SENEGAL VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	7,304	1	7,184	+ 120
Stroke	2	7,001	4	5,342	+ 1,658
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,144	6	3,832	+ 1,313
Coronary Heart Disease	4	4,988	2	6,224	- 1,236
Malaria	5	4,563	5	4,595	- 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	4,318	3	5,343	- 1,025
HIV/AIDS	7	3,909	20	1,186	+ 2,723
Liver Disease	8	3,525	13	2,147	+ 1,378
Low Birth Weight	9	3,034	7	3,636	- 603
Birth Trauma	10	2,612	8	3,448	- 835
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,571	10	2,395	+ 176
Congenital Anomalies	12	2,459	11	2,364	+ 94
Lung Disease	13	2,151	18	1,351	+ 800
Hypertension	14	1,878	21	1,095	+ 783
Kidney Disease	15	1,668	12	2,210	- 542
Malnutrition	16	1,616	32	494	+ 1,121
Other Injuries	17	1,306	16	1,512	- 206
Cervical Cancer	18	1,301	17	1,405	- 104
Meningitis	19	1,172	15	1,628	- 456
Stomach Cancer	20	1,079	31	557	+ 522
Maternal Conditions	21	999	14	1,669	- 669
Asthma	22	992	25	936	+ 56
Liver Cancer	23	977	22	1,087	- 110
Suicide	24	973	24	978	- 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	909	26	879	+ 31
Tuberculosis	26	864	9	2,678	- 1,814
Breast Cancer	27	830	27	861	- 31
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	818	37	384	+ 433
Violence	29	758	19	1,247	- 488
Lymphomas	30	622	39	315	+ 307
Falls	31	570	30	622	- 52
Prostate Cancer	32	548	29	642	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	501	35	433	+ 68
Inflammatory/Heart	34	480	36	426	+ 54
Leukemia	35	438	54	113	+ 326
Drownings	36	394	33	494	- 100
Oral Cancer	37	376	43	208	+ 169
Fires	38	373	34	448	- 75
Lung Cancers	39	324	44	180	+ 143
Poisonings	40	304	40	315	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	41	304	23	1,041	- 737
Pertussis	42	301	28	771	- 470
Pancreas Cancer	43	296	48	159	+ 136
Oesophagus Cancer	44	295	55	99	+ 196
Epilepsy	45	265	38	330	- 66
Syphilis	46	239	53	122	+ 117
Parkinson's Disease	47	202	41	273	- 71
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	188	46	166	+ 22
Alcohol	49	174	59	74	+ 99
Skin Cancers	50	156	51	147	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	51	154	45	176	- 22
Skin Disease	52	142	47	159	- 17
Ovary Cancer	53	127	42	220	- 93
Appendicitis	54	97	61	38	+ 59
Hepatitis B	55	94	60	70	+ 24
Uterin Cancer	56	81	56	94	- 13
Upper Respiratory	57	81	66	15	+ 65
Tetanus	58	73	58	85	- 12
Measles	59	71	49	158	- 87
Drug Use	60	62	52	138	- 77
Encephalitis	61	54	57	85	- 32
Bladder Cancer	62	49	50	155	- 106
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	32	67	15	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	64	22	62	24	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	17	68	11	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	10	64	20	- 10
Ascariasis	67	6	65	18	- 12
Otitis Media	68	5	72	0	+ 5
War	69	4	69	4	- 1
Chlamydia	70	3	71	2	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	2	70	3	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
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
Depression	84	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Rwanda

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.