GUYANA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	303	6	302	+ 1
Coronary Heart Disease	2	262	1	1,335	- 1,073
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	225	27	48	+ 178
Stroke	4	225	2	1,022	- 797
Malaria	5	194	33	30	+ 164
Road Traffic Accidents	6	161	11	175	- 13
Low Birth Weight	7	153	22	89	+ 64
Birth Trauma	8	145	24	64	+ 81
Tuberculosis	9	113	16	137	- 24
Diabetes Mellitus	10	101	3	579	- 478
Congenital Anomalies	11	100	23	69	+ 31
Kidney Disease	12	93	8	233	- 140
Liver Disease	13	90	9	197	- 106
Maternal Conditions	14	70	35	28	+ 42
Meningitis	15	69	44	17	+ 51
Other Injuries	16	64	14	167	- 103
Cervical Cancer	17	59	21	91	- 32
Lung Disease	18	57	13	174	- 117
Violence	19	53	10	194	- 141
HIV/AIDS	20	50	7	256	- 206
Hypertension	21	46	4	320	- 274
Liver Cancer	22	46	34	29	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	23	44	12	174	- 131
Suicide	24	41	5	315	- 274
Asthma	25	39	36	25	+ 14
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	37	38	23	+ 14
Breast Cancer	27	36	19	96	- 60
Pertussis	28	33	73	0	+ 32
Prostate Cancer	29	27	17	123	- 96
Falls	30	26	48	11	+ 15
Stomach Cancer	31	23	31	34	- 10
Malnutrition	32	21	30	37	- 16
Drownings	33	21	15	145	- 124
Fires	34	19	41	19	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	18	26	54	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	36	18	20	92	- 74
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	16	25	59	- 42
Epilepsy	38	14	37	24	- 10
Lymphomas	39	13	32	32	- 19
Poisonings	40	13	65	1	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	41	11	49	9	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	42	9	43	18	- 8
Oral Cancer	43	9	40	20	- 11
Lung Cancers	44	8	29	38	- 30
Schistosomiasis	45	7	84	0	+ 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	7	47	13	- 6
Skin Disease	47	7	56	3	+ 4
Pancreas Cancer	48	7	42	19	- 12
Measles	49	7	77	0	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	50	7	50	8	- 1
Skin Cancers	51	6	55	5	+ 1
Drug Use	52	6	45	16	- 10
Syphilis	53	5	71	0	+ 5
Leukemia	54	5	39	21	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	55	4	51	8	- 4
Uterin Cancer	56	4	46	13	- 9
Encephalitis	57	4	53	7	- 3
Tetanus	58	4	72	0	+ 3
Alcohol	59	3	57	3	+ 0
Hepatitis B	60	3	59	2	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	2	54	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	28	40	- 39
Leishmaniasis	63	1	83	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	66	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	63	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	+ 0
War	69	0	64	1	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	67	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	18	99	- 99
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

Senegal

Guyana

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.