GAMBIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,184	3	1,007	+ 2,177
Stroke	2	3,050	4	802	+ 2,248
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,778	28	89	+ 1,689
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,694	1	1,340	+ 354
Lung Cancers	5	1,089	38	34	+ 1,056
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,085	52	11	+ 1,075
Lung Disease	7	1,060	19	206	+ 854
Diabetes Mellitus	8	890	15	290	+ 601
Kidney Disease	9	693	16	266	+ 427
Stomach Cancer	10	626	47	14	+ 612
Prostate Cancer	11	525	43	21	+ 504
Breast Cancer	12	494	40	26	+ 467
Other Injuries	13	479	21	194	+ 285
Hypertension	14	465	22	172	+ 293
Pancreas Cancer	15	413	53	6	+ 407
Lymphomas	16	397	51	12	+ 386
Endocrine Disorders	17	382	17	230	+ 153
Liver Cancer	18	314	12	377	- 63
Suicide	19	290	25	113	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	20	289	56	4	+ 285
Parkinson's Disease	21	282	37	34	+ 247
Liver Disease	22	278	14	323	- 45
Falls	23	255	29	83	+ 172
Leukemia	24	251	59	2	+ 249
Oral Cancer	25	225	71	0	+ 225
Inflammatory/Heart	26	225	32	59	+ 165
Road Traffic Accidents	27	207	6	695	- 488
Other Neoplasms	28	161	57	3	+ 158
Oesophagus Cancer	29	154	54	5	+ 149
Skin Cancers	30	129	68	0	+ 129
Epilepsy	31	103	35	43	+ 60
Uterin Cancer	32	100	66	1	+ 99
Ovary Cancer	33	98	61	2	+ 96
Cervical Cancer	34	81	23	145	- 64
HIV/AIDS	35	79	2	1,125	- 1,046
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	57	9	626	- 569
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	57	33	56	+ 0
Tuberculosis	38	53	10	445	- 392
Skin Disease	39	50	44	19	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	40	49	11	383	- 334
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	42	41	24	+ 18
Anemia	42	37	83	0	+ 37
Asthma	43	36	24	134	- 98
Drug Use	44	32	39	28	+ 4
Alcohol	45	27	50	12	+ 15
Fires	46	27	31	67	- 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	24	62	2	+ 23
Violence	48	24	20	195	- 171
Hepatitis C	49	21	65	1	+ 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	20	80	0	+ 20
Drownings	51	20	30	69	- 49
Low Birth Weight	52	19	8	662	- 642
Malnutrition	53	19	26	110	- 90
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	58	3	+ 11
Schizophrenia	55	12	85	0	+ 12
Meningitis	56	11	18	229	- 218
Poisonings	57	7	36	42	- 35
Osteoarthritis	58	7	81	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	6	46	14	- 7
Birth Trauma	60	6	5	754	- 748
Appendicitis	61	5	55	5	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	63	2	13	345	- 343
Syphilis	64	1	34	55	- 54
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	0	48	14	- 13
Leishmaniasis	68	0	60	2	- 2
War	69	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	49	13	- 13
Pertussis	72	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	73	0	45	18	- 18
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	70	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Portugal

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.