SENEGAL VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,495	2	6,224	+ 10,271
Kidney Disease	2	9,973	12	2,210	+ 7,762
Stroke	3	6,279	4	5,342	+ 937
Diabetes Mellitus	4	5,836	10	2,395	+ 3,441
Lung Disease	5	4,430	18	1,351	+ 3,079
Liver Disease	6	3,396	13	2,147	+ 1,250
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	3,251	1	7,184	- 3,933
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,129	6	3,832	- 702
Hypertension	9	3,114	21	1,095	+ 2,019
Violence	10	1,746	19	1,247	+ 499
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,611	11	2,364	- 753
Liver Cancer	12	1,436	22	1,087	+ 349
Low Birth Weight	13	1,382	7	3,636	- 2,254
Stomach Cancer	14	1,348	31	557	+ 791
Prostate Cancer	15	1,090	29	642	+ 448
Cervical Cancer	16	1,056	17	1,405	- 349
Other Injuries	17	1,009	16	1,512	- 503
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	890	37	384	+ 506
Suicide	19	803	24	978	- 174
Breast Cancer	20	799	27	861	- 62
Alcohol	21	787	59	74	+ 712
Falls	22	779	30	622	+ 157
Lung Cancers	23	773	44	180	+ 593
Leukemia	24	641	54	113	+ 528
Birth Trauma	25	559	8	3,448	- 2,889
Other Neoplasms	26	543	62	24	+ 519
Pancreas Cancer	27	502	48	159	+ 343
Endocrine Disorders	28	462	23	1,041	- 579
Lymphomas	29	462	39	315	+ 147
Malnutrition	30	460	32	494	- 34
Skin Disease	31	457	47	159	+ 297
Drownings	32	443	33	494	- 51
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	421	26	879	- 458
Inflammatory/Heart	34	394	36	426	- 32
HIV/AIDS	35	393	20	1,186	- 793
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	345	3	5,343	- 4,998
Tuberculosis	37	324	9	2,678	- 2,355
Asthma	38	296	25	936	- 640
Maternal Conditions	39	249	14	1,669	- 1,420
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	241	35	433	- 192
Epilepsy	41	209	38	330	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	42	188	41	273	- 84
Oral Cancer	43	181	43	208	- 26
Ovary Cancer	44	173	42	220	- 47
Skin Cancers	45	166	51	147	+ 19
Drug Use	46	142	52	138	+ 4
Oesophagus Cancer	47	118	55	99	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	48	110	56	94	+ 16
Appendicitis	49	90	61	38	+ 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	86	67	15	+ 72
Meningitis	51	82	15	1,628	- 1,547
Bladder Cancer	52	79	50	155	- 76
Anemia	53	79	85	0	+ 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	56	46	166	- 109
Poisonings	55	50	40	315	- 265
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	48	81	0	+ 48
Fires	57	46	34	448	- 402
Encephalitis	58	29	57	85	- 57
Osteoarthritis	59	28	80	0	+ 28
Syphilis	60	26	53	122	- 96
Multiple Sclerosis	61	19	64	20	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	15	60	70	- 56
Oral conditions	63	13	82	0	+ 13
Dengue	64	12	73	0	+ 12
Chagas disease	65	11	79	0	+ 11
Schizophrenia	66	9	83	0	+ 9
Pertussis	67	8	28	771	- 763
Hepatitis C	68	3	68	11	- 7
Ascariasis	69	2	65	18	- 16
War	70	2	69	4	- 2
Leprosy	71	2	76	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	1	66	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	77	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	1	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	63	21	- 21
Diphtheria	77	0	70	3	- 3
Measles	78	0	49	158	- 158
Tetanus	79	0	58	85	- 85
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	84	0	45	176	- 176
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Nicaragua

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.