GAMBIA VS LUXEMBOURG: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LUXEMBOURG		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,461	3	1,007	+ 1,455
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	1,120	28	89	+ 1,031
Lung Cancers	3	976	38	34	+ 943
Stroke	4	966	4	802	+ 164
Lung Disease	5	911	19	206	+ 705
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	493	52	11	+ 482
Breast Cancer	7	426	40	26	+ 399
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	418	1	1,340	- 922
Kidney Disease	9	342	16	266	+ 76
Other Injuries	10	332	21	194	+ 138
Pancreas Cancer	11	307	53	6	+ 302
Liver Disease	12	282	14	323	- 41
Suicide	13	261	25	113	+ 148
Lymphomas	14	242	51	12	+ 231
Prostate Cancer	15	239	43	21	+ 219
Parkinson's Disease	16	233	37	34	+ 198
Diabetes Mellitus	17	230	15	290	- 60
Falls	18	228	29	83	+ 145
Hypertension	19	202	22	172	+ 29
Leukemia	20	199	59	2	+ 197
Endocrine Disorders	21	198	17	230	- 32
Stomach Cancer	22	192	47	14	+ 179
Inflammatory/Heart	23	184	32	59	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	24	184	57	3	+ 181
Liver Cancer	25	182	12	377	- 195
Bladder Cancer	26	165	56	4	+ 160
Ovary Cancer	27	133	61	2	+ 130
Oesophagus Cancer	28	120	54	5	+ 114
Alcohol	29	95	50	12	+ 83
Road Traffic Accidents	30	94	6	695	- 601
Skin Cancers	31	81	68	0	+ 81
Malnutrition	32	73	26	110	- 37
Oral Cancer	33	71	71	0	+ 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	34	71	41	24	+ 47
Epilepsy	35	63	35	43	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	36	59	66	1	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	37	39	11	383	- 344
Cervical Cancer	38	36	23	145	- 109
Drug Use	39	35	39	28	+ 7
Anemia	40	32	83	0	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	25	33	56	- 31
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	23	9	626	- 603
Schizophrenia	43	22	85	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	44	20	44	19	+ 2
Asthma	45	17	24	134	- 117
Multiple Sclerosis	46	15	58	3	+ 13
Hepatitis C	47	14	65	1	+ 13
Violence	48	12	20	195	- 183
Low Birth Weight	49	11	8	662	- 650
Osteoarthritis	50	10	81	0	+ 10
Fires	51	10	31	67	- 57
HIV/AIDS	52	9	2	1,125	- 1,115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	9	62	2	+ 7
Drownings	54	7	30	69	- 61
Tuberculosis	55	7	10	445	- 438
Poisonings	56	6	36	42	- 37
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	4	80	0	+ 4
Meningitis	58	3	18	229	- 226
Birth Trauma	59	2	5	754	- 752
Hepatitis B	60	2	46	14	- 12
Upper Respiratory	61	1	64	2	- 0
Appendicitis	62	1	55	5	- 3
Maternal Conditions	63	1	13	345	- 344
Oral conditions	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	65	1	48	14	- 13
Syphilis	66	1	34	55	- 54
War	67	0	69	0	- 0
Pertussis	68	0	27	99	- 99
Tetanus	69	0	45	18	- 18
Measles	70	0	49	13	- 13
Diphtheria	71	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	72	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	80	0	42	23	- 23
Malaria	81	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	60	2	- 2
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

Luxembourg

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.