SENEGAL VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,897	2	6,224	+ 13,673
Stroke	2	7,832	4	5,342	+ 2,490
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,796	6	3,832	- 35
Hypertension	4	3,500	21	1,095	+ 2,405
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,966	10	2,395	+ 571
Kidney Disease	6	2,518	12	2,210	+ 308
Lung Disease	7	2,433	18	1,351	+ 1,082
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,398	1	7,184	- 4,786
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	2,356	26	879	+ 1,477
Stomach Cancer	10	2,094	31	557	+ 1,537
Lung Cancers	11	1,447	44	180	+ 1,266
Liver Disease	12	1,415	13	2,147	- 731
Low Birth Weight	13	1,036	7	3,636	- 2,600
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,033	11	2,364	- 1,332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	976	37	384	+ 591
Suicide	16	924	24	978	- 54
Other Injuries	17	863	16	1,512	- 649
Leukemia	18	846	54	113	+ 733
Breast Cancer	19	797	27	861	- 64
Liver Cancer	20	792	22	1,087	- 295
Prostate Cancer	21	764	29	642	+ 122
Asthma	22	716	25	936	- 220
Lymphomas	23	614	39	315	+ 299
Falls	24	602	30	622	- 21
Birth Trauma	25	583	8	3,448	- 2,864
Parkinson's Disease	26	543	41	273	+ 270
Violence	27	541	19	1,247	- 706
HIV/AIDS	28	537	20	1,186	- 649
Pancreas Cancer	29	516	48	159	+ 356
Oesophagus Cancer	30	506	55	99	+ 407
Drug Use	31	478	52	138	+ 340
Endocrine Disorders	32	446	23	1,041	- 595
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	392	3	5,343	- 4,951
Fires	34	389	34	448	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	35	343	36	426	- 82
Bladder Cancer	36	301	50	155	+ 146
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	266	35	433	- 167
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	212	46	166	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	39	200	42	220	- 20
Drownings	40	198	33	494	- 295
Tuberculosis	41	188	9	2,678	- 2,490
War	42	181	69	4	+ 177
Poisonings	43	174	40	315	- 141
Epilepsy	44	153	38	330	- 177
Oral Cancer	45	140	43	208	- 68
Meningitis	46	137	15	1,628	- 1,492
Skin Cancers	47	111	51	147	- 36
Cervical Cancer	48	107	17	1,405	- 1,298
Hepatitis B	49	91	60	70	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	50	86	64	20	+ 67
Uterin Cancer	51	76	56	94	- 18
Maternal Conditions	52	61	14	1,669	- 1,608
Alcohol	53	54	59	74	- 20
Encephalitis	54	52	57	85	- 33
Skin Disease	55	51	47	159	- 109
Malnutrition	56	33	32	494	- 461
Appendicitis	57	33	61	38	- 5
Other Neoplasms	58	24	62	24	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	17	67	15	+ 2
Pertussis	60	16	28	771	- 755
Syphilis	61	11	53	122	- 111
Tetanus	62	8	58	85	- 77
Upper Respiratory	63	3	66	15	- 12
Leishmaniasis	64	2	63	21	- 19
Chlamydia	65	1	71	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	66	1	45	176	- 175
Ascariasis	67	1	65	18	- 17
Measles	68	1	49	158	- 158
Hepatitis C	69	0	68	11	- 11
Diphtheria	70	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	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

Iran

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.