GAMBIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,191	3	1,007	+ 1,185
Violence	2	980	20	195	+ 786
Stroke	3	843	4	802	+ 41
Lung Disease	4	811	19	206	+ 605
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	548	1	1,340	- 792
Road Traffic Accidents	6	395	6	695	- 300
Kidney Disease	7	348	16	266	+ 82
Hypertension	8	326	22	172	+ 154
Stomach Cancer	9	311	47	14	+ 297
Lung Cancers	10	267	38	34	+ 234
Diabetes Mellitus	11	256	15	290	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	222	52	11	+ 212
Breast Cancer	13	187	40	26	+ 160
Prostate Cancer	14	182	43	21	+ 162
Other Neoplasms	15	163	57	3	+ 160
Congenital Anomalies	16	151	11	383	- 232
HIV/AIDS	17	137	2	1,125	- 988
Lymphomas	18	132	51	12	+ 121
Liver Disease	19	123	14	323	- 200
Cervical Cancer	20	115	23	145	- 30
Leukemia	21	112	59	2	+ 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	110	28	89	+ 21
Low Birth Weight	23	107	8	662	- 555
Liver Cancer	24	105	12	377	- 272
Pancreas Cancer	25	103	53	6	+ 97
Suicide	26	100	25	113	- 13
Malnutrition	27	96	26	110	- 14
Other Injuries	28	81	21	194	- 113
Falls	29	77	29	83	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	30	70	17	230	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	31	68	32	59	+ 8
Tuberculosis	32	65	10	445	- 380
Ovary Cancer	33	57	61	2	+ 55
Skin Disease	34	56	44	19	+ 37
Skin Cancers	35	52	68	0	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	36	43	54	5	+ 37
Oral Cancer	37	41	71	0	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	38	9	626	- 588
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	36	33	56	- 21
Drownings	40	35	30	69	- 34
Birth Trauma	41	33	5	754	- 721
Bladder Cancer	42	31	56	4	+ 27
Epilepsy	43	30	35	43	- 13
Drug Use	44	25	39	28	- 3
Uterin Cancer	45	22	66	1	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	46	20	13	345	- 325
Parkinson's Disease	47	19	37	34	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	17	80	0	+ 17
War	49	13	69	0	+ 13
Meningitis	50	12	18	229	- 216
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	12	62	2	+ 11
Appendicitis	52	11	55	5	+ 6
Chagas disease	53	10	77	0	+ 10
Asthma	54	10	24	134	- 124
Dengue	55	7	73	0	+ 7
Fires	56	6	31	67	- 60
Anemia	57	5	83	0	+ 5
Osteoarthritis	58	3	81	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	59	3	65	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	60	3	58	3	+ 0
Poisonings	61	3	36	42	- 39
Hepatitis B	62	3	46	14	- 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	2	41	24	- 22
Encephalitis	64	2	48	14	- 12
Syphilis	65	2	34	55	- 53
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	2	- 0
Malaria	67	1	7	674	- 673
Alcohol	68	1	50	12	- 11
Pertussis	69	1	27	99	- 98
Schizophrenia	70	1	85	0	+ 1
Tetanus	71	1	45	18	- 18
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	60	2	- 2
Oral conditions	75	0	82	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	42	23	- 23
Measles	78	0	49	13	- 13
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Colombia

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.