MALTA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	179	3	213	- 34
Coronary Heart Disease	2	155	1	876	- 721
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	133	55	1	+ 132
Stroke	4	133	2	291	- 158
Malaria	5	115	69	0	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	6	95	31	18	+ 77
Low Birth Weight	7	91	35	11	+ 79
Birth Trauma	8	86	44	3	+ 83
Tuberculosis	9	67	52	2	+ 65
Diabetes Mellitus	10	60	6	163	- 103
Congenital Anomalies	11	59	32	17	+ 42
Kidney Disease	12	55	11	79	- 24
Liver Disease	13	54	24	23	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	14	42	64	0	+ 41
Meningitis	15	41	56	1	+ 40
Other Injuries	16	38	33	16	+ 21
Cervical Cancer	17	35	39	4	+ 31
Lung Disease	18	34	8	127	- 93
Violence	19	31	40	4	+ 27
HIV/AIDS	20	30	41	4	+ 26
Hypertension	21	27	20	33	- 6
Liver Cancer	22	27	18	34	- 7
Endocrine Disorders	23	26	30	19	+ 7
Suicide	24	24	22	27	- 2
Asthma	25	23	36	8	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	22	4	207	- 185
Breast Cancer	27	21	10	85	- 63
Pertussis	28	19	72	0	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	29	16	13	53	- 37
Falls	30	16	14	52	- 36
Stomach Cancer	31	14	15	50	- 36
Malnutrition	32	12	60	0	+ 12
Drownings	33	12	48	2	+ 10
Fires	34	11	62	0	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	11	37	7	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	36	11	27	22	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	10	7	147	- 138
Epilepsy	38	8	43	3	+ 5
Lymphomas	39	8	12	53	- 45
Poisonings	40	8	58	1	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	41	7	16	50	- 43
Ovary Cancer	42	5	17	34	- 29
Oral Cancer	43	5	23	25	- 20
Lung Cancers	44	4	5	197	- 192
Schistosomiasis	45	4	70	0	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	4	49	2	+ 2
Skin Disease	47	4	25	23	- 19
Pancreas Cancer	48	4	9	90	- 86
Measles	49	4	73	0	+ 4
Bladder Cancer	50	4	19	33	- 29
Skin Cancers	51	4	34	14	- 10
Drug Use	52	3	38	7	- 3
Syphilis	53	3	81	0	+ 3
Leukemia	54	3	21	28	- 25
Oesophagus Cancer	55	2	29	20	- 18
Uterin Cancer	56	2	28	21	- 18
Encephalitis	57	2	65	0	+ 2
Tetanus	58	2	74	0	+ 2
Alcohol	59	2	47	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	61	0	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	1	63	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	1	26	22	- 21
Leishmaniasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	0	45	3	- 2
Ascariasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	0	51	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	53	1	- 1
War	69	0	54	1	- 1
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	68	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Depression	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Senegal

Malta

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.