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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia
GAMBIA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
55.9
58.4
57.2
142
146
143
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
52.3
55.9
54.1
165
162
164
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Gambia
GAMBIA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
52.3
55.9
165
162
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
66.2
68.7
148
154
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
66.8
69.3
146
154
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
67.2
69.6
145
153
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
67.6
70.1
146
153
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
68.2
70.8
145
152
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
68.9
71.6
144
151
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
69.7
72.4
144
153
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
70.6
73.3
144
155
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
71.6
74.2
144
156
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
72.8
75.1
144
158
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
74.2
76.3
145
158
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
75.9
77.7
147
158
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.9
79.3
152
161
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
80.3
81.3
156
161
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
83.1
83.8
158
163
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.3
86.8
157
164
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.9
90.3
170
163
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.9
94.1
169
177
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.2
98.3
159
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.7
102.7
180
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia
GAMBIA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
139.36
28
  
23.69
125
2 Stroke
131.55
50
  
36.89
160
3 Coronary Heart Disease
108.54
99
  
68.80
155
4 Diarrhoeal diseases
71.79
33
  
1.95
119
5 Tuberculosis
65.23
24
  
0.41
170
6 Malaria
53.71
20
  
0.01
104
7 Diabetes Mellitus
50.48
58
  
5.04
185
8 Liver Cancer
41.93
2
  
3.07
164
9 HIV/AIDS
38.39
45
  
0.40
137
10 Lung Disease
38.02
56
  
21.47
98
11 Asthma
24.55
11
  
1.09
153
12 Hypertension
23.67
112
  
3.67
183
13 Low Birth Weight
22.64
27
  
3.39
144
14 Kidney Disease
22.40
62
  
3.23
185
15 Road Traffic Accidents
21.67
61
  
4.77
180
16 Other Injuries
17.10
61
  
5.54
170
17 Maternal Conditions
16.55
36
  
0.15
151
18 Endocrine Disorders
15.80
45
  
3.13
147
19 Birth Trauma
15.59
38
  
0.64
166
20 Schistosomiasis
15.08
6
  
0.00
64
21 Cervical Cancer
14.56
20
  
1.38
161
22 Inflammatory/Heart
13.09
49
  
2.97
152
23 Violence
12.93
62
  
1.14
160
24 Meningitis
10.01
35
  
0.41
149
25 Epilepsy
8.32
27
  
1.57
104
26 Anaemia
8.10
23
  
0.15
171
27 Alzheimers/Dementia
7.77
70
  
17.08
14
28 Liver Disease
6.77
131
  
9.48
96
29 Congenital Anomalies
6.64
79
  
3.68
164
30 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.63
45
  
2.54
123
31 Breast Cancer
6.23
184
  
23.62
20
32 Upper Respiratory
5.94
6
  
0.07
144
33 Suicide
5.54
122
  
6.90
101
34 Malnutrition
4.76
68
  
0.07
172
35 Fires
4.34
54
  
0.45
158
36 Skin Disease
4.26
57
  
1.50
104
37 Poisonings
4.07
59
  
2.81
89
38 Other Neoplasms
3.97
58
  
2.95
92
39 Falls
3.52
108
  
3.51
109
40 Prostate Cancer
3.42
147
  
8.21
58
41 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.03
178
  
15.49
33
42 Syphilis
2.89
23
  
0.00
147
43 Drownings
2.88
112
  
0.35
187
44 Lung Cancers
2.84
160
  
30.98
18
45 Lymphomas
2.71
164
  
7.35
36
46 Pancreas Cancer
2.46
113
  
6.81
39
47 Stomach Cancer
2.09
182
  
4.81
130
48 Measles
2.01
26
  
0.00
97
49 Parkinson Disease
1.75
94
  
3.48
8
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.70
82
  
0.90
140
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Gambia
GAMBIA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,766
13.23
  
