GAMBIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,186	1	1,340	- 154
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,066	3	1,007	+ 59
Stroke	3	598	4	802	- 205
Kidney Disease	4	560	16	266	+ 294
Liver Disease	5	493	14	323	+ 170
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	450	28	89	+ 361
Stomach Cancer	7	393	47	14	+ 379
Diabetes Mellitus	8	343	15	290	+ 54
Road Traffic Accidents	9	342	6	695	- 354
Lung Cancers	10	245	38	34	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	11	245	43	21	+ 225
Violence	12	233	20	195	+ 38
Other Injuries	13	223	21	194	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	205	52	11	+ 194
Lung Disease	15	195	19	206	- 11
Liver Cancer	16	192	12	377	- 185
Tuberculosis	17	184	10	445	- 261
Lymphomas	18	174	51	12	+ 163
Congenital Anomalies	19	155	11	383	- 229
Breast Cancer	20	152	40	26	+ 126
Cervical Cancer	21	149	23	145	+ 4
Leukemia	22	143	59	2	+ 141
Pancreas Cancer	23	124	53	6	+ 119
Low Birth Weight	24	114	8	662	- 548
Falls	25	99	29	83	+ 17
Parkinson's Disease	26	98	37	34	+ 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	86	9	626	- 540
Hypertension	28	82	22	172	- 90
Malnutrition	29	78	26	110	- 32
Suicide	30	70	25	113	- 43
HIV/AIDS	31	66	2	1,125	- 1,059
Skin Cancers	32	61	68	0	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	33	55	61	2	+ 53
Drug Use	34	49	39	28	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	47	33	56	- 9
Drownings	36	45	30	69	- 23
Birth Trauma	37	42	5	754	- 713
Oral Cancer	38	40	71	0	+ 40
Inflammatory/Heart	39	38	32	59	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	40	37	17	230	- 193
Bladder Cancer	41	36	56	4	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	42	30	54	5	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	43	27	13	345	- 319
Alcohol	44	25	50	12	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	45	24	66	1	+ 23
Encephalitis	46	22	48	14	+ 8
Epilepsy	47	20	35	43	- 23
Pertussis	48	20	27	99	- 79
Fires	49	18	31	67	- 48
Asthma	50	16	24	134	- 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	15	41	24	- 8
Syphilis	52	14	34	55	- 41
Appendicitis	53	13	55	5	+ 8
Skin Disease	54	12	44	19	- 6
Poisonings	55	10	36	42	- 32
Meningitis	56	9	18	229	- 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	8	62	2	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	58	4	57	3	+ 1
Chagas disease	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	60	4	45	18	- 15
Malaria	61	3	7	674	- 671
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	1	64	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	1	46	14	- 13
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	66	0	73	0	+ 0
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	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

Peru

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.