CONGO VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,324	3	2,576	- 252
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,014	4	2,494	- 481
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,729	8	1,304	+ 424
Stroke	4	1,728	5	2,267	- 538
Malaria	5	1,487	6	1,977	- 490
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,240	7	1,598	- 359
Low Birth Weight	7	1,176	9	1,283	- 107
Birth Trauma	8	1,115	11	997	+ 118
Tuberculosis	9	867	2	2,781	- 1,914
Diabetes Mellitus	10	775	10	1,050	- 275
Congenital Anomalies	11	765	14	729	+ 36
Kidney Disease	12	715	15	613	+ 102
Liver Disease	13	695	13	931	- 236
Maternal Conditions	14	540	16	578	- 38
Meningitis	15	527	22	299	+ 228
Other Injuries	16	489	20	333	+ 156
Cervical Cancer	17	455	29	196	+ 258
Lung Disease	18	437	17	541	- 104
Violence	19	403	18	539	- 135
HIV/AIDS	20	384	1	4,509	- 4,126
Hypertension	21	354	12	933	- 578
Liver Cancer	22	352	30	169	+ 182
Endocrine Disorders	23	337	27	208	+ 129
Suicide	24	316	19	349	- 32
Asthma	25	303	23	291	+ 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	284	25	230	+ 54
Breast Cancer	27	278	32	159	+ 120
Pertussis	28	250	21	329	- 80
Prostate Cancer	29	208	28	198	+ 10
Falls	30	201	33	149	+ 53
Stomach Cancer	31	180	39	88	+ 92
Malnutrition	32	160	24	272	- 112
Drownings	33	160	36	104	+ 56
Fires	34	145	37	90	+ 55
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	140	35	105	+ 35
Inflammatory/Heart	36	138	26	220	- 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	124	38	89	+ 36
Epilepsy	38	107	40	76	+ 31
Lymphomas	39	102	45	61	+ 41
Poisonings	40	102	41	71	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	41	88	42	69	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	42	71	48	49	+ 22
Oral Cancer	43	67	54	33	+ 34
Lung Cancers	44	58	47	54	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	45	57	51	45	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	54	43	67	- 13
Skin Disease	47	52	50	46	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	48	52	52	42	+ 10
Measles	49	51	31	159	- 108
Bladder Cancer	50	50	61	15	+ 36
Skin Cancers	51	48	53	36	+ 12
Drug Use	52	45	44	65	- 21
Syphilis	53	40	34	107	- 67
Leukemia	54	36	46	57	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	55	32	57	19	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	56	30	60	15	+ 16
Encephalitis	57	28	56	20	+ 8
Tetanus	58	27	55	23	+ 4
Alcohol	59	24	49	46	- 22
Hepatitis B	60	23	62	14	+ 8
Appendicitis	61	12	58	18	- 6
Other Neoplasms	62	8	63	8	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	63	7	78	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	66	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	6	69	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	7	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	59	15	- 10
Hepatitis C	68	4	67	2	+ 1
War	69	1	72	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	68	2	- 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CONGO

Senegal

Congo

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.