SENEGAL VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,457	2	6,224	+ 23,233
Liver Disease	2	10,186	13	2,147	+ 8,039
Stroke	3	7,427	4	5,342	+ 2,085
Liver Cancer	4	4,153	22	1,087	+ 3,066
Hypertension	5	3,574	21	1,095	+ 2,479
Kidney Disease	6	3,573	12	2,210	+ 1,362
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,506	1	7,184	- 3,678
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,241	10	2,395	+ 846
Lung Disease	9	2,269	18	1,351	+ 918
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,061	11	2,364	- 304
Low Birth Weight	11	1,930	7	3,636	- 1,706
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,718	6	3,832	- 2,114
Breast Cancer	13	1,555	27	861	+ 694
Lymphomas	14	1,277	39	315	+ 962
Asthma	15	1,204	25	936	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,182	26	879	+ 303
Birth Trauma	17	1,035	8	3,448	- 2,413
Lung Cancers	18	962	44	180	+ 781
Bladder Cancer	19	870	50	155	+ 715
Violence	20	706	19	1,247	- 541
Other Injuries	21	647	16	1,512	- 865
Leukemia	22	638	54	113	+ 525
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	625	3	5,343	- 4,718
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	522	37	384	+ 138
Suicide	25	512	24	978	- 466
Pancreas Cancer	26	492	48	159	+ 333
Inflammatory/Heart	27	422	36	426	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	28	405	41	273	+ 132
Endocrine Disorders	29	402	23	1,041	- 639
Falls	30	342	30	622	- 280
Ovary Cancer	31	329	42	220	+ 109
Stomach Cancer	32	312	31	557	- 244
Fires	33	266	34	448	- 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	227	35	433	- 206
Prostate Cancer	35	217	29	642	- 425
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	211	46	166	+ 46
Drownings	37	190	33	494	- 304
Encephalitis	38	177	57	85	+ 92
Skin Cancers	39	172	51	147	+ 25
Hepatitis B	40	167	60	70	+ 97
Oesophagus Cancer	41	161	55	99	+ 62
Pertussis	42	154	28	771	- 618
Meningitis	43	140	15	1,628	- 1,488
Maternal Conditions	44	135	14	1,669	- 1,534
Oral Cancer	45	134	43	208	- 73
Malnutrition	46	129	32	494	- 366
War	47	121	69	4	+ 117
Cervical Cancer	48	106	17	1,405	- 1,299
Tetanus	49	92	58	85	+ 7
Epilepsy	50	76	38	330	- 254
Tuberculosis	51	73	9	2,678	- 2,605
Uterin Cancer	52	72	56	94	- 22
HIV/AIDS	53	67	20	1,186	- 1,119
Schistosomiasis	54	37	45	176	- 139
Skin Disease	55	37	47	159	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	56	36	64	20	+ 16
Poisonings	57	33	40	315	- 282
Syphilis	58	27	53	122	- 95
Appendicitis	59	24	61	38	- 14
Alcohol	60	24	59	74	- 50
Other Neoplasms	61	20	62	24	- 4
Drug Use	62	20	52	138	- 119
Hepatitis C	63	16	68	11	+ 6
Measles	64	7	49	158	- 151
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	4	67	15	- 10
Leishmaniasis	66	2	63	21	- 19
Ascariasis	67	1	65	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	15	- 14
Dengue	69	1	73	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	70	3	- 2
Chlamydia	71	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Egypt

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.