37,348
8.00
2 Malaria
1,551
11.62
  
5
0.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,222
9.15
  
3,081
0.66
4 Tuberculosis
803
6.01
  
443
0.09
5 Stroke
797
5.97
  
55,919
11.98
6 Low Birth Weight
686
5.14
  
1,386
0.30
7 Coronary Heart Disease
666
4.99
  
92,299
19.77
8 HIV/AIDS
625
4.68
  
266
0.06
9 Birth Trauma
472
3.53
  
262
0.06
10 Liver Cancer
392
2.94
  
3,470
0.74
11 Diabetes Mellitus
332
2.49
  
6,682
1.43
12 Road Traffic Accidents
284
2.13
  
3,073
0.66
13 Other Injuries
253
1.89
  
6,029
1.29
14 Maternal Conditions
252
1.89
  
81
0.02
15 Lung Disease
238
1.78
  
29,069
6.23
16 Asthma
196
1.47
  
1,260
0.27
17 Congenital Anomalies
181
1.36
  
1,950
0.42
18 Violence
176
1.32
  
703
0.15
19 Meningitis
169
1.27
  
278
0.06
20 Kidney Disease
161
1.21
  
4,804
1.03
21 Schistosomiasis
159
1.19
  
1
0.00
22 Upper Respiratory
155
1.16
  
56
0.01
23 Hypertension
140
1.05
  
5,191
1.11
24 Cervical Cancer
133
1.00
  
1,322
0.28
25 Endocrine Disorders
121
0.91
  
3,056
0.65
26 Anaemia
112
0.84
  
260
0.06
27 Inflammatory/Heart
97
0.73
  
3,014
0.65
28 Epilepsy
89
0.67
  
1,201
0.26
29 Fires
78
0.58
  
380
0.08
30 Malnutrition
72
0.54
  
85
0.02
31 Syphilis
69
0.52
  
3
0.00
32 Measles
61
0.46
  
2
0.00
33 Suicide
59
0.44
  
4,660
1.00
34 Liver Disease
57
0.43
  
7,767
1.66
35 Drownings
53
0.40
  
233
0.05
36 Vitamin A Deficiency
51
0.38
  
0
0.00
37 Peptic Ulcer Disease
50
0.37
  
3,294
0.71
38 Poisonings
48
0.36
  
1,805
0.39
39 Tetanus
37
0.28
  
0
0.00
40 Other Neoplasms
35
0.26
  
3,829
0.82
41 Lymphomas
32
0.24
  
8,744
1.87
42 Falls
31
0.23
  
4,450
0.95
43 Alzheimers/Dementia
30
0.22
  
29,116
6.24
44 Hepatitis B
30
0.22
  
57
0.01
45 Pertussis
26
0.19
  
6
0.00
46 Breast Cancer
26
0.19
  
14,343
3.07
47 Skin Disease
26
0.19
  
2,188
0.47
48 Colon-Rectum Cancers
23
0.17
  
18,951
4.06
49 Leishmaniasis
23
0.17
  
1
0.00
50 Lung Cancers
21
0.16
  
35,845
7.68
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia
GAMBIA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Liver Cancer
41.93
2
  
3.07
164
2 Cervical Cancer
14.56
20
  
1.38
161
3 Breast Cancer
6.23
184
  
23.62
20
4 Other Neoplasms
3.97
58
  
2.95
92
5 Prostate Cancer
3.42
147
  
8.21
58
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.03
178
  
15.49
33
7 Lung Cancers
2.84
160
  
30.98
18
8 Lymphomas
2.71
164
  
7.35
36
9 Pancreas Cancer
2.46
113
  
6.81
39
10 Stomach Cancer
2.09
182
  
4.81
130
11 Oesophagus Cancer
1.44
143
  
7.62
30
12 Bladder Cancer
1.09
154
  
4.27
28
13 Oral Cancer
1.01
186
  
2.39
113
14 Ovary Cancer
0.88
182
  
3.96
20
15 Uterin Cancer
0.42
159
  
1.53
64
16 Leukemia
0.41
189
  
4.39
63
17 Skin Cancers
0.20
180
  
2.74
32
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Gambia
GAMBIA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
1,782,893
142
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
1.00
79
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
43.6 %
21
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
53.6 %
170
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
2.8 %
172
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
37.87
23
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
11.49
43
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.04
26
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
67.33
28
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.01
182
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.98
142
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
1.00
14
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
0.30
56
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.67
23
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
40.1
180
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
47.8
175
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
32.8
169
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
54.1
164
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
51.0
154
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$1,300
169
  
$36,600
23
 

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