GUINEA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,331	1	12,790	- 7,459
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,619	6	5,665	- 1,047
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,965	3	6,788	- 2,823
Stroke	4	3,964	5	5,777	- 1,813
Malaria	5	3,410	2	8,180	- 4,770
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,843	9	3,788	- 945
Low Birth Weight	7	2,698	8	4,319	- 1,620
Birth Trauma	8	2,558	7	4,797	- 2,238
Tuberculosis	9	1,988	13	2,369	- 381
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,778	15	2,138	- 360
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,755	14	2,181	- 426
Kidney Disease	12	1,640	16	1,939	- 299
Liver Disease	13	1,593	12	2,550	- 957
Maternal Conditions	14	1,238	17	1,793	- 555
Meningitis	15	1,208	11	2,633	- 1,424
Other Injuries	16	1,122	18	1,504	- 382
Cervical Cancer	17	1,043	19	1,491	- 449
Lung Disease	18	1,003	20	1,373	- 370
Violence	19	925	26	1,128	- 203
HIV/AIDS	20	880	10	3,020	- 2,139
Hypertension	21	813	21	1,348	- 536
Liver Cancer	22	807	23	1,167	- 361
Endocrine Disorders	23	773	25	1,140	- 367
Suicide	24	726	29	892	- 166
Asthma	25	695	22	1,179	- 484
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	652	30	579	+ 73
Breast Cancer	27	639	38	345	+ 294
Pertussis	28	572	24	1,165	- 593
Prostate Cancer	29	476	32	525	- 49
Falls	30	462	33	480	- 18
Stomach Cancer	31	413	41	245	+ 168
Malnutrition	32	367	28	1,032	- 665
Drownings	33	366	31	528	- 162
Fires	34	333	36	410	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	321	34	448	- 127
Inflammatory/Heart	36	316	35	439	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	285	53	100	+ 185
Epilepsy	38	245	37	350	- 104
Lymphomas	39	234	48	158	+ 76
Poisonings	40	233	40	295	- 61
Parkinson's Disease	41	202	44	212	- 10
Ovary Cancer	42	163	54	93	+ 71
Oral Cancer	43	154	52	122	+ 32
Lung Cancers	44	134	50	128	+ 6
Schistosomiasis	45	131	43	232	- 101
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	123	42	238	- 115
Skin Disease	47	118	51	127	- 9
Pancreas Cancer	48	118	65	19	+ 99
Measles	49	117	4	6,025	- 5,907
Bladder Cancer	50	115	60	32	+ 83
Skin Cancers	51	109	49	152	- 43
Drug Use	52	103	46	169	- 66
Syphilis	53	91	39	328	- 237
Leukemia	54	84	67	17	+ 66
Oesophagus Cancer	55	74	63	20	+ 54
Uterin Cancer	56	70	59	38	+ 32
Encephalitis	57	63	56	81	- 17
Tetanus	58	63	45	170	- 107
Alcohol	59	55	55	83	- 28
Hepatitis B	60	52	47	162	- 110
Appendicitis	61	29	57	41	- 13
Other Neoplasms	62	18	68	16	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	63	15	78	0	+ 15
Multiple Sclerosis	64	15	66	18	- 3
Ascariasis	65	13	62	22	- 9
Upper Respiratory	66	11	69	15	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	11	70	13	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	8	61	22	- 14
War	69	3	64	20	- 17
Diphtheria	70	2	58	40	- 38
Chlamydia	71	1	71	3	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
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	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Senegal

Guinea

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.