GAMBIA VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,772	3	1,007	+ 1,766
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,001	1	1,340	+ 661
Stroke	3	1,582	4	802	+ 780
Kidney Disease	4	840	16	266	+ 575
Hypertension	5	736	22	172	+ 564
Lung Disease	6	695	19	206	+ 489
Diabetes Mellitus	7	688	15	290	+ 399
Tuberculosis	8	577	10	445	+ 132
Violence	9	316	20	195	+ 122
Road Traffic Accidents	10	278	6	695	- 418
Asthma	11	243	24	134	+ 109
Endocrine Disorders	12	223	17	230	- 7
Lung Cancers	13	220	38	34	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	14	216	8	662	- 445
Breast Cancer	15	209	40	26	+ 183
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	172	52	11	+ 161
Congenital Anomalies	17	172	11	383	- 211
Birth Trauma	18	170	5	754	- 584
Liver Cancer	19	163	12	377	- 213
Liver Disease	20	151	14	323	- 172
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	146	33	56	+ 90
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	132	9	626	- 494
Other Neoplasms	23	110	57	3	+ 107
Malnutrition	24	92	26	110	- 18
Skin Disease	25	90	44	19	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	26	89	43	21	+ 68
Drownings	27	83	30	69	+ 14
Falls	28	82	29	83	- 1
Leukemia	29	77	59	2	+ 74
Inflammatory/Heart	30	76	32	59	+ 16
Other Injuries	31	75	21	194	- 119
Anemia	32	73	83	0	+ 73
Cervical Cancer	33	66	23	145	- 79
Oral Cancer	34	62	71	0	+ 62
Suicide	35	50	25	113	- 63
Lymphomas	36	49	51	12	+ 37
Pancreas Cancer	37	45	53	6	+ 40
Maternal Conditions	38	44	13	345	- 302
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	43	28	89	- 46
Ovary Cancer	40	43	61	2	+ 40
Stomach Cancer	41	40	47	14	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	39	41	24	+ 15
Pertussis	43	38	27	99	- 61
Syphilis	44	25	34	55	- 30
Epilepsy	45	24	35	43	- 19
Dengue	46	23	73	0	+ 23
Meningitis	47	22	18	229	- 206
Measles	48	19	49	13	+ 6
War	49	17	69	0	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	50	16	66	1	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	16	80	0	+ 16
Drug Use	52	15	39	28	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	53	14	54	5	+ 9
Fires	54	13	31	67	- 54
Parkinson's Disease	55	13	37	34	- 22
Hepatitis B	56	13	46	14	- 1
Osteoarthritis	57	12	81	0	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	58	12	56	4	+ 8
Tetanus	59	11	45	18	- 7
Alcohol	60	9	50	12	- 4
Skin Cancers	61	8	68	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	62	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	63	6	55	5	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	64	5	42	23	- 18
Poisonings	65	5	36	42	- 37
HIV/AIDS	66	4	2	1,125	- 1,120
Encephalitis	67	4	48	14	- 10
Schizophrenia	68	3	85	0	+ 3
Malaria	69	2	7	674	- 672
Upper Respiratory	70	1	64	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	1	76	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	72	1	58	3	- 2
Oral conditions	73	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	2	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	65	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	82	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Philippines

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.