SENEGAL VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,735	1	7,184	+ 2,551
Stroke	2	7,618	4	5,342	+ 2,275
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	6,810	3	5,343	+ 1,467
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,399	2	6,224	+ 174
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,940	6	3,832	+ 108
Liver Disease	6	3,609	13	2,147	+ 1,462
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,806	10	2,395	+ 410
Hypertension	8	2,750	21	1,095	+ 1,655
Lung Disease	9	1,966	18	1,351	+ 615
Malnutrition	10	1,960	32	494	+ 1,465
Birth Trauma	11	1,831	8	3,448	- 1,617
Kidney Disease	12	1,716	12	2,210	- 494
Maternal Conditions	13	1,615	14	1,669	- 54
Tuberculosis	14	1,615	9	2,678	- 1,064
Other Injuries	15	1,604	16	1,512	+ 93
Low Birth Weight	16	1,578	7	3,636	- 2,059
Malaria	17	1,298	5	4,595	- 3,297
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,284	11	2,364	- 1,081
Meningitis	19	1,202	15	1,628	- 427
Violence	20	1,142	19	1,247	- 105
Suicide	21	1,134	24	978	+ 156
Asthma	22	969	25	936	+ 33
Breast Cancer	23	925	27	861	+ 65
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	920	26	879	+ 42
HIV/AIDS	25	914	20	1,186	- 273
Falls	26	499	30	622	- 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	437	35	433	+ 4
Lymphomas	28	436	39	315	+ 121
Leukemia	29	428	54	113	+ 315
Cervical Cancer	30	394	17	1,405	- 1,011
Fires	31	392	34	448	- 57
Inflammatory/Heart	32	365	36	426	- 61
Drownings	33	350	33	494	- 144
Poisonings	34	339	40	315	+ 25
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	336	37	384	- 48
Pertussis	36	266	28	771	- 505
Parkinson's Disease	37	252	41	273	- 21
Epilepsy	38	242	38	330	- 88
Oesophagus Cancer	39	241	55	99	+ 142
Ovary Cancer	40	236	42	220	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	228	46	166	+ 62
Schistosomiasis	42	216	45	176	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	43	212	23	1,041	- 829
Oral Cancer	44	211	43	208	+ 3
Liver Cancer	45	206	22	1,087	- 881
Lung Cancers	46	183	44	180	+ 3
Prostate Cancer	47	161	29	642	- 481
Stomach Cancer	48	143	31	557	- 413
Alcohol	49	135	59	74	+ 61
Skin Disease	50	133	47	159	- 27
Bladder Cancer	51	125	50	155	- 30
Tetanus	52	111	58	85	+ 27
Drug Use	53	108	52	138	- 31
Syphilis	54	103	53	122	- 19
Appendicitis	55	93	61	38	+ 55
Skin Cancers	56	89	51	147	- 58
Hepatitis B	57	82	60	70	+ 12
Pancreas Cancer	58	58	48	159	- 101
Leishmaniasis	59	56	63	21	+ 36
Upper Respiratory	60	53	66	15	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	61	52	56	94	- 42
Encephalitis	62	46	57	85	- 39
Measles	63	38	49	158	- 121
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	35	67	15	+ 21
Hepatitis C	65	19	68	11	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	66	18	62	24	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	11	64	20	- 9
Ascariasis	68	5	65	18	- 13
Otitis Media	69	5	72	0	+ 5
Chlamydia	70	3	71	2	+ 2
War	71	1	69	4	- 3
Diphtheria	72	1	70	3	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
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
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

Eritrea

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.