DENMARK VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,277	6	2,244	+ 33
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,973	1	5,341	- 3,369
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,693	38	145	+ 1,549
Stroke	4	1,693	5	3,662	- 1,969
Malaria	5	1,456	79	0	+ 1,456
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,214	33	213	+ 1,001
Low Birth Weight	7	1,152	41	116	+ 1,036
Birth Trauma	8	1,093	56	21	+ 1,071
Tuberculosis	9	849	57	16	+ 833
Diabetes Mellitus	10	759	10	1,284	- 525
Congenital Anomalies	11	749	36	153	+ 596
Kidney Disease	12	701	12	911	- 210
Liver Disease	13	680	14	692	- 12
Maternal Conditions	14	529	64	2	+ 527
Meningitis	15	516	52	25	+ 491
Other Injuries	16	479	30	347	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	17	445	37	153	+ 293
Lung Disease	18	428	3	4,387	- 3,958
Violence	19	395	47	63	+ 332
HIV/AIDS	20	376	55	23	+ 353
Hypertension	21	347	15	642	- 295
Liver Cancer	22	345	25	464	- 120
Endocrine Disorders	23	330	19	575	- 245
Suicide	24	310	16	617	- 307
Asthma	25	297	44	82	+ 214
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	278	2	5,218	- 4,939
Breast Cancer	27	273	9	1,299	- 1,026
Pertussis	28	244	72	0	+ 244
Prostate Cancer	29	203	8	1,480	- 1,276
Falls	30	197	22	541	- 344
Stomach Cancer	31	177	23	484	- 308
Malnutrition	32	157	59	14	+ 143
Drownings	33	156	50	37	+ 119
Fires	34	142	49	53	+ 89
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	137	32	216	- 79
Inflammatory/Heart	36	135	31	284	- 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	122	7	2,147	- 2,025
Epilepsy	38	105	40	125	- 20
Lymphomas	39	100	13	730	- 630
Poisonings	40	100	62	6	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	41	86	17	600	- 514
Ovary Cancer	42	70	29	367	- 297
Oral Cancer	43	66	28	371	- 305
Lung Cancers	44	57	4	3,721	- 3,664
Schistosomiasis	45	56	75	0	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	53	42	96	- 44
Skin Disease	47	50	45	79	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	48	50	11	1,096	- 1,045
Measles	49	50	71	0	+ 50
Bladder Cancer	50	49	21	545	- 496
Skin Cancers	51	47	26	388	- 342
Drug Use	52	44	34	197	- 153
Syphilis	53	39	70	0	+ 38
Leukemia	54	36	20	558	- 523
Oesophagus Cancer	55	31	24	477	- 445
Uterin Cancer	56	30	35	156	- 126
Encephalitis	57	27	67	1	+ 26
Tetanus	58	27	68	0	+ 26
Alcohol	59	24	18	598	- 575
Hepatitis B	60	22	61	6	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	12	54	23	- 11
Other Neoplasms	62	8	27	378	- 370
Leishmaniasis	63	7	78	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	39	132	- 126
Ascariasis	65	6	81	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	5	58	15	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	43	84	- 80
Hepatitis C	68	3	60	9	- 5
War	69	1	66	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	73	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	25	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	48	57	- 57
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	73	- 73
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

Senegal

Denmark

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.