SENEGAL VS GUATEMALA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUATEMALA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,143	2	6,224	+ 3,919
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,545	1	7,184	+ 2,361
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,157	10	2,395	+ 4,761
Kidney Disease	4	6,480	12	2,210	+ 4,270
Liver Disease	5	5,869	13	2,147	+ 3,722
Stroke	6	5,006	4	5,342	- 336
Violence	7	4,554	19	1,247	+ 3,307
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,157	6	3,832	+ 325
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,702	3	5,343	- 2,641
Other Injuries	10	2,546	16	1,512	+ 1,034
Malnutrition	11	2,045	32	494	+ 1,550
Alzheimers & Dementia	12	2,020	26	879	+ 1,142
Lung Disease	13	1,963	18	1,351	+ 612
Alcohol	14	1,857	59	74	+ 1,783
Liver Cancer	15	1,823	22	1,087	+ 735
Low Birth Weight	16	1,712	7	3,636	- 1,924
Stomach Cancer	17	1,621	31	557	+ 1,064
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,566	11	2,364	- 799
Birth Trauma	19	1,514	8	3,448	- 1,934
Falls	20	1,416	30	622	+ 794
HIV/AIDS	21	1,211	20	1,186	+ 24
Suicide	22	1,073	24	978	+ 95
Peptic Ulcer Disease	23	1,063	35	433	+ 630
Prostate Cancer	24	873	29	642	+ 231
Cervical Cancer	25	834	17	1,405	- 571
Hypertension	26	701	21	1,095	- 394
Leukemia	27	620	54	113	+ 508
Breast Cancer	28	511	27	861	- 349
Endocrine Disorders	29	501	23	1,041	- 540
Maternal Conditions	30	484	14	1,669	- 1,185
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	479	37	384	+ 95
Drownings	32	478	33	494	- 15
Epilepsy	33	478	38	330	+ 147
Parkinson's Disease	34	405	41	273	+ 133
Lung Cancers	35	404	44	180	+ 224
Asthma	36	345	25	936	- 591
Tuberculosis	37	311	9	2,678	- 2,367
Pancreas Cancer	38	291	48	159	+ 132
Poisonings	39	284	40	315	- 30
Drug Use	40	280	52	138	+ 142
Meningitis	41	280	15	1,628	- 1,349
Skin Disease	42	240	47	159	+ 80
Lymphomas	43	237	39	315	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	44	233	36	426	- 193
Fires	45	214	34	448	- 234
Skin Cancers	46	201	51	147	+ 54
Appendicitis	47	169	61	38	+ 131
Oesophagus Cancer	48	149	55	99	+ 49
Oral Cancer	49	147	43	208	- 61
Ovary Cancer	50	137	42	220	- 83
Encephalitis	51	107	57	85	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	84	67	15	+ 70
Pertussis	53	72	28	771	- 699
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	64	46	166	- 102
Bladder Cancer	55	59	50	155	- 95
Other Neoplasms	56	43	62	24	+ 19
Upper Respiratory	57	35	66	15	+ 20
Dengue	58	34	73	0	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	59	28	56	94	- 66
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	64	20	+ 2
Chagas disease	61	20	79	0	+ 20
Tetanus	62	10	58	85	- 75
Ascariasis	63	7	65	18	- 11
Syphilis	64	3	53	122	- 119
Hepatitis B	65	3	60	70	- 68
Hepatitis C	66	2	68	11	- 9
Chlamydia	67	2	71	2	+ 1
War	68	2	69	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	69	1	63	21	- 20
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	71	0	70	3	- 3
Measles	72	0	49	158	- 158
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	75	0	45	176	- 176
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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

Guatemala

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.