GAMBIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,019	3	1,007	+ 2,013
Diabetes Mellitus	2	1,430	15	290	+ 1,141
Lung Disease	3	1,085	19	206	+ 880
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	796	28	89	+ 708
Kidney Disease	5	787	16	266	+ 522
Stroke	6	781	4	802	- 21
Asthma	7	743	24	134	+ 609
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	587	1	1,340	- 753
Road Traffic Accidents	9	482	6	695	- 213
Suicide	10	342	25	113	+ 229
Oral Cancer	11	332	71	0	+ 332
Lung Cancers	12	204	38	34	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	13	177	54	5	+ 172
Other Injuries	14	176	21	194	- 19
Breast Cancer	15	159	40	26	+ 132
Stomach Cancer	16	152	47	14	+ 138
Liver Disease	17	150	14	323	- 174
Leukemia	18	133	59	2	+ 130
Liver Cancer	19	125	12	377	- 252
Hypertension	20	121	22	172	- 51
Lymphomas	21	118	51	12	+ 106
Congenital Anomalies	22	114	11	383	- 269
Falls	23	111	29	83	+ 28
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	105	52	11	+ 94
Tuberculosis	25	88	10	445	- 357
Cervical Cancer	26	87	23	145	- 57
Drownings	27	84	30	69	+ 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	69	9	626	- 556
Low Birth Weight	29	62	8	662	- 600
Prostate Cancer	30	58	43	21	+ 38
Violence	31	57	20	195	- 138
Endocrine Disorders	32	53	17	230	- 177
Anemia	33	51	83	0	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	34	50	56	4	+ 45
Inflammatory/Heart	35	49	32	59	- 10
Skin Disease	36	34	44	19	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	37	32	61	2	+ 30
War	38	32	69	0	+ 32
Epilepsy	39	31	35	43	- 12
Drug Use	40	30	39	28	+ 2
Fires	41	27	31	67	- 39
Uterin Cancer	42	25	66	1	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	43	25	53	6	+ 19
Birth Trauma	44	22	5	754	- 732
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	37	34	- 15
Meningitis	46	17	18	229	- 212
Dengue	47	15	73	0	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	48	11	13	345	- 334
Poisonings	49	11	36	42	- 31
Other Neoplasms	50	10	57	3	+ 7
Alcohol	51	9	50	12	- 3
Skin Cancers	52	7	68	0	+ 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	6	41	24	- 18
Malnutrition	54	5	26	110	- 105
HIV/AIDS	55	5	2	1,125	- 1,120
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	4	33	56	- 52
Tetanus	57	3	45	18	- 15
Syphilis	58	2	34	55	- 53
Pertussis	59	2	27	99	- 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	1	62	2	- 1
Encephalitis	61	1	48	14	- 12
Hepatitis B	62	1	46	14	- 13
Leprosy	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	64	1	55	5	- 4
Schizophrenia	65	1	85	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	2	- 1
Osteoarthritis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	69	0	58	3	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	63	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Diphtheria	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	75	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	81	0	42	23	- 23
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Sri Lanka

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.