GAMBIA VS THAILAND: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	THAILAND		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,852	3	1,007	+ 845
Stroke	2	1,814	4	802	+ 1,012
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	1,129	1	1,340	- 211
Kidney Disease	4	968	16	266	+ 702
Liver Cancer	5	862	12	377	+ 485
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	825	28	89	+ 736
Road Traffic Accidents	7	809	6	695	+ 114
Lung Cancers	8	805	38	34	+ 771
Lung Disease	9	703	19	206	+ 497
Diabetes Mellitus	10	678	15	290	+ 388
Liver Disease	11	635	14	323	+ 312
HIV/AIDS	12	502	2	1,125	- 622
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	358	52	11	+ 347
Tuberculosis	14	345	10	445	- 100
Diarrhoeal diseases	15	248	9	626	- 378
Suicide	16	222	25	113	+ 109
Breast Cancer	17	218	40	26	+ 192
Falls	18	195	29	83	+ 112
Cervical Cancer	19	184	23	145	+ 40
Oral Cancer	20	179	71	0	+ 179
Other Injuries	21	176	21	194	- 19
Lymphomas	22	164	51	12	+ 152
Parkinson's Disease	23	155	37	34	+ 121
Asthma	24	151	24	134	+ 17
Drownings	25	143	30	69	+ 74
Leukemia	26	141	59	2	+ 139
Stomach Cancer	27	125	47	14	+ 111
Skin Disease	28	122	44	19	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	29	114	54	5	+ 108
Prostate Cancer	30	109	43	21	+ 88
Violence	31	107	20	195	- 88
Inflammatory/Heart	32	104	32	59	+ 45
Pancreas Cancer	33	86	53	6	+ 80
Hypertension	34	79	22	172	- 93
Congenital Anomalies	35	76	11	383	- 307
Ovary Cancer	36	72	61	2	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	37	68	17	230	- 162
Bladder Cancer	38	65	56	4	+ 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	61	33	56	+ 4
Low Birth Weight	40	56	8	662	- 606
Skin Cancers	41	41	68	0	+ 41
Malnutrition	42	35	26	110	- 75
Meningitis	43	34	18	229	- 195
Uterin Cancer	44	31	66	1	+ 30
Drug Use	45	29	39	28	+ 1
Encephalitis	46	26	48	14	+ 13
Epilepsy	47	25	35	43	- 18
Fires	48	22	31	67	- 44
Alcohol	49	20	50	12	+ 8
Birth Trauma	50	19	5	754	- 735
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	16	41	24	- 8
Maternal Conditions	52	8	13	345	- 337
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	7	62	2	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	54	7	57	3	+ 4
Dengue	55	6	73	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	56	6	46	14	- 8
Poisonings	57	5	36	42	- 37
Tetanus	58	4	45	18	- 14
Appendicitis	59	4	55	5	- 1
War	60	3	69	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	58	3	+ 0
Pertussis	62	3	27	99	- 96
Measles	63	2	49	13	- 11
Syphilis	64	1	34	55	- 53
Upper Respiratory	65	1	64	2	- 1
Malaria	66	0	7	674	- 674
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	69	0	63	2	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	60	2	- 2
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Thailand

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.