GAMBIA VS TAJIKISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TAJIKISTAN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,486	3	1,007	+ 2,479
Stroke	2	1,498	4	802	+ 695
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	758	1	1,340	- 583
Liver Disease	4	501	14	323	+ 177
Hypertension	5	418	22	172	+ 246
Diabetes Mellitus	6	392	15	290	+ 103
Low Birth Weight	7	379	8	662	- 282
Road Traffic Accidents	8	355	6	695	- 341
Birth Trauma	9	309	5	754	- 446
Lung Disease	10	286	19	206	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	11	263	11	383	- 120
Stomach Cancer	12	183	47	14	+ 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	178	9	626	- 448
Tuberculosis	14	178	10	445	- 267
Drownings	15	141	30	69	+ 72
Oesophagus Cancer	16	132	54	5	+ 126
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	126	28	89	+ 37
Epilepsy	18	104	35	43	+ 61
Kidney Disease	19	99	16	266	- 166
Suicide	20	97	25	113	- 16
Falls	21	90	29	83	+ 7
Meningitis	22	83	18	229	- 146
Fires	23	77	31	67	+ 11
Lung Cancers	24	74	38	34	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	25	71	2	1,125	- 1,054
Pertussis	26	70	27	99	- 28
Other Injuries	27	70	21	194	- 124
Asthma	28	67	24	134	- 67
Parkinson's Disease	29	62	37	34	+ 27
Liver Cancer	30	57	12	377	- 320
Rheumatic Heart Disease	31	54	41	24	+ 30
Lymphomas	32	54	51	12	+ 42
Breast Cancer	33	52	40	26	+ 26
Endocrine Disorders	34	49	17	230	- 180
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	49	52	11	+ 38
Violence	36	41	20	195	- 154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	39	33	56	- 17
Alcohol	38	31	50	12	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	39	28	23	145	- 117
Uterin Cancer	40	27	66	1	+ 26
Oral Cancer	41	26	71	0	+ 26
Leukemia	42	26	59	2	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	43	24	53	6	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	44	19	32	59	- 40
Maternal Conditions	45	15	13	345	- 330
Ovary Cancer	46	14	61	2	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	47	13	64	2	+ 12
Bladder Cancer	48	12	56	4	+ 8
Hepatitis B	49	10	46	14	- 4
Poisonings	50	9	36	42	- 33
Skin Cancers	51	9	68	0	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	52	8	43	21	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	62	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	54	7	48	14	- 7
Drug Use	55	5	39	28	- 23
Syphilis	56	5	34	55	- 50
Tetanus	57	5	45	18	- 14
Appendicitis	58	4	55	5	- 0
Skin Disease	59	2	44	19	- 16
Hepatitis C	60	2	65	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	61	2	57	3	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	62	2	58	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	60	2	- 1
Malnutrition	64	1	26	110	- 109
Chlamydia	65	0	70	0	+ 0
War	66	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	49	13	- 13
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Tajikistan

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.