SENEGAL VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,557	2	6,224	+ 13,333
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	16,438	1	7,184	+ 9,254
Lung Disease	3	9,318	18	1,351	+ 7,967
Stroke	4	9,175	4	5,342	+ 3,833
Kidney Disease	5	5,450	12	2,210	+ 3,239
Lung Cancers	6	4,016	44	180	+ 3,836
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,582	37	384	+ 3,197
Breast Cancer	8	2,832	27	861	+ 1,972
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,742	10	2,395	+ 347
Road Traffic Accidents	10	2,526	6	3,832	- 1,306
Hypertension	11	2,326	21	1,095	+ 1,231
Other Injuries	12	2,263	16	1,512	+ 751
Inflammatory/Heart	13	2,204	36	426	+ 1,778
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,848	48	159	+ 1,688
Prostate Cancer	15	1,808	29	642	+ 1,166
Liver Disease	16	1,616	13	2,147	- 531
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,599	23	1,041	+ 558
Suicide	18	1,503	24	978	+ 525
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	1,499	26	879	+ 620
Stomach Cancer	20	1,413	31	557	+ 856
Other Neoplasms	21	1,293	62	24	+ 1,269
Skin Disease	22	1,272	47	159	+ 1,112
Violence	23	1,088	19	1,247	- 159
Lymphomas	24	1,086	39	315	+ 771
Cervical Cancer	25	994	17	1,405	- 411
Congenital Anomalies	26	970	11	2,364	- 1,394
Leukemia	27	878	54	113	+ 765
Low Birth Weight	28	875	7	3,636	- 2,761
Oesophagus Cancer	29	824	55	99	+ 725
Liver Cancer	30	820	22	1,087	- 267
Bladder Cancer	31	672	50	155	+ 517
HIV/AIDS	32	594	20	1,186	- 592
Ovary Cancer	33	524	42	220	+ 304
Skin Cancers	34	430	51	147	+ 283
Oral Cancer	35	430	43	208	+ 223
Parkinson's Disease	36	387	41	273	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	37	378	56	94	+ 285
Malnutrition	38	373	32	494	- 122
Drug Use	39	331	52	138	+ 193
Anemia	40	277	85	0	+ 277
Tuberculosis	41	263	9	2,678	- 2,416
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	232	3	5,343	- 5,111
Falls	43	203	30	622	- 419
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	196	35	433	- 237
Chagas disease	45	181	79	0	+ 181
Alcohol	46	177	59	74	+ 103
Asthma	47	162	25	936	- 775
Drownings	48	152	33	494	- 341
Birth Trauma	49	150	8	3,448	- 3,298
Epilepsy	50	133	38	330	- 197
Meningitis	51	127	15	1,628	- 1,502
Fires	52	112	34	448	- 336
Maternal Conditions	53	112	14	1,669	- 1,557
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	98	67	15	+ 83
Poisonings	55	77	40	315	- 237
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	56	46	166	- 110
Hepatitis C	57	45	68	11	+ 34
Multiple Sclerosis	58	41	64	20	+ 21
Osteoarthritis	59	29	80	0	+ 29
Appendicitis	60	28	61	38	- 10
Schizophrenia	61	24	83	0	+ 24
Hepatitis B	62	22	60	70	- 48
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	19	81	0	+ 19
Encephalitis	64	7	57	85	- 79
Syphilis	65	6	53	122	- 116
Oral conditions	66	6	82	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	67	5	66	15	- 10
Pertussis	68	4	28	771	- 767
Leprosy	69	2	76	0	+ 2
War	70	2	69	4	- 2
Tetanus	71	1	58	85	- 84
Leishmaniasis	72	1	63	21	- 20
Otitis Media	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	65	18	- 18
Diphtheria	78	0	70	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	49	158	- 158
Dengue	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	83	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	84	0	45	176	- 176
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Argentina

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.