GAMBIA VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,437	3	1,007	+ 1,430
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,045	28	89	+ 1,956
Lung Disease	3	1,247	19	206	+ 1,041
Stroke	4	1,134	4	802	+ 331
Lung Cancers	5	1,062	38	34	+ 1,029
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	823	1	1,340	- 517
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	818	52	11	+ 808
Prostate Cancer	8	537	43	21	+ 516
Falls	9	356	29	83	+ 273
Pancreas Cancer	10	353	53	6	+ 347
Breast Cancer	11	320	40	26	+ 293
Lymphomas	12	296	51	12	+ 284
Suicide	13	290	25	113	+ 177
Kidney Disease	14	280	16	266	+ 14
Other Injuries	15	267	21	194	+ 73
Diabetes Mellitus	16	256	15	290	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	17	254	37	34	+ 219
Skin Cancers	18	187	68	0	+ 186
Endocrine Disorders	19	164	17	230	- 65
Bladder Cancer	20	163	56	4	+ 159
Leukemia	21	162	59	2	+ 160
Stomach Cancer	22	157	47	14	+ 144
Other Neoplasms	23	149	57	3	+ 146
Ovary Cancer	24	141	61	2	+ 139
Drug Use	25	121	39	28	+ 93
Liver Cancer	26	119	12	377	- 258
Oesophagus Cancer	27	114	54	5	+ 108
Hypertension	28	105	22	172	- 67
Inflammatory/Heart	29	101	32	59	+ 42
Liver Disease	30	98	14	323	- 226
Alcohol	31	94	50	12	+ 82
Oral Cancer	32	77	71	0	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	73	33	56	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	34	62	11	383	- 321
Malnutrition	35	62	26	110	- 48
Uterin Cancer	36	61	66	1	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	59	9	626	- 567
Skin Disease	38	58	44	19	+ 40
Cervical Cancer	39	57	23	145	- 88
Epilepsy	40	55	35	43	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	41	55	58	3	+ 52
Road Traffic Accidents	42	52	6	695	- 643
Asthma	43	39	24	134	- 95
Anemia	44	34	83	0	+ 34
Drownings	45	30	30	69	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	28	41	24	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	28	62	2	+ 26
Fires	48	20	31	67	- 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	15	80	0	+ 15
Violence	50	15	20	195	- 180
Osteoarthritis	51	12	81	0	+ 12
Low Birth Weight	52	11	8	662	- 651
Schizophrenia	53	10	85	0	+ 10
Birth Trauma	54	8	5	754	- 746
Hepatitis C	55	8	65	1	+ 7
Tuberculosis	56	7	10	445	- 438
Poisonings	57	7	36	42	- 36
Meningitis	58	6	18	229	- 222
Appendicitis	59	6	55	5	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	60	5	64	2	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	61	5	2	1,125	- 1,120
Oral conditions	62	4	82	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	63	2	46	14	- 12
Pertussis	64	1	27	99	- 98
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	66	1	13	345	- 345
Syphilis	67	0	34	55	- 54
War	68	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	69	0	45	18	- 18
Encephalitis	70	0	48	14	- 13
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	77	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	84	0	7	674	- 674
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Norway

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.