GAMBIA VS TURKEY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TURKEY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,577	3	1,007	+ 1,570
Stroke	2	1,320	4	802	+ 518
Lung Cancers	3	1,052	38	34	+ 1,018
Lung Disease	4	753	19	206	+ 547
Diabetes Mellitus	5	537	15	290	+ 247
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	519	28	89	+ 430
Kidney Disease	7	511	16	266	+ 245
Hypertension	8	443	22	172	+ 271
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	385	1	1,340	- 955
Colon-Rectum Cancers	10	318	52	11	+ 308
Stomach Cancer	11	310	47	14	+ 296
Pancreas Cancer	12	206	53	6	+ 201
Liver Disease	13	190	14	323	- 133
Breast Cancer	14	169	40	26	+ 143
Prostate Cancer	15	168	43	21	+ 148
Road Traffic Accidents	16	167	6	695	- 528
Congenital Anomalies	17	149	11	383	- 234
Leukemia	18	146	59	2	+ 144
Lymphomas	19	145	51	12	+ 134
Liver Cancer	20	136	12	377	- 241
Bladder Cancer	21	135	56	4	+ 130
Falls	22	131	29	83	+ 48
Violence	23	120	20	195	- 75
Low Birth Weight	24	104	8	662	- 557
Parkinson's Disease	25	103	37	34	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	26	78	17	230	- 151
Asthma	27	73	24	134	- 61
Ovary Cancer	28	69	61	2	+ 66
Suicide	29	60	25	113	- 53
Other Injuries	30	50	21	194	- 144
Inflammatory/Heart	31	49	32	59	- 10
Skin Cancers	32	46	68	0	+ 46
Oesophagus Cancer	33	40	54	5	+ 34
Cervical Cancer	34	39	23	145	- 106
Oral Cancer	35	39	71	0	+ 39
Epilepsy	36	34	35	43	- 9
Uterin Cancer	37	33	66	1	+ 32
Drug Use	38	29	39	28	+ 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	24	33	56	- 33
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	9	626	- 604
Birth Trauma	41	22	5	754	- 733
Other Neoplasms	42	19	57	3	+ 17
Malnutrition	43	18	26	110	- 92
Drownings	44	16	30	69	- 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	45	14	41	24	- 10
Poisonings	46	11	36	42	- 31
Fires	47	10	31	67	- 56
Skin Disease	48	10	44	19	- 9
War	49	10	69	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	50	9	10	445	- 436
Meningitis	51	8	18	229	- 220
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	7	62	2	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	53	6	2	1,125	- 1,119
Encephalitis	54	6	48	14	- 8
Alcohol	55	5	50	12	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	56	5	58	3	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	57	3	13	345	- 342
Pertussis	58	3	27	99	- 96
Appendicitis	59	3	55	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	60	2	46	14	- 12
Syphilis	61	2	34	55	- 53
Schistosomiasis	62	1	42	23	- 22
Hepatitis C	63	1	65	1	- 0
Tetanus	64	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	65	0	49	13	- 13
Upper Respiratory	66	0	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	68	0	60	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	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

Turkey

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.