GAMBIA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,368	3	1,007	+ 1,361
Stroke	2	1,065	4	802	+ 263
War	3	1,014	69	0	+ 1,014
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	940	1	1,340	- 400
Low Birth Weight	5	692	8	662	+ 30
Road Traffic Accidents	6	672	6	695	- 23
Birth Trauma	7	466	5	754	- 288
Hypertension	8	416	22	172	+ 243
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	343	9	626	- 283
Congenital Anomalies	10	337	11	383	- 46
Lung Disease	11	251	19	206	+ 45
Measles	12	237	49	13	+ 224
Liver Disease	13	227	14	323	- 96
Violence	14	223	20	195	+ 28
Kidney Disease	15	210	16	266	- 55
Other Injuries	16	175	21	194	- 20
Asthma	17	165	24	134	+ 31
Tuberculosis	18	149	10	445	- 296
Diabetes Mellitus	19	141	15	290	- 149
Malaria	20	135	7	674	- 539
Suicide	21	133	25	113	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	110	28	89	+ 21
Pertussis	23	97	27	99	- 1
Falls	24	92	29	83	+ 9
Drownings	25	90	30	69	+ 21
Breast Cancer	26	89	40	26	+ 63
Malnutrition	27	83	26	110	- 27
Meningitis	28	80	18	229	- 149
Fires	29	78	31	67	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	72	52	11	+ 61
Stomach Cancer	31	71	47	14	+ 57
Maternal Conditions	32	70	13	345	- 275
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	65	33	56	+ 9
Leukemia	34	61	59	2	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	35	60	54	5	+ 55
Endocrine Disorders	36	58	17	230	- 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	55	41	24	+ 32
Drug Use	38	48	39	28	+ 20
Liver Cancer	39	48	12	377	- 329
Inflammatory/Heart	40	46	32	59	- 13
Lung Cancers	41	45	38	34	+ 11
Oral Cancer	42	43	71	0	+ 43
Epilepsy	43	42	35	43	- 1
Poisonings	44	42	36	42	- 0
Lymphomas	45	34	51	12	+ 22
HIV/AIDS	46	31	2	1,125	- 1,094
Tetanus	47	31	45	18	+ 13
Encephalitis	48	29	48	14	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	49	28	37	34	- 6
Hepatitis B	50	24	46	14	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	51	22	53	6	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	52	15	61	2	+ 13
Syphilis	53	14	34	55	- 41
Appendicitis	54	13	55	5	+ 8
Bladder Cancer	55	13	56	4	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	56	10	42	23	- 13
Cervical Cancer	57	9	23	145	- 135
Skin Cancers	58	8	68	0	+ 8
Alcohol	59	6	50	12	- 6
Dengue	60	6	73	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	3	44	19	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	58	3	+ 1
Prostate Cancer	63	3	43	21	- 17
Other Neoplasms	64	2	57	3	- 1
Ascariasis	65	1	63	2	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	1	62	2	- 1
Diphtheria	67	1	67	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	1	- 0
Uterin Cancer	69	0	66	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	70	0	64	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	71	0	60	2	- 2
Chlamydia	72	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	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

Yemen

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.