GAMBIA VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,172	3	1,007	+ 1,166
Violence	2	1,464	20	195	+ 1,269
Stroke	3	980	4	802	+ 177
Diabetes Mellitus	4	902	15	290	+ 613
Road Traffic Accidents	5	898	6	695	+ 203
HIV/AIDS	6	605	2	1,125	- 520
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	580	1	1,340	- 760
Kidney Disease	8	479	16	266	+ 213
Hypertension	9	419	22	172	+ 247
Lung Disease	10	416	19	206	+ 210
Lung Cancers	11	315	38	34	+ 281
Low Birth Weight	12	249	8	662	- 412
Prostate Cancer	13	230	43	21	+ 209
Congenital Anomalies	14	230	11	383	- 153
Breast Cancer	15	207	40	26	+ 181
Liver Disease	16	189	14	323	- 134
Stomach Cancer	17	176	47	14	+ 162
Other Neoplasms	18	175	57	3	+ 172
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	165	52	11	+ 154
Cervical Cancer	20	160	23	145	+ 16
Other Injuries	21	137	21	194	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	110	9	626	- 516
Lymphomas	23	101	51	12	+ 89
Birth Trauma	24	88	5	754	- 666
Pancreas Cancer	25	87	53	6	+ 82
Liver Cancer	26	83	12	377	- 294
Leukemia	27	81	59	2	+ 79
Falls	28	70	29	83	- 13
Chagas disease	29	67	77	0	+ 67
Endocrine Disorders	30	61	17	230	- 168
Tuberculosis	31	60	10	445	- 385
Malnutrition	32	51	26	110	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	33	48	32	59	- 11
Suicide	34	47	25	113	- 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	46	28	89	- 43
Ovary Cancer	36	45	61	2	+ 43
Skin Cancers	37	45	68	0	+ 44
Oral Cancer	38	44	71	0	+ 44
Maternal Conditions	39	34	13	345	- 311
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	34	33	56	- 23
Epilepsy	41	33	35	43	- 10
Malaria	42	32	7	674	- 642
Drownings	43	31	30	69	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	44	30	54	5	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	45	29	56	4	+ 25
Asthma	46	25	24	134	- 109
Uterin Cancer	47	25	66	1	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	48	20	37	34	- 14
Meningitis	49	20	18	229	- 208
Drug Use	50	18	39	28	- 10
War	51	15	69	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	15	62	2	+ 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	12	80	0	+ 12
Fires	54	12	31	67	- 55
Anemia	55	10	83	0	+ 10
Appendicitis	56	8	55	5	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	6	41	24	- 17
Poisonings	58	5	36	42	- 37
Dengue	59	5	73	0	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	60	4	58	3	+ 1
Encephalitis	61	3	48	14	- 11
Alcohol	62	3	50	12	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	2	46	14	- 11
Pertussis	64	2	27	99	- 97
Hepatitis C	65	2	65	1	+ 1
Skin Disease	66	1	44	19	- 17
Syphilis	67	1	34	55	- 53
Tetanus	68	1	45	18	- 18
Schizophrenia	69	0	85	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Osteoarthritis	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	60	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	74	0	64	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	42	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Venezuela

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.