SENEGAL VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	16,117	4	5,342	+ 10,775
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,864	10	2,395	+ 11,468
Coronary Heart Disease	3	11,520	2	6,224	+ 5,296
Violence	4	9,907	19	1,247	+ 8,661
Prostate Cancer	5	5,896	29	642	+ 5,254
Kidney Disease	6	5,293	12	2,210	+ 3,083
HIV/AIDS	7	5,055	20	1,186	+ 3,868
Hypertension	8	4,343	21	1,095	+ 3,248
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	3,920	26	879	+ 3,041
Lung Cancers	10	3,153	44	180	+ 2,973
Lung Disease	11	3,016	18	1,351	+ 1,665
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,964	6	3,832	- 868
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	2,913	37	384	+ 2,528
Breast Cancer	14	2,758	27	861	+ 1,898
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,623	1	7,184	- 4,561
Cervical Cancer	16	2,389	17	1,405	+ 984
Lymphomas	17	1,675	39	315	+ 1,359
Low Birth Weight	18	1,606	7	3,636	- 2,030
Stomach Cancer	19	1,539	31	557	+ 982
Endocrine Disorders	20	1,177	23	1,041	+ 136
Liver Disease	21	1,033	13	2,147	- 1,114
Skin Disease	22	970	47	159	+ 811
Congenital Anomalies	23	926	11	2,364	- 1,438
Inflammatory/Heart	24	890	36	426	+ 464
Parkinson's Disease	25	884	41	273	+ 611
Leukemia	26	860	54	113	+ 748
Pancreas Cancer	27	792	48	159	+ 632
Uterin Cancer	28	708	56	94	+ 614
Liver Cancer	29	675	22	1,087	- 412
Ovary Cancer	30	647	42	220	+ 427
Other Injuries	31	606	16	1,512	- 906
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	550	35	433	+ 117
Falls	33	547	30	622	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	34	492	55	99	+ 393
Suicide	35	468	24	978	- 510
Asthma	36	435	25	936	- 501
Birth Trauma	37	434	8	3,448	- 3,014
Bladder Cancer	38	397	50	155	+ 243
Oral Cancer	39	392	43	208	+ 185
Malnutrition	40	319	32	494	- 176
Epilepsy	41	306	38	330	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	231	3	5,343	- 5,112
Maternal Conditions	43	231	14	1,669	- 1,438
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	178	46	166	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	45	124	62	24	+ 100
Fires	46	104	34	448	- 344
Meningitis	47	104	15	1,628	- 1,525
Drug Use	48	87	52	138	- 51
Encephalitis	49	87	57	85	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	76	67	15	+ 61
Drownings	51	68	33	494	- 425
Skin Cancers	52	67	51	147	- 80
Appendicitis	53	60	61	38	+ 22
Tuberculosis	54	52	9	2,678	- 2,627
Alcohol	55	50	59	74	- 24
Multiple Sclerosis	56	23	64	20	+ 3
Poisonings	57	16	40	315	- 299
Dengue	58	7	73	0	+ 7
Hepatitis B	59	6	60	70	- 64
Syphilis	60	5	53	122	- 117
War	61	3	69	4	- 1
Chlamydia	62	2	71	2	+ 1
Tetanus	63	2	58	85	- 83
Hepatitis C	64	1	68	11	- 10
Upper Respiratory	65	1	66	15	- 14
Ascariasis	66	0	65	18	- 18
Pertussis	67	0	28	771	- 771
Diphtheria	68	0	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	63	21	- 21
Malaria	72	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	45	176	- 176
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	158	- 158
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Jamaica

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.