LATVIA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	687	9	501	+ 185
Coronary Heart Disease	2	595	1	8,099	- 7,504
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	511	54	14	+ 497
Stroke	4	511	2	5,893	- 5,382
Malaria	5	439	79	0	+ 439
Road Traffic Accidents	6	366	27	154	+ 213
Low Birth Weight	7	348	56	11	+ 336
Birth Trauma	8	329	55	12	+ 318
Tuberculosis	9	256	40	71	+ 185
Diabetes Mellitus	10	229	8	529	- 301
Congenital Anomalies	11	226	43	46	+ 179
Kidney Disease	12	211	17	356	- 145
Liver Disease	13	205	15	365	- 160
Maternal Conditions	14	159	60	5	+ 155
Meningitis	15	156	52	15	+ 141
Other Injuries	16	144	16	362	- 218
Cervical Cancer	17	134	33	128	+ 7
Lung Disease	18	129	18	346	- 217
Violence	19	119	37	94	+ 25
HIV/AIDS	20	113	39	74	+ 39
Hypertension	21	105	3	1,194	- 1,089
Liver Cancer	22	104	26	157	- 53
Endocrine Disorders	23	99	41	59	+ 40
Suicide	24	93	14	384	- 290
Asthma	25	89	46	42	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	84	7	664	- 580
Breast Cancer	27	82	10	472	- 390
Pertussis	28	74	70	0	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	29	61	12	464	- 403
Falls	30	59	23	201	- 142
Stomach Cancer	31	53	11	470	- 416
Malnutrition	32	47	64	2	+ 45
Drownings	33	47	34	127	- 80
Fires	34	43	36	103	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	41	31	142	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	36	41	5	921	- 880
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	37	6	722	- 685
Epilepsy	38	32	45	44	- 13
Lymphomas	39	30	19	245	- 215
Poisonings	40	30	49	23	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	41	26	35	125	- 99
Ovary Cancer	42	21	24	196	- 175
Oral Cancer	43	20	22	214	- 194
Lung Cancers	44	17	4	956	- 939
Schistosomiasis	45	17	78	0	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	47	41	- 25
Skin Disease	47	15	38	76	- 61
Pancreas Cancer	48	15	13	436	- 421
Measles	49	15	72	0	+ 15
Bladder Cancer	50	15	20	228	- 213
Skin Cancers	51	14	30	144	- 130
Drug Use	52	13	48	41	- 28
Syphilis	53	12	65	1	+ 10
Leukemia	54	11	25	186	- 175
Oesophagus Cancer	55	9	32	131	- 122
Uterin Cancer	56	9	29	148	- 139
Encephalitis	57	8	69	0	+ 8
Tetanus	58	8	71	0	+ 8
Alcohol	59	7	21	227	- 220
Hepatitis B	60	7	63	3	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	4	59	5	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	2	28	153	- 150
Leishmaniasis	63	2	77	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	50	20	- 18
Ascariasis	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	4	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	51	20	- 18
Hepatitis C	68	1	42	53	- 52
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Senegal

Latvia

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.