SENEGAL VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,172	2	6,224	+ 8,948
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	10,976	26	879	+ 10,097
Stroke	3	7,274	4	5,342	+ 1,932
Lung Cancers	4	6,174	44	180	+ 5,993
Lung Disease	5	5,976	18	1,351	+ 4,625
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	4,372	37	384	+ 3,987
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,148	10	2,395	+ 753
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	3,131	1	7,184	- 4,054
Prostate Cancer	9	2,652	29	642	+ 2,010
Breast Cancer	10	2,398	27	861	+ 1,537
Suicide	11	2,218	24	978	+ 1,240
Kidney Disease	12	2,210	12	2,210	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,195	48	159	+ 2,036
Falls	14	2,194	30	622	+ 1,572
Lymphomas	15	2,139	39	315	+ 1,824
Endocrine Disorders	16	1,639	23	1,041	+ 598
Skin Cancers	17	1,632	51	147	+ 1,486
Leukemia	18	1,497	54	113	+ 1,384
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,434	41	273	+ 1,161
Liver Cancer	20	1,434	22	1,087	+ 346
Drug Use	21	1,255	52	138	+ 1,117
Other Injuries	22	1,156	16	1,512	- 355
Hypertension	23	1,149	21	1,095	+ 54
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,106	36	426	+ 680
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,052	55	99	+ 953
Liver Disease	26	1,001	13	2,147	- 1,146
Stomach Cancer	27	907	31	557	+ 350
Other Neoplasms	28	882	62	24	+ 858
Road Traffic Accidents	29	876	6	3,832	- 2,955
Bladder Cancer	30	836	50	155	+ 681
Ovary Cancer	31	706	42	220	+ 486
Oral Cancer	32	685	43	208	+ 477
Congenital Anomalies	33	500	11	2,364	- 1,864
Skin Disease	34	418	47	159	+ 259
Uterin Cancer	35	369	56	94	+ 275
Asthma	36	321	25	936	- 616
Alcohol	37	267	59	74	+ 193
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	267	46	166	+ 101
Cervical Cancer	39	241	17	1,405	- 1,164
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	208	3	5,343	- 5,135
Epilepsy	41	200	38	330	- 130
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	194	35	433	- 239
Low Birth Weight	43	175	7	3,636	- 3,462
Violence	44	171	19	1,247	- 1,075
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	161	67	15	+ 147
Multiple Sclerosis	46	132	64	20	+ 112
Drownings	47	125	33	494	- 369
Hepatitis C	48	122	68	11	+ 111
Anemia	49	111	85	0	+ 111
Birth Trauma	50	99	8	3,448	- 3,349
Malnutrition	51	82	32	494	- 412
Osteoarthritis	52	80	80	0	+ 80
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	50	81	0	+ 50
Schizophrenia	54	45	83	0	+ 45
Fires	55	38	34	448	- 410
Tuberculosis	56	37	9	2,678	- 2,641
HIV/AIDS	57	35	20	1,186	- 1,151
Hepatitis B	58	29	60	70	- 41
Oral conditions	59	28	82	0	+ 28
Meningitis	60	26	15	1,628	- 1,602
Poisonings	61	24	40	315	- 290
Appendicitis	62	19	61	38	- 20
Maternal Conditions	63	14	14	1,669	- 1,655
Upper Respiratory	64	12	66	15	- 3
War	65	6	69	4	+ 1
Otitis Media	66	4	72	0	+ 4
Syphilis	67	2	53	122	- 120
Encephalitis	68	2	57	85	- 84
Pertussis	69	1	28	771	- 770
Tetanus	70	1	58	85	- 84
Diphtheria	71	0	70	3	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	65	18	- 18
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	71	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	49	158	- 158
Schistosomiasis	79	0	45	176	- 176
Chagas disease	80	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	63	21	- 21
Malaria	82	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Australia

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.