JAMAICA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,076	15	393	+ 683
Coronary Heart Disease	2	932	3	1,726	- 793
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	800	42	35	+ 766
Stroke	4	800	1	2,415	- 1,614
Malaria	5	688	72	0	+ 688
Road Traffic Accidents	6	574	12	444	+ 130
Low Birth Weight	7	545	18	241	+ 304
Birth Trauma	8	517	37	65	+ 451
Tuberculosis	9	401	54	8	+ 394
Diabetes Mellitus	10	359	2	2,077	- 1,718
Congenital Anomalies	11	354	23	139	+ 215
Kidney Disease	12	331	6	793	- 462
Liver Disease	13	322	21	155	+ 167
Maternal Conditions	14	250	43	35	+ 215
Meningitis	15	244	47	16	+ 228
Other Injuries	16	226	31	91	+ 136
Cervical Cancer	17	210	16	358	- 147
Lung Disease	18	202	11	452	- 249
Violence	19	187	4	1,484	- 1,298
HIV/AIDS	20	178	7	757	- 580
Hypertension	21	164	8	651	- 487
Liver Cancer	22	163	29	101	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	23	156	20	176	- 20
Suicide	24	146	35	70	+ 76
Asthma	25	140	36	65	+ 75
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	132	9	587	- 456
Breast Cancer	27	129	14	413	- 284
Pertussis	28	116	67	0	+ 116
Prostate Cancer	29	96	5	883	- 787
Falls	30	93	33	82	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	31	83	19	231	- 147
Malnutrition	32	74	40	48	+ 26
Drownings	33	74	51	10	+ 64
Fires	34	67	46	16	+ 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	65	32	82	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	36	64	24	133	- 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	58	13	436	- 379
Epilepsy	38	50	41	46	+ 4
Lymphomas	39	47	17	251	- 204
Poisonings	40	47	57	2	+ 45
Parkinson's Disease	41	41	25	132	- 92
Ovary Cancer	42	33	30	97	- 64
Oral Cancer	43	31	39	59	- 28
Lung Cancers	44	27	10	472	- 445
Schistosomiasis	45	26	74	0	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	25	44	27	- 2
Skin Disease	47	24	22	145	- 121
Pancreas Cancer	48	24	27	119	- 95
Measles	49	24	77	0	+ 24
Bladder Cancer	50	23	38	60	- 36
Skin Cancers	51	22	52	10	+ 12
Drug Use	52	21	48	13	+ 8
Syphilis	53	18	60	1	+ 18
Leukemia	54	17	26	129	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	55	15	34	74	- 59
Uterin Cancer	56	14	28	106	- 92
Encephalitis	57	13	49	13	- 0
Tetanus	58	13	63	0	+ 12
Alcohol	59	11	55	7	+ 4
Hepatitis B	60	11	59	1	+ 10
Appendicitis	61	6	53	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	4	45	19	- 15
Leishmaniasis	63	3	71	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	56	3	- 0
Ascariasis	65	3	66	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	65	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	50	11	- 9
Hepatitis C	68	2	64	0	+ 1
War	69	1	61	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Senegal

Jamaica

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.