FINLAND VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,145	21	436	+ 1,708
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,858	2	9,831	- 7,973
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,595	52	15	+ 1,580
Stroke	4	1,595	3	4,115	- 2,520
Malaria	5	1,372	74	0	+ 1,372
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,144	33	215	+ 929
Low Birth Weight	7	1,086	48	26	+ 1,059
Birth Trauma	8	1,029	56	8	+ 1,021
Tuberculosis	9	800	46	32	+ 768
Diabetes Mellitus	10	715	22	418	+ 297
Congenital Anomalies	11	706	35	192	+ 514
Kidney Disease	12	660	26	342	+ 318
Liver Disease	13	641	10	1,068	- 427
Maternal Conditions	14	498	64	2	+ 497
Meningitis	15	486	55	9	+ 477
Other Injuries	16	451	20	437	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	17	419	44	62	+ 357
Lung Disease	18	403	8	1,289	- 886
Violence	19	372	43	64	+ 308
HIV/AIDS	20	354	59	6	+ 349
Hypertension	21	327	5	2,030	- 1,703
Liver Cancer	22	325	16	545	- 221
Endocrine Disorders	23	311	31	257	+ 54
Suicide	24	292	15	846	- 554
Asthma	25	279	40	85	+ 195
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	262	1	11,120	- 10,858
Breast Cancer	27	257	12	948	- 691
Pertussis	28	230	69	0	+ 230
Prostate Cancer	29	192	11	970	- 779
Falls	30	186	7	1,325	- 1,139
Stomach Cancer	31	166	19	447	- 281
Malnutrition	32	148	57	7	+ 141
Drownings	33	147	37	106	+ 41
Fires	34	134	45	62	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	129	36	151	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	36	127	17	518	- 391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	115	6	1,433	- 1,319
Epilepsy	38	99	38	104	- 5
Lymphomas	39	94	14	851	- 757
Poisonings	40	94	49	25	+ 69
Parkinson's Disease	41	81	13	853	- 771
Ovary Cancer	42	66	25	344	- 279
Oral Cancer	43	62	34	207	- 145
Lung Cancers	44	54	4	2,312	- 2,258
Schistosomiasis	45	52	77	0	+ 52
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	49	50	19	+ 30
Skin Disease	47	48	47	27	+ 20
Pancreas Cancer	48	48	9	1,247	- 1,200
Measles	49	47	72	0	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	50	46	28	308	- 262
Skin Cancers	51	44	29	297	- 253
Drug Use	52	41	30	269	- 228
Syphilis	53	36	67	0	+ 36
Leukemia	54	34	24	371	- 338
Oesophagus Cancer	55	30	27	320	- 290
Uterin Cancer	56	28	32	225	- 197
Encephalitis	57	25	66	0	+ 25
Tetanus	58	25	70	0	+ 25
Alcohol	59	22	18	464	- 442
Hepatitis B	60	21	63	2	+ 19
Appendicitis	61	11	54	10	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	7	23	377	- 370
Leishmaniasis	63	6	75	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	42	80	- 74
Ascariasis	65	5	81	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	62	2	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	41	83	- 79
Hepatitis C	68	3	60	5	- 1
War	69	1	65	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	58	6	- 6
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Senegal

Finland

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.