GAMBIA VS OMAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	OMAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,419	3	1,007	+ 2,413
Stroke	2	1,066	4	802	+ 263
Diabetes Mellitus	3	665	15	290	+ 376
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	453	1	1,340	- 887
Road Traffic Accidents	5	341	6	695	- 355
Liver Disease	6	263	14	323	- 61
Congenital Anomalies	7	250	11	383	- 133
Hypertension	8	233	22	172	+ 60
Lung Disease	9	210	19	206	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	209	28	89	+ 120
Kidney Disease	11	202	16	266	- 64
Falls	12	189	29	83	+ 106
Suicide	13	156	25	113	+ 43
Drownings	14	136	30	69	+ 68
Low Birth Weight	15	134	8	662	- 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	132	52	11	+ 122
Stomach Cancer	17	120	47	14	+ 106
Breast Cancer	18	91	40	26	+ 65
Lymphomas	19	89	51	12	+ 77
Other Injuries	20	84	21	194	- 110
Inflammatory/Heart	21	82	32	59	+ 23
Leukemia	22	82	59	2	+ 80
Encephalitis	23	81	48	14	+ 68
Liver Cancer	24	75	12	377	- 302
Lung Cancers	25	73	38	34	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	26	71	37	34	+ 37
Skin Disease	27	59	44	19	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	51	9	626	- 575
Birth Trauma	29	50	5	754	- 704
Pancreas Cancer	30	50	53	6	+ 44
Oral Cancer	31	45	71	0	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	32	34	17	230	- 195
Poisonings	33	30	36	42	- 12
Cervical Cancer	34	27	23	145	- 117
Bladder Cancer	35	27	56	4	+ 22
Fires	36	25	31	67	- 42
Prostate Cancer	37	24	43	21	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	24	33	56	- 33
Violence	39	22	20	195	- 173
Oesophagus Cancer	40	21	54	5	+ 15
HIV/AIDS	41	20	2	1,125	- 1,105
Drug Use	42	18	39	28	- 9
Ovary Cancer	43	17	61	2	+ 15
Epilepsy	44	14	35	43	- 29
Skin Cancers	45	14	68	0	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	46	14	13	345	- 331
Meningitis	47	14	18	229	- 215
Tuberculosis	48	12	10	445	- 433
Dengue	49	10	73	0	+ 10
Alcohol	50	9	50	12	- 3
Pertussis	51	9	27	99	- 90
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	58	3	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	7	41	24	- 16
Uterin Cancer	54	7	66	1	+ 6
Asthma	55	7	24	134	- 127
Other Neoplasms	56	4	57	3	+ 2
Appendicitis	57	3	55	5	- 2
War	58	3	69	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	1	42	23	- 21
Malnutrition	60	1	26	110	- 108
Syphilis	61	1	34	55	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	2	- 1
Tetanus	63	1	45	18	- 18
Hepatitis B	64	0	46	14	- 13
Ascariasis	65	0	63	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	60	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	71	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	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

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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.