ESTONIA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	455	6	349	+ 106
Coronary Heart Disease	2	394	1	3,009	- 2,615
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	338	53	8	+ 330
Stroke	4	338	3	1,116	- 778
Malaria	5	291	73	0	+ 291
Road Traffic Accidents	6	243	35	59	+ 184
Low Birth Weight	7	230	55	7	+ 224
Birth Trauma	8	218	57	5	+ 213
Tuberculosis	9	170	47	16	+ 153
Diabetes Mellitus	10	152	19	146	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	11	150	43	25	+ 125
Kidney Disease	12	140	17	176	- 36
Liver Disease	13	136	7	328	- 193
Maternal Conditions	14	106	61	1	+ 105
Meningitis	15	103	54	7	+ 96
Other Injuries	16	96	20	141	- 45
Cervical Cancer	17	89	32	68	+ 21
Lung Disease	18	86	13	229	- 143
Violence	19	79	42	28	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	20	75	39	40	+ 35
Hypertension	21	69	2	2,700	- 2,631
Liver Cancer	22	69	26	107	- 38
Endocrine Disorders	23	66	33	66	+ 0
Suicide	24	62	16	197	- 135
Asthma	25	59	44	24	+ 35
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	56	12	229	- 174
Breast Cancer	27	55	11	260	- 205
Pertussis	28	49	83	0	+ 49
Prostate Cancer	29	41	8	298	- 258
Falls	30	39	24	119	- 79
Stomach Cancer	31	35	9	290	- 255
Malnutrition	32	31	79	0	+ 31
Drownings	33	31	40	30	+ 1
Fires	34	28	38	41	- 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	27	36	55	- 28
Inflammatory/Heart	36	27	14	217	- 190
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	24	5	527	- 503
Epilepsy	38	21	37	45	- 24
Lymphomas	39	20	15	213	- 193
Poisonings	40	20	52	8	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	41	17	29	82	- 65
Ovary Cancer	42	14	28	87	- 73
Oral Cancer	43	13	25	110	- 97
Lung Cancers	44	11	4	657	- 646
Schistosomiasis	45	11	72	0	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	45	22	- 11
Skin Disease	47	10	41	29	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	48	10	10	268	- 258
Measles	49	10	84	0	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	50	10	21	126	- 116
Skin Cancers	51	9	30	79	- 70
Drug Use	52	9	31	75	- 66
Syphilis	53	8	62	1	+ 7
Leukemia	54	7	22	126	- 118
Oesophagus Cancer	55	6	27	99	- 92
Uterin Cancer	56	6	34	60	- 54
Encephalitis	57	5	63	0	+ 5
Tetanus	58	5	81	0	+ 5
Alcohol	59	5	18	148	- 144
Hepatitis B	60	4	65	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	2	59	2	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	2	23	123	- 122
Leishmaniasis	63	1	69	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	48	16	- 15
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	46	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	68	1	58	4	- 3
War	69	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Senegal

Estonia

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.