GAMBIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,695	3	1,007	+ 1,689
Stroke	2	1,160	4	802	+ 357
Road Traffic Accidents	3	850	6	695	+ 155
Kidney Disease	4	625	16	266	+ 359
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	423	1	1,340	- 917
Falls	6	369	29	83	+ 286
Liver Disease	7	340	14	323	+ 17
Other Injuries	8	276	21	194	+ 82
Diabetes Mellitus	9	269	15	290	- 21
Lung Disease	10	196	19	206	- 10
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	169	28	89	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	12	159	11	383	- 224
Suicide	13	141	25	113	+ 29
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	113	52	11	+ 102
Endocrine Disorders	15	100	17	230	- 130
Inflammatory/Heart	16	93	32	59	+ 33
Asthma	17	81	24	134	- 53
Low Birth Weight	18	68	8	662	- 593
Leukemia	19	64	59	2	+ 62
Breast Cancer	20	63	40	26	+ 36
Liver Cancer	21	58	12	377	- 319
Hypertension	22	58	22	172	- 115
Fires	23	57	31	67	- 10
Drownings	24	57	30	69	- 12
Parkinson's Disease	25	54	37	34	+ 19
Lung Cancers	26	54	38	34	+ 20
Tuberculosis	27	52	10	445	- 393
Lymphomas	28	49	51	12	+ 38
Epilepsy	29	48	35	43	+ 5
Violence	30	45	20	195	- 150
Pancreas Cancer	31	36	53	6	+ 31
Skin Disease	32	36	44	19	+ 17
Drug Use	33	34	39	28	+ 6
Oral Cancer	34	32	71	0	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	32	9	626	- 594
Stomach Cancer	36	27	47	14	+ 13
Birth Trauma	37	24	5	754	- 731
Uterin Cancer	38	22	66	1	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	19	41	24	- 4
Poisonings	40	19	36	42	- 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	19	33	56	- 37
Ovary Cancer	42	17	61	2	+ 15
Encephalitis	43	16	48	14	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	44	16	54	5	+ 10
Meningitis	45	16	18	229	- 213
Bladder Cancer	46	15	56	4	+ 10
HIV/AIDS	47	13	2	1,125	- 1,111
Maternal Conditions	48	12	13	345	- 333
Cervical Cancer	49	11	23	145	- 134
Prostate Cancer	50	10	43	21	- 10
Alcohol	51	9	50	12	- 3
Malnutrition	52	5	26	110	- 104
Hepatitis B	53	4	46	14	- 10
Pertussis	54	4	27	99	- 95
Skin Cancers	55	4	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	56	3	58	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	57	3	57	3	+ 0
Appendicitis	58	2	55	5	- 2
Syphilis	59	2	34	55	- 52
Schistosomiasis	60	2	42	23	- 21
Tetanus	61	1	45	18	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	2	- 1
Dengue	63	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	- 1
War	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	67	0	60	2	- 2
Measles	68	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	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.