GAMBIA VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,198	3	1,007	+ 1,192
Stroke	2	1,029	4	802	+ 227
Low Birth Weight	3	802	8	662	+ 140
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	631	1	1,340	- 709
Road Traffic Accidents	5	573	6	695	- 122
Measles	6	465	49	13	+ 452
Birth Trauma	7	426	5	754	- 328
Hypertension	8	364	22	172	+ 192
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	314	9	626	- 312
Malaria	10	281	7	674	- 393
Congenital Anomalies	11	275	11	383	- 108
Kidney Disease	12	255	16	266	- 11
Lung Disease	13	219	19	206	+ 13
Liver Disease	14	217	14	323	- 106
Tuberculosis	15	212	10	445	- 233
Breast Cancer	16	154	40	26	+ 127
Diabetes Mellitus	17	154	15	290	- 136
Other Injuries	18	146	21	194	- 49
Asthma	19	132	24	134	- 2
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	129	28	89	+ 40
Violence	21	124	20	195	- 71
HIV/AIDS	22	117	2	1,125	- 1,008
Maternal Conditions	23	98	13	345	- 247
Pertussis	24	95	27	99	- 4
Leukemia	25	91	59	2	+ 89
Drownings	26	84	30	69	+ 16
Suicide	27	82	25	113	- 30
Falls	28	78	29	83	- 5
Lymphomas	29	77	51	12	+ 65
Endocrine Disorders	30	73	17	230	- 157
Fires	31	66	31	67	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	32	56	54	5	+ 51
Meningitis	33	55	18	229	- 174
Malnutrition	34	54	26	110	- 55
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	52	52	11	+ 42
Drug Use	36	52	39	28	+ 24
Liver Cancer	37	47	12	377	- 330
Inflammatory/Heart	38	42	32	59	- 17
Ovary Cancer	39	40	61	2	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	39	33	56	- 18
Cervical Cancer	41	38	23	145	- 106
Poisonings	42	37	36	42	- 5
Epilepsy	43	37	35	43	- 6
Hepatitis B	44	37	46	14	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	45	35	37	34	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	34	41	24	+ 11
Syphilis	47	30	34	55	- 24
Lung Cancers	48	27	38	34	- 6
Prostate Cancer	49	26	43	21	+ 6
Oral Cancer	50	25	71	0	+ 24
Stomach Cancer	51	24	47	14	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	52	22	60	2	+ 20
Tetanus	53	19	45	18	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	54	18	56	4	+ 14
Skin Cancers	55	18	68	0	+ 18
War	56	17	69	0	+ 17
Encephalitis	57	15	48	14	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	14	53	6	+ 8
Appendicitis	59	8	55	5	+ 3
Skin Disease	60	6	44	19	- 13
Alcohol	61	4	50	12	- 8
Uterin Cancer	62	4	66	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	63	3	42	23	- 19
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	58	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	65	2	57	3	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	63	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	62	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	1	- 0
Diphtheria	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	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.