GAMBIA VS NEW GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NEW GUINEA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,717	3	1,007	+ 710
Stroke	2	1,280	4	802	+ 477
Lung Disease	3	1,140	19	206	+ 934
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,139	15	290	+ 849
Tuberculosis	5	997	10	445	+ 552
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	652	1	1,340	- 688
Malaria	7	614	7	674	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	576	9	626	- 49
Asthma	9	463	24	134	+ 329
Low Birth Weight	10	417	8	662	- 244
Birth Trauma	11	378	5	754	- 377
Road Traffic Accidents	12	278	6	695	- 418
Hypertension	13	275	22	172	+ 103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	14	269	41	24	+ 246
Violence	15	243	20	195	+ 48
Congenital Anomalies	16	239	11	383	- 144
Breast Cancer	17	192	40	26	+ 166
Kidney Disease	18	172	16	266	- 93
Cervical Cancer	19	167	23	145	+ 22
Other Injuries	20	162	21	194	- 32
Liver Cancer	21	162	12	377	- 215
Liver Disease	22	157	14	323	- 166
Lung Cancers	23	156	38	34	+ 123
HIV/AIDS	24	154	2	1,125	- 971
Oral Cancer	25	146	71	0	+ 145
Falls	26	126	29	83	+ 43
Fires	27	123	31	67	+ 56
Stomach Cancer	28	112	47	14	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	112	52	11	+ 101
Maternal Conditions	30	106	13	345	- 240
Skin Cancers	31	105	68	0	+ 104
Lymphomas	32	89	51	12	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	86	28	89	- 3
Meningitis	34	81	18	229	- 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	76	33	56	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	36	72	43	21	+ 51
Suicide	37	65	25	113	- 48
Leukemia	38	64	59	2	+ 61
Pertussis	39	62	27	99	- 37
Drownings	40	60	30	69	- 9
Measles	41	60	49	13	+ 46
Syphilis	42	59	34	55	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	43	57	32	59	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	44	50	54	5	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	45	46	37	34	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	46	45	61	2	+ 43
Endocrine Disorders	47	38	17	230	- 191
Malnutrition	48	34	26	110	- 76
Skin Disease	49	32	44	19	+ 13
Poisonings	50	31	36	42	- 12
Epilepsy	51	28	35	43	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	52	27	53	6	+ 21
Alcohol	53	23	50	12	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	54	21	56	4	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	55	20	66	1	+ 19
Tetanus	56	12	45	18	- 6
Encephalitis	57	8	48	14	- 6
Hepatitis B	58	7	46	14	- 7
Appendicitis	59	5	55	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	60	4	57	3	+ 1
Drug Use	61	3	39	28	- 25
Hepatitis C	62	2	65	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	63	2	63	2	+ 0
Dengue	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	1	62	2	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	3	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
War	69	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	73	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

New Guinea

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.