SENEGAL VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	16,502	1	7,184	+ 9,318
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	11,522	3	5,343	+ 6,179
Tuberculosis	3	10,137	9	2,678	+ 7,459
Malaria	4	8,038	5	4,595	+ 3,443
Birth Trauma	5	7,976	8	3,448	+ 4,528
Low Birth Weight	6	7,639	7	3,636	+ 4,003
Coronary Heart Disease	7	4,886	2	6,224	- 1,338
Stroke	8	4,597	4	5,342	- 745
Congenital Anomalies	9	3,956	11	2,364	+ 1,592
HIV/AIDS	10	3,513	20	1,186	+ 2,326
Meningitis	11	3,475	15	1,628	+ 1,847
Road Traffic Accidents	12	3,319	6	3,832	- 512
Liver Disease	13	3,051	13	2,147	+ 904
Measles	14	2,344	49	158	+ 2,185
Maternal Conditions	15	1,874	14	1,669	+ 205
Pertussis	16	1,853	28	771	+ 1,082
Other Injuries	17	1,807	16	1,512	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	18	1,791	10	2,395	- 604
Violence	19	1,465	19	1,247	+ 219
Kidney Disease	20	1,448	12	2,210	- 762
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,258	23	1,041	+ 217
Lung Disease	22	1,001	18	1,351	- 351
Breast Cancer	23	946	27	861	+ 85
Hypertension	24	851	21	1,095	- 244
Cervical Cancer	25	842	17	1,405	- 563
Tetanus	26	665	58	85	+ 580
Asthma	27	652	25	936	- 284
Falls	28	599	30	622	- 23
Fires	29	568	34	448	+ 119
Suicide	30	559	24	978	- 419
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	540	26	879	- 338
Drownings	32	524	33	494	+ 30
Poisonings	33	523	40	315	+ 209
Drug Use	34	499	52	138	+ 361
Prostate Cancer	35	471	29	642	- 171
Malnutrition	36	469	32	494	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	465	35	433	+ 32
Syphilis	38	434	53	122	+ 312
Liver Cancer	39	421	22	1,087	- 666
Lymphomas	40	414	39	315	+ 99
Epilepsy	41	398	38	330	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	42	384	36	426	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	331	37	384	- 54
Diphtheria	44	302	70	3	+ 300
War	45	258	69	4	+ 254
Parkinson's Disease	46	197	41	273	- 76
Leukemia	47	180	54	113	+ 67
Oral Cancer	48	178	43	208	- 29
Ovary Cancer	49	170	42	220	- 50
Stomach Cancer	50	169	31	557	- 387
Pancreas Cancer	51	157	48	159	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	155	46	166	- 11
Skin Cancers	53	154	51	147	+ 7
Schistosomiasis	54	120	45	176	- 56
Hepatitis B	55	118	60	70	+ 48
Skin Disease	56	117	47	159	- 42
Lung Cancers	57	103	44	180	- 77
Alcohol	58	82	59	74	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	75	57	85	- 11
Appendicitis	60	61	61	38	+ 22
Ascariasis	61	55	65	18	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	62	54	56	94	- 40
Bladder Cancer	63	53	50	155	- 101
Oesophagus Cancer	64	45	55	99	- 54
Hepatitis C	65	24	68	11	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	66	23	62	24	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	21	66	15	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	68	14	64	20	- 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	13	67	15	- 2
Leishmaniasis	70	2	63	21	- 19
Chlamydia	71	1	71	2	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	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
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
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
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	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

Nigeria

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.