SENEGAL VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	LIBERIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	9,589	9	2,678	+ 6,910
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	9,334	1	7,184	+ 2,150
Measles	3	8,854	49	158	+ 8,696
Malaria	4	8,415	5	4,595	+ 3,820
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,657	6	3,832	+ 2,825
HIV/AIDS	6	6,652	20	1,186	+ 5,466
Coronary Heart Disease	7	6,533	2	6,224	+ 309
Low Birth Weight	8	5,726	7	3,636	+ 2,090
Birth Trauma	9	5,551	8	3,448	+ 2,104
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	5,518	3	5,343	+ 175
Stroke	11	5,470	4	5,342	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	12	3,014	14	1,669	+ 1,346
Liver Disease	13	2,976	13	2,147	+ 829
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,888	11	2,364	+ 523
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,253	10	2,395	- 142
Kidney Disease	16	2,110	12	2,210	- 101
Meningitis	17	1,913	15	1,628	+ 285
Violence	18	1,653	19	1,247	+ 407
Cervical Cancer	19	1,642	17	1,405	+ 237
Liver Cancer	20	1,522	22	1,087	+ 435
Syphilis	21	1,367	53	122	+ 1,245
Other Injuries	22	1,318	16	1,512	- 194
Hypertension	23	1,285	21	1,095	+ 190
Malnutrition	24	1,225	32	494	+ 731
Prostate Cancer	25	1,031	29	642	+ 389
Lung Disease	26	1,018	18	1,351	- 334
Breast Cancer	27	851	27	861	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	28	851	23	1,041	- 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	813	26	879	- 65
Suicide	30	761	24	978	- 217
Asthma	31	692	25	936	- 245
Pertussis	32	684	28	771	- 87
Falls	33	539	30	622	- 83
Fires	34	531	34	448	+ 83
Drownings	35	440	33	494	- 54
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	437	35	433	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	37	421	31	557	- 136
Inflammatory/Heart	38	400	36	426	- 26
Lymphomas	39	324	39	315	+ 9
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	311	37	384	- 74
Poisonings	41	284	40	315	- 31
Epilepsy	42	280	38	330	- 50
Parkinson's Disease	43	250	41	273	- 22
Lung Cancers	44	229	44	180	+ 48
Schistosomiasis	45	178	45	176	+ 2
Skin Cancers	46	177	51	147	+ 30
Ovary Cancer	47	174	42	220	- 46
Oral Cancer	48	174	43	208	- 34
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	174	46	166	+ 8
Drug Use	50	147	52	138	+ 9
Skin Disease	51	143	47	159	- 16
Hepatitis B	52	135	60	70	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	53	131	48	159	- 29
Tetanus	54	108	58	85	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	55	99	56	94	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	95	57	85	+ 10
Alcohol	57	88	59	74	+ 14
Leukemia	58	80	54	113	- 32
Bladder Cancer	59	66	50	155	- 89
Oesophagus Cancer	60	54	55	99	- 45
Appendicitis	61	43	61	38	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	62	20	62	24	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	64	20	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	67	15	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	13	68	11	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	13	65	18	- 5
Upper Respiratory	67	9	66	15	- 6
Diphtheria	68	3	70	3	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	2	71	2	+ 0
War	70	2	69	4	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Liberia

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.