GAMBIA VS SWAZILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SWAZILAND		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	5,130	2	1,125	+ 4,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,041	1	1,340	+ 701
Diabetes Mellitus	3	1,978	15	290	+ 1,688
Stroke	4	1,775	4	802	+ 972
Coronary Heart Disease	5	1,674	3	1,007	+ 667
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,147	9	626	+ 521
Road Traffic Accidents	7	852	6	695	+ 157
Kidney Disease	8	845	16	266	+ 580
Suicide	9	748	25	113	+ 636
Hypertension	10	648	22	172	+ 475
Liver Disease	11	607	14	323	+ 283
Lung Disease	12	586	19	206	+ 380
Tuberculosis	13	567	10	445	+ 122
Low Birth Weight	14	517	8	662	- 145
Cervical Cancer	15	476	23	145	+ 332
Violence	16	471	20	195	+ 276
Other Injuries	17	422	21	194	+ 227
Birth Trauma	18	369	5	754	- 385
Congenital Anomalies	19	356	11	383	- 27
Asthma	20	332	24	134	+ 197
Maternal Conditions	21	257	13	345	- 88
Malnutrition	22	235	26	110	+ 125
Meningitis	23	216	18	229	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	24	208	32	59	+ 149
Drownings	25	193	30	69	+ 124
Fires	26	185	31	67	+ 119
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	170	28	89	+ 81
Endocrine Disorders	28	164	17	230	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	113	33	56	+ 56
Epilepsy	30	101	35	43	+ 58
Prostate Cancer	31	100	43	21	+ 79
Falls	32	91	29	83	+ 8
Pertussis	33	86	27	99	- 13
Poisonings	34	83	36	42	+ 41
Breast Cancer	35	82	40	26	+ 55
Lymphomas	36	69	51	12	+ 57
Liver Cancer	37	65	12	377	- 312
Drug Use	38	59	39	28	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	58	41	24	+ 34
Skin Disease	40	56	44	19	+ 37
Parkinson's Disease	41	53	37	34	+ 19
Skin Cancers	42	44	68	0	+ 44
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	41	52	11	+ 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	41	54	5	+ 36
Syphilis	45	39	34	55	- 16
Lung Cancers	46	37	38	34	+ 3
Leukemia	47	36	59	2	+ 34
Alcohol	48	36	50	12	+ 23
Schistosomiasis	49	28	42	23	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	50	25	66	1	+ 24
Oral Cancer	51	23	71	0	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	52	22	61	2	+ 20
Stomach Cancer	53	15	47	14	+ 2
Appendicitis	54	15	55	5	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	55	13	56	4	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	56	13	53	6	+ 8
Hepatitis B	57	13	46	14	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	11	62	2	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	11	48	14	- 3
Upper Respiratory	60	9	64	2	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	61	9	57	3	+ 6
Tetanus	62	8	45	18	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	63	3	58	3	+ 1
Measles	64	1	49	13	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	63	2	- 1
Malaria	67	1	7	674	- 673
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
War	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Swaziland

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.