SENEGAL VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,200	2	6,224	+ 7,976
Stroke	2	10,553	4	5,342	+ 5,210
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	8,112	1	7,184	+ 928
Violence	4	5,891	19	1,247	+ 4,644
Diabetes Mellitus	5	5,105	10	2,395	+ 2,710
Lung Disease	6	5,085	18	1,351	+ 3,734
Kidney Disease	7	3,228	12	2,210	+ 1,018
Road Traffic Accidents	8	2,901	6	3,832	- 931
Lung Cancers	9	2,712	44	180	+ 2,531
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,631	26	879	+ 1,752
Hypertension	11	2,469	21	1,095	+ 1,374
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,984	37	384	+ 1,599
Liver Disease	13	1,835	13	2,147	- 312
Breast Cancer	14	1,778	27	861	+ 917
Prostate Cancer	15	1,627	29	642	+ 985
Falls	16	1,614	30	622	+ 992
Stomach Cancer	17	1,541	31	557	+ 984
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,500	36	426	+ 1,074
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,450	23	1,041	+ 409
Suicide	20	1,245	24	978	+ 268
Other Injuries	21	1,183	16	1,512	- 329
HIV/AIDS	22	1,076	20	1,186	- 111
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,055	11	2,364	- 1,310
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,028	48	159	+ 868
Liver Cancer	25	986	22	1,087	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	26	896	55	99	+ 797
Lymphomas	27	889	39	315	+ 573
Oral Cancer	28	852	43	208	+ 645
Cervical Cancer	29	815	17	1,405	- 590
Leukemia	30	731	54	113	+ 618
Skin Disease	31	615	47	159	+ 456
Alcohol	32	610	59	74	+ 536
Low Birth Weight	33	589	7	3,636	- 3,047
Malnutrition	34	573	32	494	+ 79
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	485	3	5,343	- 4,858
Bladder Cancer	36	454	50	155	+ 300
Chagas disease	37	432	79	0	+ 432
Skin Cancers	38	431	51	147	+ 284
Drownings	39	423	33	494	- 71
Tuberculosis	40	419	9	2,678	- 2,259
Parkinson's Disease	41	409	41	273	+ 136
Other Neoplasms	42	400	62	24	+ 376
Ovary Cancer	43	373	42	220	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	365	35	433	- 68
Birth Trauma	45	323	8	3,448	- 3,124
Epilepsy	46	279	38	330	- 51
Uterin Cancer	47	238	56	94	+ 144
Asthma	48	222	25	936	- 714
Drug Use	49	211	52	138	+ 73
Anemia	50	207	85	0	+ 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	188	46	166	+ 22
Hepatitis C	52	167	68	11	+ 157
Maternal Conditions	53	129	14	1,669	- 1,540
Meningitis	54	116	15	1,628	- 1,512
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	94	81	0	+ 94
War	56	93	69	4	+ 89
Appendicitis	57	91	61	38	+ 53
Fires	58	88	34	448	- 360
Hepatitis B	59	66	60	70	- 4
Schizophrenia	60	57	83	0	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	51	67	15	+ 36
Schistosomiasis	62	51	45	176	- 125
Leishmaniasis	63	37	63	21	+ 16
Multiple Sclerosis	64	30	64	20	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	65	28	80	0	+ 28
Poisonings	66	27	40	315	- 287
Upper Respiratory	67	22	66	15	+ 7
Syphilis	68	19	53	122	- 103
Leprosy	69	15	76	0	+ 15
Otitis Media	70	8	72	0	+ 8
Tetanus	71	8	58	85	- 77
Encephalitis	72	6	57	85	- 80
Oral conditions	73	5	82	0	+ 5
Malaria	74	4	5	4,595	- 4,591
Pertussis	75	3	28	771	- 769
Dengue	76	1	73	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	65	18	- 17
Diphtheria	79	1	70	3	- 2
Chlamydia	80	0	71	2	- 1
Measles	81	0	49	158	- 158
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Brazil

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.