SENEGAL VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,528	1	7,184	+ 2,344
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	7,053	3	5,343	+ 1,710
Stroke	3	6,258	4	5,342	+ 916
Coronary Heart Disease	4	5,808	2	6,224	- 417
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,018	6	3,832	+ 1,187
Birth Trauma	6	4,945	8	3,448	+ 1,498
Low Birth Weight	7	4,455	7	3,636	+ 818
Liver Disease	8	4,336	13	2,147	+ 2,189
Tuberculosis	9	3,411	9	2,678	+ 733
Diabetes Mellitus	10	2,585	10	2,395	+ 189
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,486	11	2,364	+ 122
Hypertension	12	2,142	21	1,095	+ 1,047
Kidney Disease	13	1,924	12	2,210	- 286
Meningitis	14	1,911	15	1,628	+ 282
Lung Disease	15	1,887	18	1,351	+ 536
Other Injuries	16	1,866	16	1,512	+ 354
HIV/AIDS	17	1,824	20	1,186	+ 638
Maternal Conditions	18	1,413	14	1,669	- 256
Malnutrition	19	1,374	32	494	+ 880
Breast Cancer	20	1,349	27	861	+ 488
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,313	26	879	+ 434
Violence	22	1,284	19	1,247	+ 37
Pertussis	23	1,096	28	771	+ 325
Measles	24	1,005	49	158	+ 847
Suicide	25	959	24	978	- 19
Malaria	26	894	5	4,595	- 3,701
Cervical Cancer	27	798	17	1,405	- 607
Falls	28	717	30	622	+ 95
Asthma	29	713	25	936	- 223
Leukemia	30	671	54	113	+ 559
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	597	37	384	+ 213
Poisonings	32	583	40	315	+ 269
Lymphomas	33	571	39	315	+ 255
Fires	34	517	34	448	+ 69
Drownings	35	498	33	494	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	36	385	42	220	+ 165
Tetanus	37	350	58	85	+ 265
Lung Cancers	38	350	44	180	+ 170
Inflammatory/Heart	39	345	36	426	- 81
Oesophagus Cancer	40	292	55	99	+ 193
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	280	35	433	- 153
Liver Cancer	42	275	22	1,087	- 812
Syphilis	43	270	53	122	+ 148
Epilepsy	44	258	38	330	- 72
Endocrine Disorders	45	258	23	1,041	- 783
Parkinson's Disease	46	251	41	273	- 22
Stomach Cancer	47	241	31	557	- 316
Oral Cancer	48	235	43	208	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	213	46	166	+ 47
Prostate Cancer	50	198	29	642	- 444
Bladder Cancer	51	172	50	155	+ 17
Skin Cancers	52	160	51	147	+ 13
Skin Disease	53	144	47	159	- 16
Schistosomiasis	54	133	45	176	- 42
Alcohol	55	119	59	74	+ 45
Hepatitis B	56	118	60	70	+ 48
Upper Respiratory	57	113	66	15	+ 97
Appendicitis	58	108	61	38	+ 69
Leishmaniasis	59	92	63	21	+ 71
Drug Use	60	82	52	138	- 57
Pancreas Cancer	61	78	48	159	- 82
Uterin Cancer	62	67	56	94	- 27
Encephalitis	63	61	57	85	- 24
War	64	45	69	4	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	35	67	15	+ 20
Other Neoplasms	66	24	62	24	- 0
Diphtheria	67	23	70	3	+ 21
Ascariasis	68	21	65	18	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	18	68	11	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	70	10	64	20	- 10
Otitis Media	71	6	72	0	+ 6
Chlamydia	72	3	71	2	+ 2
Dengue	73	3	73	0	+ 3
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Ethiopia

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.