GAMBIA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,758	3	1,007	+ 1,752
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,260	28	89	+ 2,171
Stroke	3	1,548	4	802	+ 746
Lung Cancers	4	1,181	38	34	+ 1,148
Lung Disease	5	1,010	19	206	+ 804
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	905	52	11	+ 894
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	732	1	1,340	- 608
Kidney Disease	8	519	16	266	+ 253
Hypertension	9	486	22	172	+ 314
Diabetes Mellitus	10	415	15	290	+ 125
Breast Cancer	11	377	40	26	+ 351
Pancreas Cancer	12	360	53	6	+ 355
Prostate Cancer	13	343	43	21	+ 322
Stomach Cancer	14	309	47	14	+ 296
Other Injuries	15	295	21	194	+ 101
Lymphomas	16	285	51	12	+ 273
Bladder Cancer	17	279	56	4	+ 274
Liver Cancer	18	272	12	377	- 105
Inflammatory/Heart	19	266	32	59	+ 207
Parkinson's Disease	20	264	37	34	+ 230
Endocrine Disorders	21	260	17	230	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	22	253	57	3	+ 251
Liver Disease	23	226	14	323	- 98
Leukemia	24	201	59	2	+ 199
Suicide	25	193	25	113	+ 80
Falls	26	173	29	83	+ 90
Oral Cancer	27	138	71	0	+ 138
Ovary Cancer	28	108	61	2	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	29	107	54	5	+ 102
Skin Disease	30	98	44	19	+ 80
Road Traffic Accidents	31	98	6	695	- 598
Skin Cancers	32	96	68	0	+ 96
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	86	41	24	+ 62
Uterin Cancer	34	86	66	1	+ 85
Asthma	35	60	24	134	- 74
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	57	9	626	- 569
Anemia	37	49	83	0	+ 49
Congenital Anomalies	38	46	11	383	- 337
Cervical Cancer	39	46	23	145	- 99
Epilepsy	40	44	35	43	+ 1
Drug Use	41	41	39	28	+ 14
Hepatitis C	42	35	65	1	+ 34
HIV/AIDS	43	29	2	1,125	- 1,096
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	25	33	56	- 31
Drownings	45	24	30	69	- 45
Alcohol	46	18	50	12	+ 6
Malnutrition	47	16	26	110	- 94
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	16	62	2	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	49	15	58	3	+ 13
Tuberculosis	50	14	10	445	- 431
Violence	51	14	20	195	- 181
Low Birth Weight	52	13	8	662	- 648
Osteoarthritis	53	11	81	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	11	80	0	+ 11
Fires	55	10	31	67	- 57
Schizophrenia	56	10	85	0	+ 10
Poisonings	57	9	36	42	- 33
Hepatitis B	58	9	46	14	- 5
Meningitis	59	7	18	229	- 222
Birth Trauma	60	6	5	754	- 748
Appendicitis	61	4	55	5	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	2	64	2	+ 1
Oral conditions	63	2	82	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	64	1	13	345	- 345
Leishmaniasis	65	1	60	2	- 2
Otitis Media	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Syphilis	67	0	34	55	- 54
War	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	70	0	48	14	- 13
Chagas disease	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	72	0	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	73	0	27	99	- 99
Schistosomiasis	74	0	42	23	- 23
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	78	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	82	0	70	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	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.