GAMBIA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,726	3	1,007	+ 2,719
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	2,119	28	89	+ 2,030
Lung Disease	3	1,442	19	206	+ 1,236
Stroke	4	1,170	4	802	+ 367
Lung Cancers	5	1,148	38	34	+ 1,114
Kidney Disease	6	634	16	266	+ 368
Drug Use	7	549	39	28	+ 521
Hypertension	8	487	22	172	+ 315
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	456	52	11	+ 446
Diabetes Mellitus	10	453	15	290	+ 163
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	445	1	1,340	- 895
Suicide	12	392	25	113	+ 279
Breast Cancer	13	359	40	26	+ 333
Endocrine Disorders	14	347	17	230	+ 117
Pancreas Cancer	15	327	53	6	+ 321
Liver Disease	16	320	14	323	- 3
Road Traffic Accidents	17	308	6	695	- 388
Falls	18	298	29	83	+ 215
Lymphomas	19	297	51	12	+ 286
Prostate Cancer	20	263	43	21	+ 242
Parkinson's Disease	21	255	37	34	+ 220
Inflammatory/Heart	22	240	32	59	+ 181
Liver Cancer	23	200	12	377	- 177
Leukemia	24	199	59	2	+ 197
Other Injuries	25	192	21	194	- 2
Bladder Cancer	26	145	56	4	+ 140
Violence	27	140	20	195	- 55
Oesophagus Cancer	28	132	54	5	+ 126
Other Neoplasms	29	131	57	3	+ 128
Alcohol	30	108	50	12	+ 96
Ovary Cancer	31	108	61	2	+ 106
Skin Cancers	32	106	68	0	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	33	96	47	14	+ 83
Congenital Anomalies	34	87	11	383	- 296
Oral Cancer	35	85	71	0	+ 85
Uterin Cancer	36	74	66	1	+ 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	73	9	626	- 552
Cervical Cancer	38	52	23	145	- 93
Low Birth Weight	39	51	8	662	- 611
Malnutrition	40	50	26	110	- 60
Hepatitis C	41	42	65	1	+ 41
HIV/AIDS	42	42	2	1,125	- 1,083
Skin Disease	43	40	44	19	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	44	37	58	3	+ 35
Drownings	45	30	30	69	- 39
Asthma	46	28	24	134	- 106
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	27	41	24	+ 3
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	26	33	56	- 31
Fires	49	23	31	67	- 43
Epilepsy	50	23	35	43	- 20
Anemia	51	23	83	0	+ 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	18	62	2	+ 16
Poisonings	53	12	36	42	- 30
Birth Trauma	54	9	5	754	- 745
War	55	9	69	0	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	56	6	13	345	- 339
Schizophrenia	57	5	85	0	+ 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	5	80	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	59	4	46	14	- 9
Meningitis	60	4	18	229	- 224
Osteoarthritis	61	4	81	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	62	4	10	445	- 441
Appendicitis	63	3	55	5	- 2
Oral conditions	64	2	82	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	65	2	64	2	+ 0
Syphilis	66	0	34	55	- 54
Otitis Media	67	0	72	0	+ 0
Encephalitis	68	0	48	14	- 13
Pertussis	69	0	27	99	- 99
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Schistosomiasis	72	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	7	674	- 674
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	60	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

United States

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.