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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 PHILIPPINES

Compare Gambia and Philippines 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.

Philippines
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
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Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
       
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
  
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
2000
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
  
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
2010
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
  
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
2019
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
  
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.7
144
148
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age
63.4
67.7
144
148
67.4
73.6
124
113
Age 5
67.2
71.0
149
151
69.6
75.5
125
113
Age 10
67.5
71.3
149
152
69.8
75.7
131
113
Age 15
67.8
71.5
147
152
69.9
75.8
131
113
Age 20
68.2
71.8
149
154
70.1
75.9
132
113
Age 25
68.6
72.1
150
154
70.4
76.1
133
113
Age 30
69.1
72.5
151
156
70.8
76.3
133
112
Age 35
69.7
73.1
151
157
71.3
76.6
133
111
Age 40
70.4
73.8
149
155
71.9
76.9
133
110
Age 45
71.5
74.6
149
155
72.6
77.4
134
110
Age 50
72.7
75.6
150
154
73.4
78.0
139
110
Age 55
74.1
76.7
149
153
74.6
78.7
140
109
Age 60
75.8
78.0
148
154
75.8
79.6
147
109
Age 65
77.8
79.6
148
153
77.6
80.7
155
112
Age 70
80.2
81.5
146
152
79.9
82.2
160
120
Age 75
83.0
83.8
143
153
82.3
83.7
169
158
Age 80
86.0
86.6
141
155
84.8
85.4
182
179
Age 85
89.3
89.7
147
155
86.8
87.4
183
182
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.59
53
192.11
32
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.77
18
146.92
6
3. Stroke
108.94
59
104.08
66
4. HIV/AIDS
70.82
17
0.19
146
5. Road Traffic Accidents
51.34
8
13.42
109
6. Malaria
46.43
15
0.10
58
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
41.12
43
6.44
75
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.65
66
44.43
49
9. Liver Disease
33.48
48
8.65
135
10. Kidney Disease
32.04
48
51.96
10
11. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
9.73
30
12. Lung Disease
29.40
54
51.31
14
13. Tuberculosis
28.42
38
26.98
40
14. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
6.78
110
15. Hypertension
22.89
68
49.65
16
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.89
49
3.10
172
17. Maternal Conditions
18.68
8
1.87
72
18. Asthma
15.88
35
15.56
36
19. Meningitis
13.27
23
0.97
81
20. Violence
11.94
43
14.87
28
21. Other Injuries
11.81
46
3.79
156
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.17
16
15.28
8
23. Birth Trauma
10.44
21
5.07
65
24. Falls
9.85
22
5.41
95
25. Suicide
9.64
77
2.54
173
26. Low Birth Weight
9.17
43
6.40
72
27. Malnutrition
7.13
39
6.71
42
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.72
59
5.74
95
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.56
37
9.95
12
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.44
58
4.37
96
31. Parkinson's Disease
6.31
18
0.92
178
32. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
17.74
76
33. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
21.58
42
34. Fires
3.83
32
0.64
128
35. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
13.46
85
36. Epilepsy
2.78
36
1.10
129
37. Drownings
2.58
84
3.74
53
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.55
52
1.81
75
39. Poisonings
2.48
34
0.24
143
40. Drug Use
2.38
34
0.73
138
41. Schistosomiasis
2.34
17
0.28
46
42. Pertussis
2.22
39
1.52
53
43. Skin Disease
2.12
59
6.88
10
44. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
2.47
171
45. Alcohol
1.23
103
0.45
144
46. Hepatitis B
1.06
36
0.67
54
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
10.50
69
48. Syphilis
0.97
38
0.93
39
49. Encephalitis
0.84
37
0.16
119
50. Lymphomas
0.74
181
2.77
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,340
10.42
93,807
13.91
2. HIV/AIDS
1,125
8.75
204
0.03
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,007
7.83
129,955
19.27
4. Stroke
802
6.24
74,167
11.00
5. Birth Trauma
754
5.86
7,960
1.18
6. Road Traffic Accidents
695
5.40
13,017
1.93
7. Malaria
674
5.24
94
0.01
8. Low Birth Weight
662
5.15
10,141
1.50
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
626
4.87
6,189
0.92
10. Tuberculosis
445
3.46
27,061
4.01
11. Congenital Anomalies
383
2.98
8,051
1.19
12. Liver Cancer
377
2.93
7,663
1.14
13. Maternal Conditions
345
2.68
2,042
0.30
14. Liver Disease
323
2.51
7,076
1.05
15. Diabetes Mellitus
290
2.25
32,260
4.78
16. Kidney Disease
266
2.07
39,380
5.84
17. Endocrine Disorders
230
1.79
10,464
1.55
18. Meningitis
229
1.78
1,041
0.15
19. Lung Disease
206
1.60
32,559
4.83
20. Violence
195
1.52
14,835
2.20
21. Other Injuries
194
1.51
3,536
0.52
22. Hypertension
172
1.34
34,500
5.12
23. Cervical Cancer
145
1.13
3,076
0.46
24. Asthma
134
1.04
11,404
1.69
25. Suicide
113
0.88
2,325
0.34
26. Malnutrition
110
0.86
4,311
0.64
27. Pertussis
99
0.77
1,760
0.26
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
89
0.69
2,010
0.30
29. Falls
83
0.65
3,861
0.57
30. Drownings
69
0.54
3,881
0.58
31. Fires
67
0.52
600
0.09
32. Inflammatory/Heart
59
0.46
3,545
0.53
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.44
6,865
1.02
34. Syphilis
55
0.43
1,157
0.17
35. Epilepsy
43
0.33
1,120
0.17
36. Poisonings
42
0.33
226
0.03
37. Lung Cancers
34
0.26
10,296
1.53
38. Parkinson's Disease
34
0.26
594
0.09
39. Drug Use
28
0.22
695
0.10
40. Breast Cancer
26
0.20
9,802
1.45
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.19
1,807
0.27
42. Schistosomiasis
23
0.18
233
0.03
43. Prostate Cancer
21
0.16
4,149
0.62
44. Skin Disease
19
0.15
4,229
0.63
45. Tetanus
18
0.14
521
0.08
46. Encephalitis
14
0.11
185
0.03
47. Hepatitis B
14
0.11
590
0.09
48. Stomach Cancer
14
0.11
1,868
0.28
49. Measles
13
0.10
894
0.13
50. Lymphomas
12
0.09
2,279
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Philippines PHILIPPINES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
9.73
30
2. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
6.78
110
3. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
17.74
76
4. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
21.58
42
5. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
13.46
85
6. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
2.47
171
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
10.50
69
8. Lymphomas
0.74
181
2.77
155
9. Pancreas Cancer
0.54
179
2.81
120
10. Oesophagus Cancer
0.48
177
0.87
166
11. Ovary Cancer
0.44
183
4.41
93
12. Bladder Cancer
0.44
181
0.82
164
13. Uterin Cancer
0.23
180
1.71
128
14. Leukemia
0.09
183
3.83
80
15. Skin Cancers
0.01
177
0.52
161
16. Oral Cancer
0.01
181
3.74
62
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.