	14	- 4
Drug Use	57	8	39	28	- 20
Prostate Cancer	58	7	43	21	- 14
Measles	59	5	49	13	- 9
Uterin Cancer	60	5	66	1	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	61	4	57	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	62	3	60	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	58	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
War	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	2	+ 0
Skin Disease	67	1	44	19	- 17
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
Malaria	72	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	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
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

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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.