SENEGAL VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,024	2	6,224	+ 23,800
Stroke	2	19,363	4	5,342	+ 14,021
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	12,813	26	879	+ 11,934
Lung Cancers	4	10,558	44	180	+ 10,378
Lung Disease	5	10,011	18	1,351	+ 8,660
Hypertension	6	9,253	21	1,095	+ 8,158
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,571	37	384	+ 6,186
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,132	10	2,395	+ 3,737
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,051	1	7,184	- 2,133
Breast Cancer	10	4,287	27	861	+ 3,427
Kidney Disease	11	3,934	12	2,210	+ 1,724
Other Injuries	12	3,745	16	1,512	+ 2,233
Pancreas Cancer	13	3,739	48	159	+ 3,580
Stomach Cancer	14	3,170	31	557	+ 2,613
Other Neoplasms	15	3,087	62	24	+ 3,063
Lymphomas	16	2,990	39	315	+ 2,674
Liver Cancer	17	2,974	22	1,087	+ 1,887
Endocrine Disorders	18	2,606	23	1,041	+ 1,565
Parkinson's Disease	19	2,605	41	273	+ 2,333
Prostate Cancer	20	2,600	29	642	+ 1,958
Leukemia	21	2,080	54	113	+ 1,968
Bladder Cancer	22	2,075	50	155	+ 1,920
Liver Disease	23	1,719	13	2,147	- 428
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,710	36	426	+ 1,284
Falls	25	1,305	30	622	+ 683
Suicide	26	1,250	24	978	+ 272
Oral Cancer	27	1,034	43	208	+ 826
Ovary Cancer	28	1,014	42	220	+ 794
Skin Cancers	29	1,001	51	147	+ 854
Road Traffic Accidents	30	996	6	3,832	- 2,836
Hepatitis C	31	758	68	11	+ 747
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	685	46	166	+ 519
Uterin Cancer	33	679	56	94	+ 586
Oesophagus Cancer	34	632	55	99	+ 533
Anemia	35	517	85	0	+ 517
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	501	3	5,343	- 4,842
Congenital Anomalies	37	446	11	2,364	- 1,918
Skin Disease	38	445	47	159	+ 286
Epilepsy	39	413	38	330	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	40	357	17	1,405	- 1,048
Malnutrition	41	240	32	494	- 255
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	217	67	15	+ 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	213	35	433	- 220
Multiple Sclerosis	44	209	64	20	+ 189
Drug Use	45	202	52	138	+ 64
HIV/AIDS	46	161	20	1,186	- 1,025
Asthma	47	153	25	936	- 784
Osteoarthritis	48	149	80	0	+ 149
Schizophrenia	49	131	83	0	+ 131
Violence	50	126	19	1,247	- 1,120
Low Birth Weight	51	111	7	3,636	- 3,526
Drownings	52	106	33	494	- 387
Tuberculosis	53	104	9	2,678	- 2,575
Hepatitis B	54	103	60	70	+ 33
Alcohol	55	86	59	74	+ 11
Fires	56	84	34	448	- 365
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	74	81	0	+ 74
Poisonings	58	48	40	315	- 267
Birth Trauma	59	43	8	3,448	- 3,404
Meningitis	60	39	15	1,628	- 1,589
Appendicitis	61	15	61	38	- 23
Oral conditions	62	15	82	0	+ 15
Tetanus	63	7	58	85	- 78
Upper Respiratory	64	6	66	15	- 9
Otitis Media	65	5	72	0	+ 5
War	66	2	69	4	- 2
Maternal Conditions	67	2	14	1,669	- 1,667
Encephalitis	68	1	57	85	- 84
Syphilis	69	1	53	122	- 121
Leishmaniasis	70	1	63	21	- 20
Measles	71	0	49	158	- 158
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	28	771	- 771
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	70	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	45	176	- 176
Malaria	79	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Ascariasis	80	0	65	18	- 18
Dengue	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Italy

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.