SENEGAL VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,416	2	6,224	+ 11,192
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	14,653	26	879	+ 13,774
Stroke	3	10,021	4	5,342	+ 4,679
Lung Cancers	4	9,829	44	180	+ 9,649
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	6,024	37	384	+ 5,640
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	5,450	1	7,184	- 1,734
Lung Disease	7	5,026	18	1,351	+ 3,674
Breast Cancer	8	4,282	27	861	+ 3,422
Other Injuries	9	4,168	16	1,512	+ 2,656
Pancreas Cancer	10	3,407	48	159	+ 3,248
Kidney Disease	11	3,164	12	2,210	+ 953
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,008	10	2,395	+ 612
Prostate Cancer	13	2,997	29	642	+ 2,355
Lymphomas	14	2,775	39	315	+ 2,460
Liver Cancer	15	2,639	22	1,087	+ 1,552
Suicide	16	2,470	24	978	+ 1,492
Other Neoplasms	17	2,418	62	24	+ 2,394
Falls	18	2,284	30	622	+ 1,661
Endocrine Disorders	19	2,229	23	1,041	+ 1,188
Parkinson's Disease	20	2,087	41	273	+ 1,814
Leukemia	21	2,055	54	113	+ 1,943
Liver Disease	22	2,035	13	2,147	- 112
Hypertension	23	1,960	21	1,095	+ 865
Bladder Cancer	24	1,810	50	155	+ 1,655
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,672	36	426	+ 1,246
Stomach Cancer	26	1,524	31	557	+ 968
Oral Cancer	27	1,289	43	208	+ 1,081
Oesophagus Cancer	28	1,288	55	99	+ 1,189
Malnutrition	29	1,161	32	494	+ 666
Ovary Cancer	30	1,093	42	220	+ 873
Road Traffic Accidents	31	920	6	3,832	- 2,911
Skin Cancers	32	897	51	147	+ 751
Alcohol	33	879	59	74	+ 805
Uterin Cancer	34	750	56	94	+ 656
Congenital Anomalies	35	555	11	2,364	- 1,810
Drug Use	36	518	52	138	+ 380
Epilepsy	37	514	38	330	+ 184
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	498	3	5,343	- 4,845
Skin Disease	39	440	47	159	+ 281
Cervical Cancer	40	434	17	1,405	- 971
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	382	46	166	+ 216
Asthma	42	286	25	936	- 650
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	272	35	433	- 161
Anemia	44	268	85	0	+ 268
Drownings	45	239	33	494	- 255
Multiple Sclerosis	46	207	64	20	+ 188
Low Birth Weight	47	179	7	3,636	- 3,457
Schizophrenia	48	178	83	0	+ 178
Violence	49	148	19	1,247	- 1,098
Tuberculosis	50	120	9	2,678	- 2,559
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	118	67	15	+ 103
Hepatitis C	52	115	68	11	+ 104
Fires	53	111	34	448	- 337
HIV/AIDS	54	100	20	1,186	- 1,086
Birth Trauma	55	85	8	3,448	- 3,362
Osteoarthritis	56	68	80	0	+ 68
Poisonings	57	63	40	315	- 252
Meningitis	58	45	15	1,628	- 1,583
Hepatitis B	59	37	60	70	- 33
Oral conditions	60	32	82	0	+ 32
Appendicitis	61	25	61	38	- 14
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	21	81	0	+ 21
Upper Respiratory	63	15	66	15	- 0
Maternal Conditions	64	14	14	1,669	- 1,655
Otitis Media	65	4	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	66	2	57	85	- 83
War	67	2	69	4	- 2
Syphilis	68	1	53	122	- 121
Pertussis	69	1	28	771	- 771
Tetanus	70	1	58	85	- 84
Schistosomiasis	71	0	45	176	- 176
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	63	21	- 21
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	49	158	- 158
Chlamydia	78	0	71	2	- 2
Ascariasis	79	0	65	18	- 18
Trichuriasis	80	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

France

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.