GAMBIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	3,794	4	802	+ 2,992
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,194	3	1,007	+ 1,187
Lung Disease	3	856	19	206	+ 650
Diabetes Mellitus	4	808	15	290	+ 518
Road Traffic Accidents	5	703	6	695	+ 8
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	699	28	89	+ 610
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	664	1	1,340	- 676
Kidney Disease	8	602	16	266	+ 337
Liver Cancer	9	596	12	377	+ 219
Liver Disease	10	570	14	323	+ 247
Lung Cancers	11	508	38	34	+ 475
Hypertension	12	474	22	172	+ 302
Falls	13	368	29	83	+ 285
Stomach Cancer	14	361	47	14	+ 348
Tuberculosis	15	225	10	445	- 220
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	197	52	11	+ 186
Asthma	17	194	24	134	+ 60
Suicide	18	173	25	113	+ 60
Low Birth Weight	19	170	8	662	- 492
Oral Cancer	20	169	71	0	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	21	169	11	383	- 215
Breast Cancer	22	148	40	26	+ 121
Other Injuries	23	132	21	194	- 62
Inflammatory/Heart	24	128	32	59	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	25	127	37	34	+ 93
Drownings	26	122	30	69	+ 53
HIV/AIDS	27	119	2	1,125	- 1,006
Leukemia	28	117	59	2	+ 115
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	105	9	626	- 521
Lymphomas	30	71	51	12	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	31	57	23	145	- 88
Birth Trauma	32	56	5	754	- 698
Oesophagus Cancer	33	54	54	5	+ 49
Endocrine Disorders	34	50	17	230	- 180
Prostate Cancer	35	46	43	21	+ 25
Violence	36	43	20	195	- 152
Measles	37	42	49	13	+ 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	41	41	24	+ 17
Encephalitis	39	37	48	14	+ 24
Skin Disease	40	36	44	19	+ 18
Drug Use	41	33	39	28	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	42	28	66	1	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	23	33	56	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	44	22	53	6	+ 17
Bladder Cancer	45	21	56	4	+ 17
Alcohol	46	21	50	12	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	47	21	61	2	+ 18
Poisonings	48	20	36	42	- 22
Maternal Conditions	49	18	13	345	- 327
Pertussis	50	17	27	99	- 82
Meningitis	51	15	18	229	- 214
Fires	52	14	31	67	- 52
Epilepsy	53	14	35	43	- 29
Skin Cancers	54	11	68	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	55	9	46	14	- 5
Syphilis	56	8	34	55	- 47
Other Neoplasms	57	8	57	3	+ 5
Tetanus	58	7	45	18	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	62	2	+ 4
Appendicitis	60	5	55	5	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	61	3	58	3	+ 1
Dengue	62	3	73	0	+ 3
Malnutrition	63	3	26	110	- 107
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
War	65	1	69	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	2	- 1
Malaria	67	0	7	674	- 674
Ascariasis	68	0	63	2	- 1
Diphtheria	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Leishmaniasis	78	0	60	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Viet Nam

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.