GAMBIA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,941	2	1,125	+ 1,816
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,586	1	1,340	+ 246
Coronary Heart Disease	3	1,250	3	1,007	+ 243
Road Traffic Accidents	4	888	6	695	+ 193
Stroke	5	754	4	802	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	676	9	626	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	7	594	8	662	- 68
Birth Trauma	8	501	5	754	- 253
Diabetes Mellitus	9	492	15	290	+ 202
Malnutrition	10	353	26	110	+ 243
Congenital Anomalies	11	326	11	383	- 57
Kidney Disease	12	326	16	266	+ 60
Suicide	13	304	25	113	+ 192
Cervical Cancer	14	298	23	145	+ 153
Malaria	15	295	7	674	- 379
Tuberculosis	16	294	10	445	- 151
Liver Disease	17	286	14	323	- 38
Violence	18	282	20	195	+ 87
Maternal Conditions	19	257	13	345	- 88
Other Injuries	20	244	21	194	+ 49
Asthma	21	225	24	134	+ 91
Meningitis	22	195	18	229	- 34
Lung Disease	23	171	19	206	- 35
Hypertension	24	169	22	172	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	25	154	32	59	+ 95
Lymphomas	26	141	51	12	+ 130
Drownings	27	141	30	69	+ 72
Breast Cancer	28	123	40	26	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	29	118	54	5	+ 112
Fires	30	117	31	67	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	113	28	89	+ 24
Prostate Cancer	32	92	43	21	+ 72
Stomach Cancer	33	82	47	14	+ 69
Endocrine Disorders	34	81	17	230	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	81	33	56	+ 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	80	41	24	+ 56
Poisonings	37	76	36	42	+ 34
Liver Cancer	38	75	12	377	- 302
Epilepsy	39	75	35	43	+ 32
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	74	52	11	+ 64
Falls	41	68	29	83	- 15
Pertussis	42	62	27	99	- 37
Lung Cancers	43	42	38	34	+ 9
Skin Cancers	44	39	68	0	+ 39
Leukemia	45	36	59	2	+ 34
Parkinson's Disease	46	33	37	34	- 1
Pancreas Cancer	47	32	53	6	+ 26
Drug Use	48	31	39	28	+ 3
Oral Cancer	49	31	71	0	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	50	27	66	1	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	51	26	61	2	+ 23
Skin Disease	52	25	44	19	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	53	25	42	23	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	54	18	56	4	+ 14
Syphilis	55	18	34	55	- 36
Encephalitis	56	17	48	14	+ 4
Tetanus	57	15	45	18	- 3
Appendicitis	58	10	55	5	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	10	64	2	+ 8
Hepatitis B	60	8	46	14	- 5
Alcohol	61	7	50	12	- 5
Other Neoplasms	62	5	57	3	+ 3
Measles	63	4	49	13	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	62	2	+ 2
War	65	4	69	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	66	2	65	1	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	2	58	3	- 1
Otitis Media	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	67	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	60	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	76	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

Zimbabwe

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.