SENEGAL VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,133	2	6,224	+ 13,909
Stroke	2	8,661	4	5,342	+ 3,318
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,353	6	3,832	+ 2,521
Kidney Disease	4	4,668	12	2,210	+ 2,458
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	3,162	1	7,184	- 4,022
Falls	6	2,754	30	622	+ 2,132
Liver Disease	7	2,543	13	2,147	+ 397
Other Injuries	8	2,065	16	1,512	+ 553
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,006	10	2,395	- 389
Lung Disease	10	1,466	18	1,351	+ 115
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,259	26	879	+ 381
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,190	11	2,364	- 1,175
Suicide	13	1,055	24	978	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	841	37	384	+ 456
Endocrine Disorders	15	746	23	1,041	- 295
Inflammatory/Heart	16	692	36	426	+ 266
Asthma	17	602	25	936	- 334
Low Birth Weight	18	510	7	3,636	- 3,126
Leukemia	19	477	54	113	+ 364
Breast Cancer	20	468	27	861	- 393
Liver Cancer	21	436	22	1,087	- 651
Hypertension	22	430	21	1,095	- 665
Fires	23	426	34	448	- 23
Drownings	24	424	33	494	- 70
Parkinson's Disease	25	400	41	273	+ 128
Lung Cancers	26	400	44	180	+ 219
Tuberculosis	27	388	9	2,678	- 2,291
Lymphomas	28	369	39	315	+ 54
Epilepsy	29	358	38	330	+ 28
Violence	30	333	19	1,247	- 914
Pancreas Cancer	31	271	48	159	+ 112
Skin Disease	32	266	47	159	+ 107
Drug Use	33	253	52	138	+ 115
Oral Cancer	34	240	43	208	+ 32
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	235	3	5,343	- 5,108
Stomach Cancer	36	201	31	557	- 356
Birth Trauma	37	177	8	3,448	- 3,271
Uterin Cancer	38	167	56	94	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	144	46	166	- 21
Poisonings	40	144	40	315	- 170
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	142	35	433	- 291
Ovary Cancer	42	128	42	220	- 92
Encephalitis	43	121	57	85	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	44	118	55	99	+ 19
Meningitis	45	117	15	1,628	- 1,512
Bladder Cancer	46	110	50	155	- 44
HIV/AIDS	47	99	20	1,186	- 1,087
Maternal Conditions	48	89	14	1,669	- 1,580
Cervical Cancer	49	81	17	1,405	- 1,324
Prostate Cancer	50	76	29	642	- 566
Alcohol	51	66	59	74	- 8
Malnutrition	52	41	32	494	- 453
Hepatitis B	53	29	60	70	- 41
Pertussis	54	29	28	771	- 743
Skin Cancers	55	28	51	147	- 119
Multiple Sclerosis	56	25	64	20	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	57	21	62	24	- 3
Appendicitis	58	18	61	38	- 21
Syphilis	59	17	53	122	- 105
Schistosomiasis	60	13	45	176	- 163
Tetanus	61	8	58	85	- 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	67	15	- 10
Dengue	63	5	73	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	68	11	- 7
War	65	2	69	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	1	65	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	67	1	63	21	- 20
Measles	68	0	49	158	- 158
Diphtheria	69	0	70	3	- 2
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	15	- 15
Chlamydia	71	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Saudi Arabia

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.