GAMBIA VS UKRAINE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UKRAINE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,721	3	1,007	+ 18,714
Stroke	2	5,652	4	802	+ 4,850
Liver Disease	3	1,075	14	323	+ 752
Lung Cancers	4	1,063	38	34	+ 1,029
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,004	28	89	+ 916
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	956	52	11	+ 945
Inflammatory/Heart	7	863	32	59	+ 803
Lung Disease	8	681	19	206	+ 475
Suicide	9	673	25	113	+ 561
Stomach Cancer	10	574	47	14	+ 560
Breast Cancer	11	574	40	26	+ 547
Influenza and Pneumonia	12	482	1	1,340	- 858
HIV/AIDS	13	416	2	1,125	- 709
Pancreas Cancer	14	411	53	6	+ 406
Alcohol	15	401	50	12	+ 389
Prostate Cancer	16	340	43	21	+ 319
Oral Cancer	17	320	71	0	+ 320
Road Traffic Accidents	18	317	6	695	- 378
Other Injuries	19	300	21	194	+ 105
Tuberculosis	20	226	10	445	- 219
Parkinson's Disease	21	219	37	34	+ 185
Falls	22	203	29	83	+ 120
Violence	23	196	20	195	+ 1
Lymphomas	24	186	51	12	+ 175
Ovary Cancer	25	185	61	2	+ 183
Leukemia	26	179	59	2	+ 177
Bladder Cancer	27	172	56	4	+ 168
Cervical Cancer	28	172	23	145	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	29	168	66	1	+ 167
Drownings	30	164	30	69	+ 95
Diabetes Mellitus	31	160	15	290	- 130
Liver Cancer	32	156	12	377	- 221
Kidney Disease	33	154	16	266	- 112
Skin Cancers	34	142	68	0	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	35	141	54	5	+ 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	117	33	56	+ 61
Fires	37	117	31	67	+ 50
Congenital Anomalies	38	98	11	383	- 285
Drug Use	39	81	39	28	+ 53
Poisonings	40	79	36	42	+ 37
Hypertension	41	69	22	172	- 103
Low Birth Weight	42	60	8	662	- 601
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	58	41	24	+ 34
Epilepsy	44	30	35	43	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	45	29	17	230	- 200
Encephalitis	46	28	48	14	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	47	24	58	3	+ 22
Skin Disease	48	22	44	19	+ 4
War	49	19	69	0	+ 19
Meningitis	50	18	18	229	- 211
Birth Trauma	51	17	5	754	- 737
Asthma	52	16	24	134	- 118
Diarrhoeal diseases	53	13	9	626	- 612
Other Neoplasms	54	10	57	3	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	7	62	2	+ 5
Appendicitis	56	6	55	5	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	57	4	13	345	- 341
Malnutrition	58	4	26	110	- 106
Hepatitis B	59	3	46	14	- 11
Measles	60	3	49	13	- 11
Upper Respiratory	61	2	64	2	+ 1
Hepatitis C	62	1	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	63	0	70	0	+ 0
Syphilis	64	0	34	55	- 54
Tetanus	65	0	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	66	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	67	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	70	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	71	0	63	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
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
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Ukraine

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.