GAMBIA VS PARAGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PARAGUAY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,452	3	1,007	+ 445
Stroke	2	1,009	4	802	+ 206
Diabetes Mellitus	3	792	15	290	+ 502
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	557	1	1,340	- 783
Kidney Disease	5	534	16	266	+ 268
Road Traffic Accidents	6	520	6	695	- 175
Lung Disease	7	396	19	206	+ 190
Hypertension	8	300	22	172	+ 128
Other Injuries	9	283	21	194	+ 89
Lung Cancers	10	247	38	34	+ 214
Congenital Anomalies	11	222	11	383	- 161
Low Birth Weight	12	216	8	662	- 446
Violence	13	190	20	195	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	14	189	17	230	- 41
Prostate Cancer	15	183	43	21	+ 163
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	182	52	11	+ 171
Liver Disease	17	176	14	323	- 148
Cervical Cancer	18	173	23	145	+ 28
Other Neoplasms	19	163	57	3	+ 160
Breast Cancer	20	161	40	26	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	21	150	2	1,125	- 974
Suicide	22	143	25	113	+ 30
Alcohol	23	137	50	12	+ 125
Stomach Cancer	24	119	47	14	+ 106
Malnutrition	25	111	26	110	+ 1
Tuberculosis	26	91	10	445	- 354
Leukemia	27	91	59	2	+ 89
Pancreas Cancer	28	87	53	6	+ 81
Lymphomas	29	82	51	12	+ 71
Birth Trauma	30	71	5	754	- 683
Diarrhoeal diseases	31	64	9	626	- 561
Drownings	32	60	30	69	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	33	58	54	5	+ 53
Inflammatory/Heart	34	52	32	59	- 8
Liver Cancer	35	51	12	377	- 326
Alzheimers & Dementia	36	48	28	89	- 41
Skin Disease	37	48	44	19	+ 30
Oral Cancer	38	45	71	0	+ 45
Asthma	39	42	24	134	- 92
Skin Cancers	40	42	68	0	+ 42
Parkinson's Disease	41	41	37	34	+ 7
Syphilis	42	40	34	55	- 15
Falls	43	34	29	83	- 49
Epilepsy	44	33	35	43	- 10
Ovary Cancer	45	29	61	2	+ 26
Anemia	46	27	83	0	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	47	23	33	56	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	22	62	2	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	49	22	13	345	- 324
Fires	50	21	31	67	- 45
Bladder Cancer	51	19	56	4	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	18	80	0	+ 18
Meningitis	53	18	18	229	- 211
Uterin Cancer	54	15	66	1	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	15	41	24	- 9
Drug Use	56	13	39	28	- 15
Appendicitis	57	12	55	5	+ 8
Osteoarthritis	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Pertussis	59	10	27	99	- 89
Chagas disease	60	6	77	0	+ 6
Leishmaniasis	61	6	60	2	+ 3
Dengue	62	5	73	0	+ 5
Poisonings	63	5	36	42	- 38
Tetanus	64	4	45	18	- 14
Leprosy	65	4	76	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	4	48	14	- 10
Hepatitis B	67	3	46	14	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	68	3	58	3	+ 0
Schizophrenia	69	3	85	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	2	- 0
War	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	72	1	65	1	- 0
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	79	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Paraguay

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.