SENEGAL VS CAMEROON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CAMEROON		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,987	1	7,184	+ 4,803
HIV/AIDS	2	8,453	20	1,186	+ 7,267
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	7,212	3	5,343	+ 1,869
Malaria	4	6,837	5	4,595	+ 2,242
Stroke	5	6,816	4	5,342	+ 1,474
Coronary Heart Disease	6	6,509	2	6,224	+ 285
Birth Trauma	7	5,017	8	3,448	+ 1,569
Low Birth Weight	8	4,839	7	3,636	+ 1,203
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,753	6	3,832	+ 922
Tuberculosis	10	4,513	9	2,678	+ 1,834
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,328	10	2,395	+ 933
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,200	11	2,364	+ 836
Kidney Disease	13	3,129	12	2,210	+ 918
Liver Disease	14	2,758	13	2,147	+ 611
Meningitis	15	2,094	15	1,628	+ 466
Other Injuries	16	2,002	16	1,512	+ 490
Maternal Conditions	17	1,592	14	1,669	- 77
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,506	23	1,041	+ 465
Suicide	19	1,420	24	978	+ 442
Lung Disease	20	1,406	18	1,351	+ 55
Pertussis	21	1,392	28	771	+ 621
Hypertension	22	1,239	21	1,095	+ 144
Breast Cancer	23	1,141	27	861	+ 280
Violence	24	1,014	19	1,247	- 232
Asthma	25	986	25	936	+ 49
Cervical Cancer	26	963	17	1,405	- 442
Falls	27	752	30	622	+ 130
Malnutrition	28	742	32	494	+ 247
Drownings	29	717	33	494	+ 223
Syphilis	30	712	53	122	+ 590
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	704	26	879	- 175
Measles	32	626	49	158	+ 467
Inflammatory/Heart	33	600	36	426	+ 174
Prostate Cancer	34	572	29	642	- 70
Drug Use	35	565	52	138	+ 426
Fires	36	553	34	448	+ 104
Liver Cancer	37	533	22	1,087	- 554
Epilepsy	38	527	38	330	+ 197
Oral Cancer	39	515	43	208	+ 307
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	459	35	433	+ 26
Poisonings	41	405	40	315	+ 91
War	42	392	69	4	+ 387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	346	37	384	- 38
Lymphomas	44	298	39	315	- 17
Stomach Cancer	45	278	31	557	- 278
Parkinson's Disease	46	273	41	273	+ 1
Hepatitis B	47	204	60	70	+ 134
Skin Disease	48	197	47	159	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	197	46	166	+ 31
Ovary Cancer	50	184	42	220	- 36
Lung Cancers	51	183	44	180	+ 3
Pancreas Cancer	52	176	48	159	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	53	175	45	176	- 1
Leukemia	54	167	54	113	+ 55
Tetanus	55	136	58	85	+ 51
Skin Cancers	56	124	51	147	- 23
Alcohol	57	120	59	74	+ 46
Encephalitis	58	114	57	85	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	59	82	55	99	- 17
Uterin Cancer	60	46	56	94	- 48
Appendicitis	61	44	61	38	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	62	39	50	155	- 115
Other Neoplasms	63	30	62	24	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	25	64	20	+ 5
Ascariasis	65	18	65	18	+ 0
Hepatitis C	66	16	68	11	+ 6
Diphtheria	67	16	70	3	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	16	67	15	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	69	12	63	21	- 9
Upper Respiratory	70	12	66	15	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	71	6	78	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	72	3	71	2	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Cameroon

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.