GAMBIA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	962	1	1,340	- 378
Coronary Heart Disease	2	833	3	1,007	- 173
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	715	9	626	+ 90
Stroke	4	715	4	802	- 87
Malaria	5	615	7	674	- 59
Road Traffic Accidents	6	513	6	695	- 182
Low Birth Weight	7	487	8	662	- 175
Birth Trauma	8	462	5	754	- 293
Tuberculosis	9	359	10	445	- 86
Diabetes Mellitus	10	321	15	290	+ 31
Congenital Anomalies	11	317	11	383	- 66
Kidney Disease	12	296	16	266	+ 30
Liver Disease	13	287	14	323	- 36
Maternal Conditions	14	223	13	345	- 122
Meningitis	15	218	18	229	- 11
Other Injuries	16	202	21	194	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	17	188	23	145	+ 43
Lung Disease	18	181	19	206	- 25
Violence	19	167	20	195	- 28
HIV/AIDS	20	159	2	1,125	- 966
Hypertension	21	147	22	172	- 26
Liver Cancer	22	146	12	377	- 231
Endocrine Disorders	23	139	17	230	- 90
Suicide	24	131	25	113	+ 18
Asthma	25	125	24	134	- 9
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	118	28	89	+ 29
Breast Cancer	27	115	40	26	+ 89
Pertussis	28	103	27	99	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	29	86	43	21	+ 65
Falls	30	83	29	83	+ 0
Stomach Cancer	31	75	47	14	+ 61
Malnutrition	32	66	26	110	- 43
Drownings	33	66	30	69	- 3
Fires	34	60	31	67	- 7
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	58	33	56	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	36	57	32	59	- 2
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	51	52	11	+ 41
Epilepsy	38	44	35	43	+ 1
Lymphomas	39	42	51	12	+ 31
Poisonings	40	42	36	42	- 0
Parkinson's Disease	41	37	37	34	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	42	29	61	2	+ 27
Oral Cancer	43	28	71	0	+ 28
Lung Cancers	44	24	38	34	- 9
Schistosomiasis	45	24	42	23	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	22	41	24	- 1
Skin Disease	47	21	44	19	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	48	21	53	6	+ 16
Measles	49	21	49	13	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	50	21	56	4	+ 16
Skin Cancers	51	20	68	0	+ 19
Drug Use	52	19	39	28	- 9
Syphilis	53	16	34	55	- 38
Leukemia	54	15	59	2	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	55	13	54	5	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	56	13	66	1	+ 12
Encephalitis	57	11	48	14	- 2
Tetanus	58	11	45	18	- 7
Alcohol	59	10	50	12	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	9	46	14	- 4
Appendicitis	61	5	55	5	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	3	57	3	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	63	3	60	2	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	58	3	- 0
Ascariasis	65	2	63	2	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	2	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	62	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	1	+ 0
War	69	1	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Senegal

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.