GAMBIA VS QATAR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	QATAR		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,070	3	1,007	+ 63
Diabetes Mellitus	2	454	15	290	+ 164
Stroke	3	252	4	802	- 550
Road Traffic Accidents	4	203	6	695	- 492
Liver Disease	5	200	14	323	- 123
Kidney Disease	6	177	16	266	- 89
Suicide	7	163	25	113	+ 51
Falls	8	127	29	83	+ 44
Other Injuries	9	114	21	194	- 81
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	107	1	1,340	- 1,234
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	82	52	11	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	74	28	89	- 15
Lung Cancers	13	72	38	34	+ 38
Congenital Anomalies	14	69	11	383	- 314
Lung Disease	15	68	19	206	- 138
Leukemia	16	57	59	2	+ 54
Breast Cancer	17	52	40	26	+ 26
Lymphomas	18	48	51	12	+ 36
Drownings	19	45	30	69	- 24
Low Birth Weight	20	44	8	662	- 617
Liver Cancer	21	44	12	377	- 333
Fires	22	42	31	67	- 25
Stomach Cancer	23	41	47	14	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	24	39	17	230	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	25	32	32	59	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	26	28	37	34	- 7
Bladder Cancer	27	27	56	4	+ 22
Hypertension	28	26	22	172	- 146
Oral Cancer	29	25	71	0	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	30	25	53	6	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	31	17	43	21	- 3
Ovary Cancer	32	17	61	2	+ 15
Skin Disease	33	16	44	19	- 3
Violence	34	14	20	195	- 181
Epilepsy	35	13	35	43	- 30
Cervical Cancer	36	13	23	145	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	37	13	54	5	+ 7
Birth Trauma	38	12	5	754	- 742
Drug Use	39	12	39	28	- 16
Asthma	40	10	24	134	- 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	41	10	9	626	- 616
Poisonings	42	9	36	42	- 33
Skin Cancers	43	8	68	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	44	8	10	445	- 437
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	8	41	24	- 16
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	7	33	56	- 49
Meningitis	47	7	18	229	- 222
Alcohol	48	7	50	12	- 5
Uterin Cancer	49	6	66	1	+ 5
Encephalitis	50	5	48	14	- 8
Other Neoplasms	51	3	57	3	- 0
Maternal Conditions	52	3	13	345	- 343
Syphilis	53	2	34	55	- 52
Pertussis	54	2	27	99	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	55	2	58	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	56	2	46	14	- 12
Appendicitis	57	1	55	5	- 4
Malnutrition	58	1	26	110	- 109
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	0	62	2	- 1
Tetanus	60	0	45	18	- 18
War	61	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	62	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	64	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	65	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	66	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	67	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	68	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	71	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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

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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.