LESOTHO VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	849	2	3,214	- 2,365
Coronary Heart Disease	2	736	5	2,101	- 1,365
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	631	4	2,354	- 1,723
Stroke	4	631	3	2,817	- 2,185
Malaria	5	543	79	0	+ 543
Road Traffic Accidents	6	453	16	678	- 226
Low Birth Weight	7	430	12	957	- 527
Birth Trauma	8	407	15	717	- 310
Tuberculosis	9	317	8	1,208	- 892
Diabetes Mellitus	10	283	6	2,000	- 1,716
Congenital Anomalies	11	279	19	389	- 110
Kidney Disease	12	261	10	1,015	- 753
Liver Disease	13	254	14	792	- 538
Maternal Conditions	14	197	24	292	- 95
Meningitis	15	192	22	318	- 125
Other Injuries	16	179	18	533	- 354
Cervical Cancer	17	166	20	372	- 206
Lung Disease	18	160	9	1,102	- 942
Violence	19	147	13	924	- 777
HIV/AIDS	20	140	1	4,767	- 4,627
Hypertension	21	129	11	990	- 861
Liver Cancer	22	128	39	71	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	23	123	27	235	- 112
Suicide	24	116	7	1,539	- 1,424
Asthma	25	111	17	678	- 567
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	104	29	194	- 90
Breast Cancer	27	102	34	97	+ 5
Pertussis	28	91	44	51	+ 40
Prostate Cancer	29	76	35	81	- 5
Falls	30	74	31	128	- 54
Stomach Cancer	31	66	60	11	+ 55
Malnutrition	32	58	21	357	- 299
Drownings	33	58	28	200	- 142
Fires	34	53	26	269	- 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	51	25	279	- 228
Inflammatory/Heart	36	50	23	305	- 255
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	45	48	40	+ 6
Epilepsy	38	39	30	143	- 104
Lymphomas	39	37	36	78	- 41
Poisonings	40	37	33	111	- 74
Parkinson's Disease	41	32	41	55	- 23
Ovary Cancer	42	26	53	24	+ 2
Oral Cancer	43	25	42	52	- 27
Lung Cancers	44	21	43	51	- 30
Schistosomiasis	45	21	76	0	+ 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	20	32	126	- 106
Skin Disease	47	19	40	70	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	48	19	58	12	+ 7
Measles	49	19	59	12	+ 7
Bladder Cancer	50	18	61	10	+ 9
Skin Cancers	51	17	46	46	- 29
Drug Use	52	16	50	32	- 15
Syphilis	53	14	45	50	- 36
Leukemia	54	13	49	39	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	55	12	37	73	- 62
Uterin Cancer	56	11	54	23	- 12
Encephalitis	57	10	57	14	- 3
Tetanus	58	10	47	45	- 35
Alcohol	59	9	38	71	- 62
Hepatitis B	60	8	51	27	- 18
Appendicitis	61	5	52	25	- 20
Other Neoplasms	62	3	62	9	- 6
Leishmaniasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	64	2	63	6	- 4
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	55	18	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	56	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	2	- 1
War	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	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 LESOTHO

Senegal

Lesotho

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.