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Gambia
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
GAMBIA VS LATVIA

Compare Gambia and Latvia 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.

Latvia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
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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Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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   Latvia LATVIA
  Gambia GAMBIA   Latvia LATVIA
       
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
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.7
144
148
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
63.4
67.7
144
148
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
67.2
71.0
149
151
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
67.5
71.3
149
152
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
67.8
71.5
147
152
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
68.2
71.8
149
154
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
68.6
72.1
150
154
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
69.1
72.5
151
156
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
69.7
73.1
151
157
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
70.4
73.8
149
155
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
71.5
74.6
149
155
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
72.7
75.6
150
154
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
74.1
76.7
149
153
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
75.8
78.0
148
154
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
77.8
79.6
148
153
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
80.2
81.5
146
152
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
83.0
83.8
143
153
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
86.0
86.6
141
155
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
89.3
89.7
147
155
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.59
53
146.65
49
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.77
18
12.01
149
3. Stroke
108.94
59
99.14
74
4. HIV/AIDS
70.82
17
3.65
82
5. Road Traffic Accidents
51.34
8
7.17
138
6. Malaria
46.43
15
0.00
126
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
41.12
43
0.26
170
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.65
66
10.89
141
9. Liver Disease
33.48
48
13.03
113
10. Kidney Disease
32.04
48
6.43
158
11. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.97
133
12. Lung Disease
29.40
54
7.50
177
13. Tuberculosis
28.42
38
2.34
103
14. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
7.05
105
15. Hypertension
22.89
68
19.91
83
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.89
49
9.94
155
17. Maternal Conditions
18.68
8
0.29
126
18. Asthma
15.88
35
0.88
139
19. Meningitis
13.27
23
0.40
125
20. Violence
11.94
43
4.15
98
21. Other Injuries
11.81
46
11.98
45
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.17
16
1.76
156
23. Birth Trauma
10.44
21
0.60
145
24. Falls
9.85
22
4.77
106
25. Suicide
9.64
77
16.06
24
26. Low Birth Weight
9.17
43
0.57
180
27. Malnutrition
7.13
39
0.07
164
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.72
59
2.45
168
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.56
37
3.17
85
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.44
58
30.32
3
31. Parkinson's Disease
6.31
18
2.07
160
32. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
28.10
34
33. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
19.03
63
34. Fires
3.83
32
3.48
36
35. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
23.52
33
36. Epilepsy
2.78
36
1.76
84
37. Drownings
2.58
84
5.64
21
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.55
52
0.97
124
39. Poisonings
2.48
34
0.96
69
40. Drug Use
2.38
34
1.72
59
41. Schistosomiasis
2.34
17
0.00
130
42. Pertussis
2.22
39
0.00
151
43. Skin Disease
2.12
59
1.48
97
44. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
11.16
30
45. Alcohol
1.23
103
8.83
9
46. Hepatitis B
1.06
36
0.10
131
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
15.41
24
48. Syphilis
0.97
38
0.05
112
49. Encephalitis
0.84
37
0.00
174
50. Lymphomas
0.74
181
6.05
41
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,340
10.42
501
1.86
2. HIV/AIDS
1,125
8.75
74
0.27
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,007
7.83
8,099
30.00
4. Stroke
802
6.24
5,893
21.83
5. Birth Trauma
754
5.86
12
0.04
6. Road Traffic Accidents
695
5.40
154
0.57
7. Malaria
674
5.24
0
0.00
8. Low Birth Weight
662
5.15
11
0.04
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
626
4.87
14
0.05
10. Tuberculosis
445
3.46
71
0.26
11. Congenital Anomalies
383
2.98
46
0.17
12. Liver Cancer
377
2.93
157
0.58
13. Maternal Conditions
345
2.68
5
0.02
14. Liver Disease
323
2.51
365
1.35
15. Diabetes Mellitus
290
2.25
529
1.96
16. Kidney Disease
266
2.07
356
1.32
17. Endocrine Disorders
230
1.79
59
0.22
18. Meningitis
229
1.78
15
0.06
19. Lung Disease
206
1.60
346
1.28
20. Violence
195
1.52
94
0.35
21. Other Injuries
194
1.51
362
1.34
22. Hypertension
172
1.34
1,194
4.42
23. Cervical Cancer
145
1.13
128
0.47
24. Asthma
134
1.04
42
0.16
25. Suicide
113
0.88
384
1.42
26. Malnutrition
110
0.86
2
0.01
27. Pertussis
99
0.77
0
0.00
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
89
0.69
664
2.46
29. Falls
83
0.65
201
0.74
30. Drownings
69
0.54
127
0.47
31. Fires
67
0.52
103
0.38
32. Inflammatory/Heart
59
0.46
921
3.41
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.44
142
0.53
34. Syphilis
55
0.43
1
0.00
35. Epilepsy
43
0.33
44
0.16
36. Poisonings
42
0.33
23
0.09
37. Lung Cancers
34
0.26
956
3.54
38. Parkinson's Disease
34
0.26
125
0.46
39. Drug Use
28
0.22
41
0.15
40. Breast Cancer
26
0.20
472
1.75
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.19
41
0.15
42. Schistosomiasis
23
0.18
0
0.00
43. Prostate Cancer
21
0.16
464
1.72
44. Skin Disease
19
0.15
76
0.28
45. Tetanus
18
0.14
0
0.00
46. Encephalitis
14
0.11
0
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
14
0.11
3
0.01
48. Stomach Cancer
14
0.11
470
1.74
49. Measles
13
0.10
0
0.00
50. Lymphomas
12
0.09
245
0.91
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.97
133
2. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
7.05
105
3. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
28.10
34
4. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
19.03
63
5. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
23.52
33
6. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
11.16
30
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
15.41
24
8. Lymphomas
0.74
181
6.05
41
9. Pancreas Cancer
0.54
179
10.04
4
10. Oesophagus Cancer
0.48
177
3.50
55
11. Ovary Cancer
0.44
183
8.99
3
12. Bladder Cancer
0.44
181
4.46
17
13. Uterin Cancer
0.23
180
4.89
20
14. Leukemia
0.09
183
4.38
53
15. Skin Cancers
0.01
177
3.11
29
16. Oral Cancer
0.01
181
6.18
28
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.