GAMBIA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	3,006	2	1,125	+ 1,881
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,642	1	1,340	+ 302
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,367	3	1,007	+ 360
Stroke	4	1,281	4	802	+ 479
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,260	15	290	+ 971
Tuberculosis	6	917	10	445	+ 472
Violence	7	877	20	195	+ 682
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	661	9	626	+ 36
Kidney Disease	9	639	16	266	+ 373
Suicide	10	575	25	113	+ 462
Road Traffic Accidents	11	543	6	695	- 152
Hypertension	12	534	22	172	+ 362
Lung Disease	13	497	19	206	+ 291
Liver Disease	14	376	14	323	+ 53
Lung Cancers	15	322	38	34	+ 288
Low Birth Weight	16	261	8	662	- 401
Other Injuries	17	251	21	194	+ 57
Asthma	18	249	24	134	+ 115
Endocrine Disorders	19	246	17	230	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	20	232	23	145	+ 87
Inflammatory/Heart	21	226	32	59	+ 167
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	195	28	89	+ 106
Breast Cancer	23	189	40	26	+ 163
Prostate Cancer	24	183	43	21	+ 162
Congenital Anomalies	25	182	11	383	- 201
Meningitis	26	153	18	229	- 76
Fires	27	151	31	67	+ 84
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	150	52	11	+ 139
Oesophagus Cancer	29	146	54	5	+ 140
Birth Trauma	30	125	5	754	- 629
Lymphomas	31	118	51	12	+ 106
Drownings	32	100	30	69	+ 32
Liver Cancer	33	99	12	377	- 277
Malnutrition	34	99	26	110	- 10
Pancreas Cancer	35	84	53	6	+ 78
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	79	33	56	+ 23
Epilepsy	37	78	35	43	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	38	71	13	345	- 274
Stomach Cancer	39	64	47	14	+ 51
Leukemia	40	61	59	2	+ 59
Oral Cancer	41	59	71	0	+ 58
Falls	42	58	29	83	- 25
Pertussis	43	48	27	99	- 51
Syphilis	44	47	34	55	- 7
Skin Disease	45	46	44	19	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	46	45	37	34	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	42	41	24	+ 19
Skin Cancers	48	41	68	0	+ 41
Alcohol	49	41	50	12	+ 29
Poisonings	50	41	36	42	- 1
Ovary Cancer	51	40	61	2	+ 38
Bladder Cancer	52	35	56	4	+ 30
Drug Use	53	32	39	28	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	54	21	66	1	+ 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	16	62	2	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	11	55	5	+ 7
Measles	57	11	49	13	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	11	57	3	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	10	48	14	- 4
Upper Respiratory	60	9	64	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	61	6	46	14	- 8
Multiple Sclerosis	62	5	58	3	+ 2
Malaria	63	3	7	674	- 671
War	64	3	69	0	+ 2
Tetanus	65	2	45	18	- 17
Schistosomiasis	66	1	42	23	- 21
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	70	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	71	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

South Africa

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.