GAMBIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,208	3	1,007	+ 1,202
Kidney Disease	2	1,335	16	266	+ 1,070
Stroke	3	841	4	802	+ 38
Diabetes Mellitus	4	781	15	290	+ 492
Lung Disease	5	593	19	206	+ 387
Liver Disease	6	455	14	323	+ 131
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	435	1	1,340	- 905
Road Traffic Accidents	8	419	6	695	- 276
Hypertension	9	417	22	172	+ 245
Violence	10	234	20	195	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	11	216	11	383	- 167
Liver Cancer	12	192	12	377	- 185
Low Birth Weight	13	185	8	662	- 477
Stomach Cancer	14	180	47	14	+ 167
Prostate Cancer	15	146	43	21	+ 125
Cervical Cancer	16	141	23	145	- 3
Other Injuries	17	135	21	194	- 59
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	119	52	11	+ 109
Suicide	19	108	25	113	- 5
Breast Cancer	20	107	40	26	+ 81
Alcohol	21	105	50	12	+ 93
Falls	22	104	29	83	+ 21
Lung Cancers	23	103	38	34	+ 70
Leukemia	24	86	59	2	+ 83
Birth Trauma	25	75	5	754	- 679
Other Neoplasms	26	73	57	3	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	27	67	53	6	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	28	62	17	230	- 168
Lymphomas	29	62	51	12	+ 50
Malnutrition	30	62	26	110	- 48
Skin Disease	31	61	44	19	+ 43
Drownings	32	59	30	69	- 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	56	28	89	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	34	53	32	59	- 6
HIV/AIDS	35	53	2	1,125	- 1,072
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	46	9	626	- 579
Tuberculosis	37	43	10	445	- 402
Asthma	38	40	24	134	- 94
Maternal Conditions	39	33	13	345	- 312
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	32	33	56	- 24
Epilepsy	41	28	35	43	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	42	25	37	34	- 9
Oral Cancer	43	24	71	0	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	44	23	61	2	+ 21
Skin Cancers	45	22	68	0	+ 22
Drug Use	46	19	39	28	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	47	16	54	5	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	48	15	66	1	+ 14
Appendicitis	49	12	55	5	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	12	62	2	+ 10
Meningitis	51	11	18	229	- 218
Bladder Cancer	52	11	56	4	+ 6
Anemia	53	11	83	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	8	41	24	- 16
Poisonings	55	7	36	42	- 36
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	6	80	0	+ 6
Fires	57	6	31	67	- 60
Encephalitis	58	4	48	14	- 10
Osteoarthritis	59	4	81	0	+ 4
Syphilis	60	4	34	55	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	58	3	- 0
Hepatitis B	62	2	46	14	- 12
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Dengue	64	2	73	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Schizophrenia	66	1	85	0	+ 1
Pertussis	67	1	27	99	- 98
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 1
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	64	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Tetanus	79	0	45	18	- 18
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	84	0	42	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Nicaragua

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.