GAMBIA VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,142	3	1,007	+ 2,135
Stroke	2	2,099	4	802	+ 1,297
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	1,399	28	89	+ 1,310
Lung Disease	4	1,257	19	206	+ 1,051
Lung Cancers	5	1,078	38	34	+ 1,044
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,009	1	1,340	- 331
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	917	52	11	+ 906
Kidney Disease	8	766	16	266	+ 500
Breast Cancer	9	625	40	26	+ 598
Other Injuries	10	570	21	194	+ 376
Diabetes Mellitus	11	551	15	290	+ 261
Suicide	12	542	25	113	+ 429
Prostate Cancer	13	521	43	21	+ 500
Pancreas Cancer	14	483	53	6	+ 477
Hypertension	15	478	22	172	+ 305
Road Traffic Accidents	16	377	6	695	- 318
Endocrine Disorders	17	359	17	230	+ 129
Stomach Cancer	18	354	47	14	+ 340
Other Neoplasms	19	342	57	3	+ 339
Lymphomas	20	337	51	12	+ 325
Parkinson's Disease	21	236	37	34	+ 202
Inflammatory/Heart	22	231	32	59	+ 172
Violence	23	217	20	195	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	24	211	54	5	+ 205
Leukemia	25	207	59	2	+ 204
Bladder Cancer	26	203	56	4	+ 199
Liver Disease	27	152	14	323	- 172
HIV/AIDS	28	144	2	1,125	- 981
Cervical Cancer	29	127	23	145	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	30	125	11	383	- 258
Oral Cancer	31	123	71	0	+ 123
Ovary Cancer	32	118	61	2	+ 116
Skin Cancers	33	110	68	0	+ 110
Liver Cancer	34	109	12	377	- 268
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	99	9	626	- 527
Skin Disease	36	96	44	19	+ 77
Asthma	37	94	24	134	- 41
Uterin Cancer	38	85	66	1	+ 84
Alcohol	39	77	50	12	+ 65
Epilepsy	40	63	35	43	+ 20
Tuberculosis	41	59	10	445	- 386
Low Birth Weight	42	54	8	662	- 608
Malnutrition	43	54	26	110	- 56
Anemia	44	52	83	0	+ 52
Drownings	45	48	30	69	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	42	33	56	- 15
Falls	47	41	29	83	- 42
Fires	48	40	31	67	- 26
Drug Use	49	30	39	28	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	29	41	24	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	25	62	2	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	52	24	81	0	+ 24
Birth Trauma	53	16	5	754	- 738
Schizophrenia	54	13	85	0	+ 13
Poisonings	55	12	36	42	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	56	10	58	3	+ 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	9	80	0	+ 9
Meningitis	58	8	18	229	- 221
Appendicitis	59	7	55	5	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	60	7	13	345	- 339
Chagas disease	61	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	62	4	64	2	+ 2
Hepatitis B	63	3	46	14	- 11
Encephalitis	64	3	48	14	- 11
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	1	+ 2
Syphilis	66	2	34	55	- 53
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Leprosy	69	0	76	0	+ 0
War	70	0	69	0	- 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	18	- 18
Pertussis	72	0	27	99	- 99
Diphtheria	73	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	49	13	- 13
Chlamydia	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	2	- 2
Malaria	79	0	7	674	- 674
Ascariasis	80	0	63	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Uruguay

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.