GAMBIA VS SAMOA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAMOA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,907	3	1,007	+ 1,900
Stroke	2	1,789	4	802	+ 986
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,301	15	290	+ 1,012
Lung Disease	4	688	19	206	+ 482
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	641	1	1,340	- 699
Kidney Disease	6	634	16	266	+ 369
Hypertension	7	360	22	172	+ 188
Liver Disease	8	331	14	323	+ 7
Lung Cancers	9	320	38	34	+ 286
Road Traffic Accidents	10	310	6	695	- 385
Suicide	11	299	25	113	+ 186
Asthma	12	251	24	134	+ 117
Breast Cancer	13	232	40	26	+ 205
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	229	28	89	+ 140
Congenital Anomalies	15	213	11	383	- 170
Low Birth Weight	16	198	8	662	- 464
Stomach Cancer	17	193	47	14	+ 180
Measles	18	188	49	13	+ 174
Drownings	19	160	30	69	+ 91
Other Injuries	20	155	21	194	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	21	144	9	626	- 482
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	143	52	11	+ 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	23	137	41	24	+ 113
Prostate Cancer	24	129	43	21	+ 108
Ovary Cancer	25	120	61	2	+ 118
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	105	33	56	+ 49
Falls	27	95	29	83	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	28	88	37	34	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	29	87	32	59	+ 28
Liver Cancer	30	82	12	377	- 295
Endocrine Disorders	31	73	17	230	- 157
Cervical Cancer	32	71	23	145	- 74
Lymphomas	33	68	51	12	+ 56
Violence	34	67	20	195	- 128
Birth Trauma	35	66	5	754	- 689
Uterin Cancer	36	64	66	1	+ 63
Maternal Conditions	37	63	13	345	- 282
Bladder Cancer	38	58	56	4	+ 53
Oral Cancer	39	53	71	0	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	40	45	53	6	+ 39
Skin Disease	41	42	44	19	+ 23
Leukemia	42	38	59	2	+ 36
Malnutrition	43	34	26	110	- 76
Meningitis	44	29	18	229	- 200
Epilepsy	45	28	35	43	- 15
Alcohol	46	26	50	12	+ 14
Skin Cancers	47	24	68	0	+ 23
Fires	48	22	31	67	- 45
Syphilis	49	21	34	55	- 33
Tuberculosis	50	21	10	445	- 424
Oesophagus Cancer	51	11	54	5	+ 6
Poisonings	52	10	36	42	- 32
Other Neoplasms	53	8	57	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	54	7	48	14	- 7
Drug Use	55	7	39	28	- 21
Appendicitis	56	5	55	5	+ 0
Hepatitis B	57	4	46	14	- 10
Pertussis	58	3	27	99	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	2	62	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	2	58	3	- 1
Dengue	61	2	73	0	+ 2
Tetanus	62	1	45	18	- 18
Diphtheria	63	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	0	65	1	- 1
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	67	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	73	0	2	1,125	- 1,125
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	75	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Samoa

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.