GAMBIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	1,025	2	1,125	- 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	974	1	1,340	- 367
Malaria	3	814	7	674	+ 140
Tuberculosis	4	758	10	445	+ 313
Road Traffic Accidents	5	675	6	695	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	658	9	626	+ 32
Stroke	7	632	4	802	- 170
Birth Trauma	8	564	5	754	- 190
Coronary Heart Disease	9	494	3	1,007	- 512
Low Birth Weight	10	455	8	662	- 206
Congenital Anomalies	11	366	11	383	- 17
Maternal Conditions	12	256	13	345	- 90
Liver Disease	13	246	14	323	- 77
Cervical Cancer	14	240	23	145	+ 95
Diabetes Mellitus	15	234	15	290	- 56
Malnutrition	16	209	26	110	+ 99
Hypertension	17	195	22	172	+ 23
Violence	18	176	20	195	- 19
Kidney Disease	19	170	16	266	- 96
Other Injuries	20	160	21	194	- 35
Meningitis	21	119	18	229	- 109
Lung Disease	22	114	19	206	- 92
Pertussis	23	104	27	99	+ 5
Suicide	24	93	25	113	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	25	84	54	5	+ 79
Syphilis	26	79	34	55	+ 24
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	77	28	89	- 12
Prostate Cancer	28	68	43	21	+ 47
Endocrine Disorders	29	66	17	230	- 163
Asthma	30	64	24	134	- 70
Oral Cancer	31	62	71	0	+ 61
Drownings	32	61	30	69	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	59	52	11	+ 48
Falls	34	57	29	83	- 26
Fires	35	53	31	67	- 13
Liver Cancer	36	53	12	377	- 324
Breast Cancer	37	48	40	26	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	38	46	32	59	- 13
Stomach Cancer	39	45	47	14	+ 31
Poisonings	40	44	36	42	+ 2
Lymphomas	41	30	51	12	+ 19
Skin Cancers	42	28	68	0	+ 28
Epilepsy	43	26	35	43	- 17
Bladder Cancer	44	25	56	4	+ 21
Parkinson's Disease	45	19	37	34	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	17	33	56	- 39
Leukemia	47	16	59	2	+ 13
Drug Use	48	15	39	28	- 13
Tetanus	49	15	45	18	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	41	24	- 9
Schistosomiasis	51	14	42	23	- 9
Skin Disease	52	13	44	19	- 5
Ovary Cancer	53	13	61	2	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	54	11	64	2	+ 10
Measles	55	11	49	13	- 2
Alcohol	56	10	50	12	- 2
Uterin Cancer	57	8	66	1	+ 7
Appendicitis	58	8	55	5	+ 3
Encephalitis	59	7	48	14	- 6
Hepatitis B	60	6	46	14	- 7
Lung Cancers	61	6	38	34	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	62	6	53	6	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	3	62	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	64	2	57	3	- 1
Ascariasis	65	2	63	2	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	+ 0
War	67	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	68	1	58	3	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	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
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Tanzania

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.