ERITREA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,418	1	3,277	- 859
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,095	4	2,154	- 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,798	3	2,292	- 494
Stroke	4	1,798	2	2,564	- 766
Malaria	5	1,547	17	437	+ 1,110
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,290	5	1,326	- 36
Low Birth Weight	7	1,224	16	531	+ 693
Birth Trauma	8	1,160	11	616	+ 544
Tuberculosis	9	902	14	543	+ 358
Diabetes Mellitus	10	806	7	944	- 138
Congenital Anomalies	11	796	18	432	+ 364
Kidney Disease	12	744	12	578	+ 166
Liver Disease	13	723	6	1,215	- 492
Maternal Conditions	14	562	13	544	+ 18
Meningitis	15	548	19	404	+ 144
Other Injuries	16	509	15	540	- 31
Cervical Cancer	17	473	30	132	+ 340
Lung Disease	18	455	9	662	- 207
Violence	19	420	20	384	+ 35
HIV/AIDS	20	399	25	308	+ 92
Hypertension	21	369	8	926	- 557
Liver Cancer	22	366	45	69	+ 297
Endocrine Disorders	23	350	43	71	+ 279
Suicide	24	329	21	382	- 53
Asthma	25	315	22	326	- 11
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	296	24	310	- 14
Breast Cancer	27	290	23	311	- 22
Pertussis	28	260	36	90	+ 170
Prostate Cancer	29	216	47	54	+ 162
Falls	30	209	26	168	+ 41
Stomach Cancer	31	187	48	48	+ 139
Malnutrition	32	166	10	660	- 493
Drownings	33	166	33	118	+ 49
Fires	34	151	31	132	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	146	27	147	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	36	143	32	123	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	129	35	113	+ 16
Epilepsy	38	111	38	81	+ 30
Lymphomas	39	106	28	147	- 41
Poisonings	40	106	34	114	- 8
Parkinson's Disease	41	92	37	85	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	42	74	40	79	- 5
Oral Cancer	43	70	44	71	- 1
Lung Cancers	44	61	46	62	- 1
Schistosomiasis	45	59	42	73	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	56	41	77	- 21
Skin Disease	47	54	50	45	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	48	54	58	20	+ 34
Measles	49	53	63	13	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	50	52	51	42	+ 10
Skin Cancers	51	49	56	30	+ 20
Drug Use	52	47	53	36	+ 10
Syphilis	53	41	54	35	+ 6
Leukemia	54	38	29	144	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	55	33	39	81	- 48
Uterin Cancer	56	32	61	18	+ 14
Encephalitis	57	29	62	16	+ 13
Tetanus	58	29	52	37	- 9
Alcohol	59	25	49	45	- 21
Hepatitis B	60	24	57	28	- 4
Appendicitis	61	13	55	31	- 18
Other Neoplasms	62	8	66	6	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	63	7	59	19	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	64	7	67	4	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	6	68	2	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	5	60	18	- 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	64	12	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	4	65	6	- 3
War	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	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	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Senegal

Eritrea

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.