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Gambia
COUNTRY #1
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GAMBIA VS BELGIUM

Compare Gambia and Belgium health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Belgium
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
  
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
  
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
  
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
  
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.7
144
148
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age
63.4
67.7
144
148
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
67.2
71.0
149
151
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
67.5
71.3
149
152
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
67.8
71.5
147
152
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
68.2
71.8
149
154
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
68.6
72.1
150
154
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
69.1
72.5
151
156
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
69.7
73.1
151
157
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
70.4
73.8
149
155
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
71.5
74.6
149
155
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
72.7
75.6
150
154
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
74.1
76.7
149
153
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
75.8
78.0
148
154
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
77.8
79.6
148
153
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
80.2
81.5
146
152
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
83.0
83.8
143
153
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
86.0
86.6
141
155
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
89.3
89.7
147
155
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.59
53
44.62
167
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.77
18
14.69
138
3. Stroke
108.94
59
21.11
166
4. HIV/AIDS
70.82
17
0.26
139
5. Road Traffic Accidents
51.34
8
5.10
154
6. Malaria
46.43
15
0.00
83
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
41.12
43
1.14
131
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.65
66
4.21
177
9. Liver Disease
33.48
48
7.38
149
10. Kidney Disease
32.04
48
7.64
153
11. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.89
137
12. Lung Disease
29.40
54
20.24
104
13. Tuberculosis
28.42
38
0.18
165
14. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
2.23
163
15. Hypertension
22.89
68
1.78
179
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.89
49
22.30
27
17. Maternal Conditions
18.68
8
0.06
162
18. Asthma
15.88
35
0.46
166
19. Meningitis
13.27
23
0.18
160
20. Violence
11.94
43
1.19
147
21. Other Injuries
11.81
46
6.43
110
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.17
16
4.82
64
23. Birth Trauma
10.44
21
0.53
151
24. Falls
9.85
22
5.68
89
25. Suicide
9.64
77
13.93
35
26. Low Birth Weight
9.17
43
0.79
170
27. Malnutrition
7.13
39
0.71
108
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.72
59
2.57
165
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.56
37
0.65
167
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.44
58
3.38
126
31. Parkinson's Disease
6.31
18
3.89
104
32. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
13.32
117
33. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
19.18
58
34. Fires
3.83
32
0.46
146
35. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
28.49
16
36. Epilepsy
2.78
36
1.63
89
37. Drownings
2.58
84
0.52
168
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.55
52
0.81
129
39. Poisonings
2.48
34
0.25
138
40. Drug Use
2.38
34
1.97
46
41. Schistosomiasis
2.34
17
0.00
88
42. Pertussis
2.22
39
0.00
139
43. Skin Disease
2.12
59
0.98
112
44. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
3.31
144
45. Alcohol
1.23
103
2.78
43
46. Hepatitis B
1.06
36
0.08
142
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
11.97
51
48. Syphilis
0.97
38
0.00
173
49. Encephalitis
0.84
37
0.02
155
50. Lymphomas
0.74
181
5.59
61
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,340
10.42
5,677
6.13
2. HIV/AIDS
1,125
8.75
36
0.04
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,007
7.83
15,281
16.50
4. Stroke
802
6.24
7,408
8.00
5. Birth Trauma
754
5.86
47
0.05
6. Road Traffic Accidents
695
5.40
666
0.72
7. Malaria
674
5.24
0
0.00
8. Low Birth Weight
662
5.15
70
0.08
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
626
4.87
418
0.45
10. Tuberculosis
445
3.46
46
0.05
11. Congenital Anomalies
383
2.98
282
0.30
12. Liver Cancer
377
2.93
976
1.05
13. Maternal Conditions
345
2.68
6
0.01
14. Liver Disease
323
2.51
1,433
1.55
15. Diabetes Mellitus
290
2.25
1,269
1.37
16. Kidney Disease
266
2.07
2,952
3.19
17. Endocrine Disorders
230
1.79
1,432
1.55
18. Meningitis
229
1.78
28
0.03
19. Lung Disease
206
1.60
6,438
6.95
20. Violence
195
1.52
149
0.16
21. Other Injuries
194
1.51
2,006
2.17
22. Hypertension
172
1.34
740
0.80
23. Cervical Cancer
145
1.13
243
0.26
24. Asthma
134
1.04
128
0.14
25. Suicide
113
0.88
2,111
2.28
26. Malnutrition
110
0.86
291
0.31
27. Pertussis
99
0.77
1
0.00
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
89
0.69
9,416
10.17
29. Falls
83
0.65
1,756
1.90
30. Drownings
69
0.54
79
0.09
31. Fires
67
0.52
75
0.08
32. Inflammatory/Heart
59
0.46
1,060
1.14
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.44
213
0.23
34. Syphilis
55
0.43
0
0.00
35. Epilepsy
43
0.33
348
0.38
36. Poisonings
42
0.33
41
0.04
37. Lung Cancers
34
0.26
6,777
7.32
38. Parkinson's Disease
34
0.26
1,378
1.49
39. Drug Use
28
0.22
287
0.31
40. Breast Cancer
26
0.20
2,587
2.79
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.19
293
0.32
42. Schistosomiasis
23
0.18
0
0.00
43. Prostate Cancer
21
0.16
1,824
1.97
44. Skin Disease
19
0.15
380
0.41
45. Tetanus
18
0.14
0
0.00
46. Encephalitis
14
0.11
1
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
14
0.11
17
0.02
48. Stomach Cancer
14
0.11
863
0.93
49. Measles
13
0.10
0
0.00
50. Lymphomas
12
0.09
1,552
1.68
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.89
137
2. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
2.23
163
3. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
13.32
117
4. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
19.18
58
5. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
28.49
16
6. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
3.31
144
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
11.97
51
8. Lymphomas
0.74
181
5.59
61
9. Pancreas Cancer
0.54
179
7.06
43
10. Oesophagus Cancer
0.48
177
3.84
48
11. Ovary Cancer
0.44
183
4.84
74
12. Bladder Cancer
0.44
181
3.54
39
13. Uterin Cancer
0.23
180
2.39
88
14. Leukemia
0.09
183
4.44
48
15. Skin Cancers
0.01
177
2.14
75
16. Oral Cancer
0.01
181
3.11
81
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.