SENEGAL VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,779	2	6,224	+ 17,555
Stroke	2	22,785	4	5,342	+ 17,442
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	13,278	26	879	+ 12,400
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	12,651	1	7,184	+ 5,467
Lung Cancers	5	8,136	44	180	+ 7,955
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	8,105	37	384	+ 7,721
Lung Disease	7	7,914	18	1,351	+ 6,563
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,650	10	2,395	+ 4,254
Kidney Disease	9	5,176	12	2,210	+ 2,966
Stomach Cancer	10	4,675	31	557	+ 4,119
Prostate Cancer	11	3,922	29	642	+ 3,280
Breast Cancer	12	3,687	27	861	+ 2,827
Other Injuries	13	3,577	16	1,512	+ 2,065
Hypertension	14	3,471	21	1,095	+ 2,376
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,082	48	159	+ 2,923
Lymphomas	16	2,968	39	315	+ 2,653
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,856	23	1,041	+ 1,815
Liver Cancer	18	2,346	22	1,087	+ 1,259
Suicide	19	2,164	24	978	+ 1,186
Bladder Cancer	20	2,161	50	155	+ 2,007
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,104	41	273	+ 1,831
Liver Disease	22	2,078	13	2,147	- 68
Falls	23	1,907	30	622	+ 1,285
Leukemia	24	1,875	54	113	+ 1,762
Oral Cancer	25	1,684	43	208	+ 1,477
Inflammatory/Heart	26	1,678	36	426	+ 1,252
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,548	6	3,832	- 2,284
Other Neoplasms	28	1,204	62	24	+ 1,180
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,150	55	99	+ 1,051
Skin Cancers	30	967	51	147	+ 820
Epilepsy	31	767	38	330	+ 436
Uterin Cancer	32	750	56	94	+ 656
Ovary Cancer	33	734	42	220	+ 514
Cervical Cancer	34	607	17	1,405	- 798
HIV/AIDS	35	590	20	1,186	- 596
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	426	3	5,343	- 4,917
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	422	35	433	- 11
Tuberculosis	38	393	9	2,678	- 2,285
Skin Disease	39	374	47	159	+ 214
Congenital Anomalies	40	363	11	2,364	- 2,002
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	312	46	166	+ 146
Anemia	42	278	85	0	+ 278
Asthma	43	270	25	936	- 666
Drug Use	44	237	52	138	+ 99
Alcohol	45	205	59	74	+ 131
Fires	46	200	34	448	- 248
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	183	67	15	+ 168
Violence	48	178	19	1,247	- 1,069
Hepatitis C	49	160	68	11	+ 149
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	152	81	0	+ 152
Drownings	51	146	33	494	- 347
Low Birth Weight	52	145	7	3,636	- 3,491
Malnutrition	53	145	32	494	- 349
Multiple Sclerosis	54	104	64	20	+ 84
Schizophrenia	55	91	83	0	+ 91
Meningitis	56	79	15	1,628	- 1,550
Poisonings	57	54	40	315	- 260
Osteoarthritis	58	53	80	0	+ 53
Hepatitis B	59	48	60	70	- 22
Birth Trauma	60	44	8	3,448	- 3,404
Appendicitis	61	38	61	38	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	27	66	15	+ 12
Maternal Conditions	63	13	14	1,669	- 1,656
Syphilis	64	6	53	122	- 116
Oral conditions	65	5	82	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	5	72	0	+ 4
Encephalitis	67	2	57	85	- 83
Leishmaniasis	68	2	63	21	- 19
War	69	2	69	4	- 2
Leprosy	70	1	76	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	49	158	- 158
Pertussis	72	0	28	771	- 771
Tetanus	73	0	58	85	- 85
Diphtheria	74	0	70	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	71	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	176	- 176
Malaria	78	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	65	18	- 18
Dengue	84	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Portugal

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.