SENEGAL VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,369	2	6,224	+ 10,144
Violence	2	7,323	19	1,247	+ 6,077
Stroke	3	6,299	4	5,342	+ 957
Lung Disease	4	6,054	18	1,351	+ 4,703
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,095	1	7,184	- 3,089
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,951	6	3,832	- 880
Kidney Disease	7	2,597	12	2,210	+ 387
Hypertension	8	2,432	21	1,095	+ 1,337
Stomach Cancer	9	2,323	31	557	+ 1,766
Lung Cancers	10	1,995	44	180	+ 1,815
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,911	10	2,395	- 484
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,661	37	384	+ 1,277
Breast Cancer	13	1,395	27	861	+ 534
Prostate Cancer	14	1,362	29	642	+ 720
Other Neoplasms	15	1,218	62	24	+ 1,194
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,126	11	2,364	- 1,238
HIV/AIDS	17	1,020	20	1,186	- 166
Lymphomas	18	989	39	315	+ 674
Liver Disease	19	922	13	2,147	- 1,225
Cervical Cancer	20	861	17	1,405	- 544
Leukemia	21	839	54	113	+ 727
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	820	26	879	- 59
Low Birth Weight	23	796	7	3,636	- 2,840
Liver Cancer	24	785	22	1,087	- 302
Pancreas Cancer	25	769	48	159	+ 609
Suicide	26	747	24	978	- 231
Malnutrition	27	714	32	494	+ 219
Other Injuries	28	605	16	1,512	- 907
Falls	29	577	30	622	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	30	520	23	1,041	- 521
Inflammatory/Heart	31	505	36	426	+ 79
Tuberculosis	32	483	9	2,678	- 2,195
Ovary Cancer	33	427	42	220	+ 207
Skin Disease	34	419	47	159	+ 259
Skin Cancers	35	391	51	147	+ 244
Oesophagus Cancer	36	317	55	99	+ 218
Oral Cancer	37	307	43	208	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	284	3	5,343	- 5,059
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	265	35	433	- 167
Drownings	40	262	33	494	- 232
Birth Trauma	41	246	8	3,448	- 3,201
Bladder Cancer	42	231	50	155	+ 77
Epilepsy	43	227	38	330	- 103
Drug Use	44	187	52	138	+ 49
Uterin Cancer	45	161	56	94	+ 67
Maternal Conditions	46	150	14	1,669	- 1,519
Parkinson's Disease	47	146	41	273	- 127
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	127	81	0	+ 127
War	49	99	69	4	+ 95
Meningitis	50	93	15	1,628	- 1,536
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	92	67	15	+ 77
Appendicitis	52	81	61	38	+ 42
Chagas disease	53	77	79	0	+ 77
Asthma	54	73	25	936	- 863
Dengue	55	51	73	0	+ 51
Fires	56	48	34	448	- 400
Anemia	57	38	85	0	+ 38
Osteoarthritis	58	25	80	0	+ 25
Hepatitis C	59	25	68	11	+ 14
Multiple Sclerosis	60	24	64	20	+ 4
Poisonings	61	23	40	315	- 291
Hepatitis B	62	19	60	70	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	14	46	166	- 151
Encephalitis	64	14	57	85	- 71
Syphilis	65	11	53	122	- 111
Upper Respiratory	66	10	66	15	- 5
Malaria	67	10	5	4,595	- 4,585
Alcohol	68	9	59	74	- 66
Pertussis	69	7	28	771	- 765
Schizophrenia	70	7	83	0	+ 7
Tetanus	71	5	58	85	- 79
Leprosy	72	3	76	0	+ 3
Otitis Media	73	3	72	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	74	3	63	21	- 18
Oral conditions	75	3	82	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	2	65	18	- 16
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	176	- 176
Measles	78	0	49	158	- 158
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	70	3	- 3
Chlamydia	81	0	71	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Colombia

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.