GAMBIA VS ROMANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ROMANIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,985	3	1,007	+ 8,978
Stroke	2	6,911	4	802	+ 6,109
Hypertension	3	1,530	22	172	+ 1,358
Lung Cancers	4	1,406	38	34	+ 1,373
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,301	1	1,340	- 39
Liver Disease	6	1,240	14	323	+ 917
Lung Disease	7	1,023	19	206	+ 817
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	950	52	11	+ 940
Kidney Disease	9	719	16	266	+ 454
Inflammatory/Heart	10	616	32	59	+ 557
Breast Cancer	11	535	40	26	+ 509
Stomach Cancer	12	481	47	14	+ 467
Liver Cancer	13	433	12	377	+ 56
Pancreas Cancer	14	408	53	6	+ 402
Alzheimers & Dementia	15	395	28	89	+ 306
Prostate Cancer	16	340	43	21	+ 320
Oral Cancer	17	318	71	0	+ 318
Diabetes Mellitus	18	310	15	290	+ 20
Other Injuries	19	297	21	194	+ 103
Road Traffic Accidents	20	277	6	695	- 418
Suicide	21	262	25	113	+ 150
Cervical Cancer	22	260	23	145	+ 115
Bladder Cancer	23	238	56	4	+ 234
Falls	24	209	29	83	+ 126
Lymphomas	25	193	51	12	+ 181
Leukemia	26	187	59	2	+ 184
Ovary Cancer	27	154	61	2	+ 152
Tuberculosis	28	141	10	445	- 304
Skin Cancers	29	139	68	0	+ 139
Oesophagus Cancer	30	105	54	5	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	31	103	37	34	+ 69
Drownings	32	83	30	69	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	74	33	56	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	34	73	66	1	+ 72
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	61	41	24	+ 38
Fires	36	59	31	67	- 8
Alcohol	37	57	50	12	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	38	51	11	383	- 332
Poisonings	39	51	36	42	+ 9
Drug Use	40	48	39	28	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	41	44	8	662	- 618
Epilepsy	42	44	35	43	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	43	40	57	3	+ 37
Violence	44	35	20	195	- 159
Asthma	45	31	24	134	- 103
Diarrhoeal diseases	46	31	9	626	- 595
HIV/AIDS	47	30	2	1,125	- 1,094
Endocrine Disorders	48	27	17	230	- 203
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	20	80	0	+ 20
Malnutrition	50	20	26	110	- 90
Schizophrenia	51	14	85	0	+ 14
Hepatitis C	52	14	65	1	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	14	44	19	- 5
Meningitis	54	11	18	229	- 218
Multiple Sclerosis	55	9	58	3	+ 6
Anemia	56	8	83	0	+ 8
Birth Trauma	57	5	5	754	- 749
Maternal Conditions	58	5	13	345	- 340
Hepatitis B	59	4	46	14	- 10
Appendicitis	60	3	55	5	- 2
Measles	61	1	49	13	- 12
Encephalitis	62	1	48	14	- 13
Upper Respiratory	63	0	64	2	- 1
Oral conditions	64	0	82	0	+ 0
War	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	34	55	- 54
Tetanus	67	0	45	18	- 18
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Leishmaniasis	70	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	85	0	62	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Romania

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.