EL SALVADOR VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,527	4	2,418	+ 109
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,189	1	5,814	- 3,625
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,879	27	199	+ 1,680
Stroke	4	1,879	5	1,595	+ 284
Malaria	5	1,616	80	0	+ 1,616
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,348	8	1,347	+ 1
Low Birth Weight	7	1,279	19	317	+ 962
Birth Trauma	8	1,213	37	121	+ 1,092
Tuberculosis	9	942	46	60	+ 882
Diabetes Mellitus	10	842	7	1,385	- 543
Congenital Anomalies	11	832	14	449	+ 383
Kidney Disease	12	777	3	4,726	- 3,948
Liver Disease	13	755	10	797	- 42
Maternal Conditions	14	587	53	26	+ 560
Meningitis	15	573	51	36	+ 537
Other Injuries	16	532	38	95	+ 436
Cervical Cancer	17	494	13	451	+ 43
Lung Disease	18	475	6	1,493	- 1,017
Violence	19	438	2	5,485	- 5,047
HIV/AIDS	20	417	9	842	- 425
Hypertension	21	385	31	146	+ 239
Liver Cancer	22	382	16	355	+ 27
Endocrine Disorders	23	366	25	223	+ 144
Suicide	24	344	15	391	- 47
Asthma	25	329	35	122	+ 207
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	309	18	320	- 11
Breast Cancer	27	303	22	291	+ 11
Pertussis	28	271	52	32	+ 239
Prostate Cancer	29	226	17	328	- 103
Falls	30	219	24	243	- 24
Stomach Cancer	31	196	11	702	- 506
Malnutrition	32	174	26	214	- 41
Drownings	33	174	33	137	+ 37
Fires	34	158	54	21	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	152	30	157	- 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	150	42	78	+ 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	135	20	315	- 179
Epilepsy	38	116	48	50	+ 66
Lymphomas	39	111	28	186	- 75
Poisonings	40	111	57	15	+ 96
Parkinson's Disease	41	96	44	70	+ 26
Ovary Cancer	42	77	40	93	- 16
Oral Cancer	43	73	39	94	- 21
Lung Cancers	44	63	23	290	- 226
Schistosomiasis	45	62	82	0	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	58	65	6	+ 52
Skin Disease	47	56	36	121	- 65
Pancreas Cancer	48	56	29	161	- 105
Measles	49	56	76	0	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	50	54	49	42	+ 13
Skin Cancers	51	52	47	60	- 8
Drug Use	52	49	43	74	- 25
Syphilis	53	43	58	14	+ 29
Leukemia	54	40	21	312	- 272
Oesophagus Cancer	55	35	41	80	- 46
Uterin Cancer	56	33	50	39	- 6
Encephalitis	57	30	63	7	+ 23
Tetanus	58	30	60	11	+ 19
Alcohol	59	26	12	648	- 622
Hepatitis B	60	25	66	5	+ 20
Appendicitis	61	14	56	18	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	8	32	145	- 137
Leishmaniasis	63	7	73	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	64	7	+ 0
Ascariasis	65	6	72	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	5	62	9	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	59	14	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	4	75	0	+ 4
War	69	1	70	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Osteoarthritis	80	0	69	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	45	64	- 64
Oral conditions	82	0	68	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	34	131	- 131
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Senegal

El Salvador

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.