ICELAND VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	139	6	82	+ 56
Coronary Heart Disease	2	120	1	403	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	103	55	1	+ 102
Stroke	4	103	3	141	- 37
Malaria	5	89	73	0	+ 89
Road Traffic Accidents	6	74	35	7	+ 67
Low Birth Weight	7	70	43	3	+ 67
Birth Trauma	8	67	46	2	+ 64
Tuberculosis	9	52	82	0	+ 52
Diabetes Mellitus	10	46	16	30	+ 17
Congenital Anomalies	11	46	34	7	+ 38
Kidney Disease	12	43	15	33	+ 9
Liver Disease	13	41	31	9	+ 32
Maternal Conditions	14	32	60	0	+ 32
Meningitis	15	31	50	1	+ 30
Other Injuries	16	29	11	50	- 21
Cervical Cancer	17	27	32	9	+ 18
Lung Disease	18	26	5	129	- 103
Violence	19	24	39	4	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	20	23	59	0	+ 22
Hypertension	21	21	17	24	- 3
Liver Cancer	22	21	20	22	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	23	20	27	16	+ 5
Suicide	24	19	13	40	- 21
Asthma	25	18	48	2	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	17	2	295	- 278
Breast Cancer	27	17	9	53	- 37
Pertussis	28	15	62	0	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	29	12	8	61	- 48
Falls	30	12	18	24	- 12
Stomach Cancer	31	11	23	18	- 7
Malnutrition	32	10	57	1	+ 9
Drownings	33	10	56	1	+ 9
Fires	34	9	58	1	+ 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	8	41	3	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	36	8	26	16	- 7
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	7	7	73	- 66
Epilepsy	38	6	37	5	+ 1
Lymphomas	39	6	14	37	- 31
Poisonings	40	6	42	3	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	41	5	10	53	- 48
Ovary Cancer	42	4	25	16	- 12
Oral Cancer	43	4	33	9	- 5
Lung Cancers	44	3	4	134	- 131
Schistosomiasis	45	3	75	0	+ 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	3	54	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	47	3	45	3	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	48	3	12	43	- 40
Measles	49	3	67	0	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	50	3	21	20	- 17
Skin Cancers	51	3	29	13	- 10
Drug Use	52	3	24	17	- 14
Syphilis	53	2	80	0	+ 2
Leukemia	54	2	22	19	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	55	2	19	23	- 21
Uterin Cancer	56	2	36	7	- 5
Encephalitis	57	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	58	2	68	0	+ 2
Alcohol	59	1	28	14	- 13
Hepatitis B	60	1	63	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	0	30	10	- 9
Leishmaniasis	63	0	77	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	44	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	51	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	38	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	52	1	- 1
War	69	0	61	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	49	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Senegal

Iceland

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.