SENEGAL VS NIGER: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGER		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	15,092	1	7,184	+ 7,908
Malaria	2	12,179	5	4,595	+ 7,584
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	11,469	3	5,343	+ 6,126
Low Birth Weight	4	6,840	7	3,636	+ 3,203
Stroke	5	6,237	4	5,342	+ 894
Coronary Heart Disease	6	5,888	2	6,224	- 336
Birth Trauma	7	5,746	8	3,448	+ 2,298
Road Traffic Accidents	8	4,254	6	3,832	+ 423
Meningitis	9	3,747	15	1,628	+ 2,119
Congenital Anomalies	10	3,109	11	2,364	+ 745
Liver Disease	11	2,945	13	2,147	+ 798
Other Injuries	12	2,737	16	1,512	+ 1,225
Tuberculosis	13	2,649	9	2,678	- 29
Maternal Conditions	14	2,373	14	1,669	+ 705
Pertussis	15	2,045	28	771	+ 1,273
Kidney Disease	16	1,955	12	2,210	- 255
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,882	10	2,395	- 514
Measles	18	1,727	49	158	+ 1,569
Violence	19	1,605	19	1,247	+ 359
Lung Disease	20	1,554	18	1,351	+ 203
Malnutrition	21	1,553	32	494	+ 1,058
Asthma	22	1,361	25	936	+ 425
Endocrine Disorders	23	1,292	23	1,041	+ 251
Drownings	24	1,131	33	494	+ 637
Hypertension	25	970	21	1,095	- 125
Falls	26	928	30	622	+ 306
Suicide	27	878	24	978	- 100
Fires	28	802	34	448	+ 353
Breast Cancer	29	769	27	861	- 91
HIV/AIDS	30	750	20	1,186	- 436
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	747	35	433	+ 314
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	614	26	879	- 265
Poisonings	33	552	40	315	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	34	550	36	426	+ 124
Liver Cancer	35	533	22	1,087	- 554
Epilepsy	36	484	38	330	+ 153
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	373	37	384	- 11
Cervical Cancer	38	348	17	1,405	- 1,057
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	334	46	166	+ 168
Ovary Cancer	40	304	42	220	+ 84
War	41	293	69	4	+ 289
Tetanus	42	266	58	85	+ 182
Lymphomas	43	251	39	315	- 65
Stomach Cancer	44	215	31	557	- 342
Skin Cancers	45	205	51	147	+ 58
Hepatitis B	46	200	60	70	+ 129
Parkinson's Disease	47	197	41	273	- 76
Leukemia	48	184	54	113	+ 72
Oral Cancer	49	173	43	208	- 34
Schistosomiasis	50	170	45	176	- 6
Leishmaniasis	51	170	63	21	+ 149
Skin Disease	52	152	47	159	- 7
Bladder Cancer	53	115	50	155	- 39
Pancreas Cancer	54	99	48	159	- 61
Oesophagus Cancer	55	94	55	99	- 5
Appendicitis	56	92	61	38	+ 53
Prostate Cancer	57	91	29	642	- 551
Drug Use	58	90	52	138	- 48
Ascariasis	59	89	65	18	+ 71
Alcohol	60	86	59	74	+ 12
Encephalitis	61	80	57	85	- 5
Syphilis	62	78	53	122	- 44
Upper Respiratory	63	67	66	15	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	64	62	56	94	- 32
Diphtheria	65	43	70	3	+ 41
Hepatitis C	66	33	68	11	+ 22
Lung Cancers	67	30	44	180	- 150
Other Neoplasms	68	17	62	24	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	69	16	64	20	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	13	67	15	- 2
Chlamydia	71	2	71	2	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	1	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Niger

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.