SENEGAL VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,882	2	6,224	+ 12,658
War	2	12,035	69	4	+ 12,031
Stroke	3	8,954	4	5,342	+ 3,611
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,882	1	7,184	- 302
Low Birth Weight	5	5,933	7	3,636	+ 2,297
Birth Trauma	6	5,037	8	3,448	+ 1,590
Tuberculosis	7	4,622	9	2,678	+ 1,944
Hypertension	8	3,756	21	1,095	+ 2,661
Maternal Conditions	9	3,667	14	1,669	+ 1,998
Kidney Disease	10	3,096	12	2,210	+ 885
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,834	6	3,832	- 997
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,701	10	2,395	+ 306
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	2,610	3	5,343	- 2,733
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,349	11	2,364	- 15
Lung Disease	15	2,184	18	1,351	+ 833
Liver Disease	16	2,161	13	2,147	+ 14
Asthma	17	1,598	25	936	+ 662
Other Injuries	18	1,523	16	1,512	+ 11
Violence	19	1,511	19	1,247	+ 265
Meningitis	20	1,233	15	1,628	- 395
Pertussis	21	990	28	771	+ 219
Breast Cancer	22	856	27	861	- 5
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	829	26	879	- 50
Suicide	24	739	24	978	- 239
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	707	35	433	+ 274
Stomach Cancer	26	705	31	557	+ 148
Oral Cancer	27	689	43	208	+ 482
Endocrine Disorders	28	641	23	1,041	- 400
Oesophagus Cancer	29	617	55	99	+ 518
Tetanus	30	589	58	85	+ 504
Encephalitis	31	559	57	85	+ 474
Lung Cancers	32	505	44	180	+ 325
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	489	46	166	+ 323
Drownings	34	468	33	494	- 26
Epilepsy	35	466	38	330	+ 136
Lymphomas	36	444	39	315	+ 129
Falls	37	425	30	622	- 197
Hepatitis B	38	406	60	70	+ 335
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	348	37	384	- 36
Liver Cancer	40	309	22	1,087	- 778
Parkinson's Disease	41	295	41	273	+ 22
Leukemia	42	287	54	113	+ 174
Malnutrition	43	277	32	494	- 218
Cervical Cancer	44	254	17	1,405	- 1,151
Inflammatory/Heart	45	247	36	426	- 178
HIV/AIDS	46	218	20	1,186	- 968
Poisonings	47	180	40	315	- 134
Ovary Cancer	48	173	42	220	- 47
Measles	49	165	49	158	+ 6
Fires	50	163	34	448	- 285
Drug Use	51	154	52	138	+ 16
Appendicitis	52	140	61	38	+ 102
Uterin Cancer	53	136	56	94	+ 42
Bladder Cancer	54	128	50	155	- 27
Prostate Cancer	55	121	29	642	- 521
Pancreas Cancer	56	108	48	159	- 52
Malaria	57	87	5	4,595	- 4,508
Alcohol	58	70	59	74	- 4
Skin Cancers	59	68	51	147	- 79
Syphilis	60	44	53	122	- 78
Skin Disease	61	44	47	159	- 115
Multiple Sclerosis	62	39	64	20	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	63	14	62	24	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	13	68	11	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	12	67	15	- 3
Ascariasis	66	8	65	18	- 10
Diphtheria	67	8	70	3	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	4	66	15	- 11
Chlamydia	69	1	71	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	1	63	21	- 20
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	45	176	- 176
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Afghanistan

Senegal

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.globallifeexpectancy.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.