GAMBIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	2,828	4	802	+ 2,026
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,233	3	1,007	+ 1,227
Diabetes Mellitus	3	2,097	15	290	+ 1,807
Kidney Disease	4	1,197	16	266	+ 931
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	986	1	1,340	- 354
Prostate Cancer	6	845	43	21	+ 824
Road Traffic Accidents	7	819	6	695	+ 124
Lung Disease	8	793	19	206	+ 587
Hypertension	9	788	22	172	+ 616
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	715	28	89	+ 626
Violence	11	556	20	195	+ 361
Liver Disease	12	523	14	323	+ 200
Inflammatory/Heart	13	473	32	59	+ 414
Breast Cancer	14	382	40	26	+ 356
Stomach Cancer	15	329	47	14	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	317	52	11	+ 306
Endocrine Disorders	17	303	17	230	+ 73
Lung Cancers	18	281	38	34	+ 247
Low Birth Weight	19	258	8	662	- 404
Skin Disease	20	243	44	19	+ 224
Other Injuries	21	221	21	194	+ 27
Suicide	22	216	25	113	+ 104
Parkinson's Disease	23	208	37	34	+ 174
Lymphomas	24	196	51	12	+ 185
Cervical Cancer	25	178	23	145	+ 33
Falls	26	158	29	83	+ 75
Asthma	27	144	24	134	+ 10
Drownings	28	140	30	69	+ 71
Alcohol	29	139	50	12	+ 127
Congenital Anomalies	30	122	11	383	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	31	121	53	6	+ 115
Epilepsy	32	107	35	43	+ 64
Malnutrition	33	99	26	110	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	81	33	56	+ 24
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	69	9	626	- 557
Leukemia	36	66	59	2	+ 64
Liver Cancer	37	61	12	377	- 316
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	59	41	24	+ 35
Fires	39	50	31	67	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	40	47	54	5	+ 42
Ovary Cancer	41	47	61	2	+ 45
Birth Trauma	42	46	5	754	- 708
Oral Cancer	43	46	71	0	+ 46
Tuberculosis	44	44	10	445	- 401
Uterin Cancer	45	31	66	1	+ 30
Drug Use	46	29	39	28	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	47	28	13	345	- 318
Other Neoplasms	48	27	57	3	+ 25
Meningitis	49	22	18	229	- 207
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	20	62	2	+ 18
Appendicitis	51	17	55	5	+ 12
Encephalitis	52	17	48	14	+ 3
Dengue	53	9	73	0	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	54	7	58	3	+ 4
Poisonings	55	4	36	42	- 38
Tetanus	56	3	45	18	- 15
Syphilis	57	3	34	55	- 52
War	58	3	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	59	2	64	2	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	1	46	14	- 13
Schistosomiasis	61	1	42	23	- 22
Chlamydia	62	1	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	63	0	27	99	- 98
Ascariasis	64	0	63	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	0	68	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	86	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	56	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	73	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Leishmaniasis	82	0	60	2	- 2
Leprosy	83	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	75	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Saint Lucia

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.