GAMBIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	978	1	1,340	- 362
Stroke	2	937	4	802	+ 135
Road Traffic Accidents	3	689	6	695	- 7
Coronary Heart Disease	4	668	3	1,007	- 339
Malaria	5	611	7	674	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	578	9	626	- 48
HIV/AIDS	7	523	2	1,125	- 601
Liver Disease	8	472	14	323	+ 149
Low Birth Weight	9	406	8	662	- 256
Birth Trauma	10	350	5	754	- 405
Diabetes Mellitus	11	344	15	290	+ 54
Congenital Anomalies	12	329	11	383	- 54
Lung Disease	13	288	19	206	+ 82
Hypertension	14	251	22	172	+ 79
Kidney Disease	15	223	16	266	- 42
Malnutrition	16	216	26	110	+ 107
Other Injuries	17	175	21	194	- 19
Cervical Cancer	18	174	23	145	+ 29
Meningitis	19	157	18	229	- 72
Stomach Cancer	20	144	47	14	+ 131
Maternal Conditions	21	134	13	345	- 211
Asthma	22	133	24	134	- 1
Liver Cancer	23	131	12	377	- 246
Suicide	24	130	25	113	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	122	28	89	+ 33
Tuberculosis	26	116	10	445	- 329
Breast Cancer	27	111	40	26	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	109	52	11	+ 99
Violence	29	101	20	195	- 93
Lymphomas	30	83	51	12	+ 72
Falls	31	76	29	83	- 7
Prostate Cancer	32	73	43	21	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	67	33	56	+ 11
Inflammatory/Heart	34	64	32	59	+ 5
Leukemia	35	59	59	2	+ 56
Drownings	36	53	30	69	- 16
Oral Cancer	37	50	71	0	+ 50
Fires	38	50	31	67	- 17
Lung Cancers	39	43	38	34	+ 10
Poisonings	40	41	36	42	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	41	41	17	230	- 189
Pertussis	42	40	27	99	- 58
Pancreas Cancer	43	40	53	6	+ 34
Oesophagus Cancer	44	39	54	5	+ 34
Epilepsy	45	35	35	43	- 8
Syphilis	46	32	34	55	- 23
Parkinson's Disease	47	27	37	34	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	25	41	24	+ 1
Alcohol	49	23	50	12	+ 11
Skin Cancers	50	21	68	0	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	51	21	42	23	- 2
Skin Disease	52	19	44	19	+ 0
Ovary Cancer	53	17	61	2	+ 15
Appendicitis	54	13	55	5	+ 8
Hepatitis B	55	13	46	14	- 1
Uterin Cancer	56	11	66	1	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	57	11	64	2	+ 9
Tetanus	58	10	45	18	- 9
Measles	59	10	49	13	- 4
Drug Use	60	8	39	28	- 20
Encephalitis	61	7	48	14	- 6
Bladder Cancer	62	7	56	4	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	4	62	2	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	64	3	57	3	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	1	58	3	- 1
Ascariasis	67	1	63	2	- 1
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
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
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Rwanda

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.