SENEGAL VS DOMINICAN REP.: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	DOMINICAN REP.		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,114	2	6,224	+ 19,890
Stroke	2	13,736	4	5,342	+ 8,393
Road Traffic Accidents	3	12,088	6	3,832	+ 8,257
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,813	10	2,395	+ 2,418
Liver Disease	5	4,671	13	2,147	+ 2,524
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,929	1	7,184	- 3,255
Kidney Disease	7	3,696	12	2,210	+ 1,485
HIV/AIDS	8	3,365	20	1,186	+ 2,179
Violence	9	3,340	19	1,247	+ 2,093
Hypertension	10	3,300	21	1,095	+ 2,205
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	3,150	26	879	+ 2,272
Prostate Cancer	12	2,883	29	642	+ 2,241
Low Birth Weight	13	2,670	7	3,636	- 966
Breast Cancer	14	2,544	27	861	+ 1,684
Lung Disease	15	2,370	18	1,351	+ 1,019
Lung Cancers	16	2,167	44	180	+ 1,987
Congenital Anomalies	17	1,809	11	2,364	- 555
Birth Trauma	18	1,594	8	3,448	- 1,854
Other Injuries	19	1,551	16	1,512	+ 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	1,483	37	384	+ 1,098
Liver Cancer	21	1,157	22	1,087	+ 70
Endocrine Disorders	22	1,050	23	1,041	+ 9
Cervical Cancer	23	976	17	1,405	- 429
Stomach Cancer	24	954	31	557	+ 397
Suicide	25	923	24	978	- 55
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	879	3	5,343	- 4,464
Pancreas Cancer	27	794	48	159	+ 635
Parkinson's Disease	28	778	41	273	+ 505
Asthma	29	768	25	936	- 168
Falls	30	758	30	622	+ 136
Oral Cancer	31	756	43	208	+ 548
Leukemia	32	712	54	113	+ 600
Lymphomas	33	652	39	315	+ 337
Malnutrition	34	647	32	494	+ 153
Inflammatory/Heart	35	543	36	426	+ 117
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	514	35	433	+ 81
Drownings	37	432	33	494	- 62
Tuberculosis	38	422	9	2,678	- 2,257
Maternal Conditions	39	353	14	1,669	- 1,316
Oesophagus Cancer	40	349	55	99	+ 250
Skin Cancers	41	300	51	147	+ 153
Epilepsy	42	276	38	330	- 55
Drug Use	43	272	52	138	+ 134
Fires	44	243	34	448	- 206
Meningitis	45	233	15	1,628	- 1,395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	214	46	166	+ 48
Pertussis	47	210	28	771	- 561
Alcohol	48	210	59	74	+ 136
Bladder Cancer	49	161	50	155	+ 6
Ovary Cancer	50	155	42	220	- 65
Syphilis	51	123	53	122	+ 0
Appendicitis	52	116	61	38	+ 78
Skin Disease	53	87	47	159	- 73
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	84	67	15	+ 70
Poisonings	55	81	40	315	- 233
Encephalitis	56	77	57	85	- 8
Uterin Cancer	57	75	56	94	- 19
Other Neoplasms	58	62	62	24	+ 38
Schistosomiasis	59	38	45	176	- 138
Hepatitis C	60	30	68	11	+ 19
Tetanus	61	30	58	85	- 55
Multiple Sclerosis	62	23	64	20	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	19	60	70	- 51
Dengue	64	8	73	0	+ 8
Malaria	65	7	5	4,595	- 4,588
Chlamydia	66	3	71	2	+ 1
War	67	2	69	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	15	- 14
Diphtheria	69	1	70	3	- 1
Ascariasis	70	1	65	18	- 17
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	63	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	49	158	- 158
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Dominican Rep.

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.