CONGO VS GAMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GAMBIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,239	3	2,576	+ 663
HIV/AIDS	2	2,718	1	4,509	- 1,791
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,432	4	2,494	- 62
Stroke	4	1,939	5	2,267	- 328
Birth Trauma	5	1,823	11	997	+ 825
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,680	7	1,598	+ 82
Malaria	7	1,629	6	1,977	- 348
Low Birth Weight	8	1,599	9	1,283	+ 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,512	8	1,304	+ 208
Tuberculosis	10	1,075	2	2,781	- 1,706
Congenital Anomalies	11	926	14	729	+ 197
Liver Cancer	12	911	30	169	+ 741
Maternal Conditions	13	834	16	578	+ 257
Liver Disease	14	781	13	931	- 149
Diabetes Mellitus	15	700	10	1,050	- 349
Kidney Disease	16	642	15	613	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	17	555	27	208	+ 348
Meningitis	18	553	22	299	+ 254
Lung Disease	19	498	17	541	- 43
Violence	20	471	18	539	- 68
Other Injuries	21	469	20	333	+ 136
Hypertension	22	416	12	933	- 517
Cervical Cancer	23	350	29	196	+ 154
Asthma	24	324	23	291	+ 33
Suicide	25	272	19	349	- 76
Malnutrition	26	265	24	272	- 7
Pertussis	27	239	21	329	- 91
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	215	25	230	- 15
Falls	29	200	33	149	+ 52
Drownings	30	166	36	104	+ 62
Fires	31	161	37	90	+ 71
Inflammatory/Heart	32	143	26	220	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	136	35	105	+ 31
Syphilis	34	132	34	107	+ 25
Epilepsy	35	104	40	76	+ 28
Poisonings	36	102	41	71	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	37	83	42	69	+ 14
Lung Cancers	38	81	47	54	+ 27
Drug Use	39	67	44	65	+ 2
Breast Cancer	40	64	32	159	- 95
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	57	43	67	- 9
Schistosomiasis	42	55	51	45	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	43	50	28	198	- 148
Skin Disease	44	45	50	46	- 1
Tetanus	45	44	55	23	+ 21
Hepatitis B	46	33	62	14	+ 19
Stomach Cancer	47	33	39	88	- 55
Encephalitis	48	33	56	20	+ 13
Measles	49	33	31	159	- 127
Alcohol	50	29	49	46	- 17
Lymphomas	51	28	45	61	- 33
Colon-Rectum Cancers	52	26	38	89	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	53	14	52	42	- 28
Oesophagus Cancer	54	13	57	19	- 6
Appendicitis	55	11	58	18	- 7
Bladder Cancer	56	11	61	15	- 4
Other Neoplasms	57	7	63	8	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	58	7	66	4	+ 3
Leukemia	59	6	46	57	- 52
Leishmaniasis	60	6	78	0	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	61	5	48	49	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	59	15	- 11
Ascariasis	63	4	69	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	4	64	7	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	67	2	+ 0
Uterin Cancer	66	2	60	15	- 12
Diphtheria	67	1	68	2	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	1	53	36	- 35
War	69	1	72	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	- 0
Oral Cancer	71	1	54	33	- 32
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Gambia

Congo

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.