GAMBIA VS PAKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PAKISTAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,407	3	1,007	+ 1,400
Stroke	2	1,414	4	802	+ 612
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,044	9	626	+ 418
Low Birth Weight	4	934	8	662	+ 272
Lung Disease	5	870	19	206	+ 664
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	835	1	1,340	- 505
Diabetes Mellitus	7	638	15	290	+ 349
Birth Trauma	8	596	5	754	- 159
Kidney Disease	9	568	16	266	+ 302
Liver Disease	10	548	14	323	+ 225
Tuberculosis	11	421	10	445	- 24
Road Traffic Accidents	12	282	6	695	- 414
Other Injuries	13	270	21	194	+ 76
Congenital Anomalies	14	263	11	383	- 120
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	260	41	24	+ 236
Hypertension	16	229	22	172	+ 57
Asthma	17	207	24	134	+ 73
Suicide	18	193	25	113	+ 81
Meningitis	19	180	18	229	- 48
Breast Cancer	20	180	40	26	+ 154
Oral Cancer	21	172	71	0	+ 172
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	152	28	89	+ 63
Violence	23	129	20	195	- 66
Maternal Conditions	24	124	13	345	- 221
Endocrine Disorders	25	114	17	230	- 115
Lung Cancers	26	97	38	34	+ 63
Malnutrition	27	89	26	110	- 21
Falls	28	86	29	83	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	29	79	54	5	+ 73
Tetanus	30	75	45	18	+ 57
Lymphomas	31	70	51	12	+ 59
HIV/AIDS	32	68	2	1,125	- 1,057
Encephalitis	33	67	48	14	+ 53
Pertussis	34	64	27	99	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	35	61	37	34	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	54	33	56	- 2
Drownings	37	54	30	69	- 15
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	53	52	11	+ 42
Leukemia	39	53	59	2	+ 50
Epilepsy	40	49	35	43	+ 6
Liver Cancer	41	44	12	377	- 333
Fires	42	43	31	67	- 24
Stomach Cancer	43	40	47	14	+ 27
Cervical Cancer	44	40	23	145	- 105
Prostate Cancer	45	36	43	21	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	46	35	61	2	+ 33
Poisonings	47	34	36	42	- 9
Bladder Cancer	48	27	56	4	+ 23
Measles	49	26	49	13	+ 12
Alcohol	50	25	50	12	+ 13
Appendicitis	51	25	55	5	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	52	23	32	59	- 36
Hepatitis B	53	23	46	14	+ 9
Skin Cancers	54	15	68	0	+ 15
Dengue	55	14	73	0	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	14	62	2	+ 12
Syphilis	57	13	34	55	- 42
Hepatitis C	58	12	65	1	+ 11
Uterin Cancer	59	12	66	1	+ 11
Pancreas Cancer	60	11	53	6	+ 5
Drug Use	61	8	39	28	- 20
War	62	6	69	0	+ 6
Malaria	63	6	7	674	- 668
Other Neoplasms	64	4	57	3	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	58	3	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	2	+ 1
Skin Disease	67	1	44	19	- 17
Ascariasis	68	1	63	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Pakistan

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.