ZAMBIA VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,047	2	9,517	+ 1,530
HIV/AIDS	2	9,271	1	17,234	- 7,964
Coronary Heart Disease	3	8,297	10	4,432	+ 3,865
Stroke	4	6,614	3	7,948	- 1,334
Birth Trauma	5	6,217	7	5,062	+ 1,156
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,731	11	3,654	+ 2,077
Malaria	7	5,556	4	7,882	- 2,326
Low Birth Weight	8	5,454	8	4,857	+ 597
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	5,158	5	6,275	- 1,118
Tuberculosis	10	3,668	6	5,941	- 2,273
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,157	12	3,146	+ 12
Liver Cancer	12	3,107	46	177	+ 2,931
Maternal Conditions	13	2,846	22	1,188	+ 1,658
Liver Disease	14	2,665	9	4,501	- 1,836
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,388	14	2,395	- 7
Kidney Disease	16	2,189	18	1,760	+ 429
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,894	37	354	+ 1,541
Meningitis	18	1,885	16	1,976	- 91
Lung Disease	19	1,697	21	1,273	+ 425
Violence	20	1,607	23	1,153	+ 454
Other Injuries	21	1,601	19	1,729	- 127
Hypertension	22	1,419	13	2,616	- 1,198
Cervical Cancer	23	1,194	17	1,799	- 605
Asthma	24	1,105	26	741	+ 364
Suicide	25	928	20	1,303	- 374
Malnutrition	26	904	15	2,303	- 1,399
Pertussis	27	814	25	743	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	733	29	590	+ 144
Falls	29	684	28	596	+ 87
Drownings	30	566	27	689	- 123
Fires	31	549	32	546	+ 2
Inflammatory/Heart	32	488	33	501	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	465	40	246	+ 219
Syphilis	34	450	24	885	- 434
Epilepsy	35	355	38	332	+ 23
Poisonings	36	348	34	456	- 109
Parkinson's Disease	37	283	47	164	+ 119
Lung Cancers	38	276	41	226	+ 51
Drug Use	39	229	53	122	+ 107
Breast Cancer	40	217	35	366	- 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	195	45	190	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	42	187	51	128	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	43	170	30	561	- 392
Skin Disease	44	153	52	126	+ 27
Tetanus	45	152	44	190	- 38
Hepatitis B	46	113	55	104	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	47	112	42	206	- 95
Encephalitis	48	111	59	70	+ 41
Measles	49	111	61	48	+ 63
Alcohol	50	99	49	140	- 41
Lymphomas	51	95	31	548	- 452
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	87	43	203	- 115
Pancreas Cancer	53	46	62	42	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	54	45	36	359	- 314
Appendicitis	55	39	56	84	- 45
Bladder Cancer	56	36	50	132	- 95
Other Neoplasms	57	23	65	20	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	58	23	67	13	+ 9
Leukemia	59	19	39	261	- 242
Leishmaniasis	60	19	58	72	- 54
Ovary Cancer	61	18	57	82	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	63	30	- 15
Ascariasis	63	14	68	9	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	64	13	60	68	- 55
Hepatitis C	65	9	66	18	- 9
Uterin Cancer	66	8	64	30	- 22
Diphtheria	67	3	73	3	- 0
Skin Cancers	68	2	54	108	- 106
War	69	2	69	6	- 4
Chlamydia	70	2	71	3	- 1
Oral Cancer	71	2	48	155	- 153
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Dengue	73	0	74	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Gambia

Zambia

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.