MAURITIUS VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	500	7	346	+ 153
Coronary Heart Disease	2	433	2	1,805	- 1,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	372	42	23	+ 349
Stroke	4	371	3	985	- 614
Malaria	5	319	70	0	+ 319
Road Traffic Accidents	6	266	11	155	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	7	253	35	37	+ 216
Birth Trauma	8	240	36	37	+ 203
Tuberculosis	9	186	45	17	+ 169
Diabetes Mellitus	10	167	1	1,873	- 1,707
Congenital Anomalies	11	164	25	57	+ 108
Kidney Disease	12	154	4	724	- 571
Liver Disease	13	149	12	145	+ 4
Maternal Conditions	14	116	48	11	+ 105
Meningitis	15	113	57	2	+ 111
Other Injuries	16	105	21	66	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	17	98	30	49	+ 49
Lung Disease	18	94	5	646	- 552
Violence	19	87	41	30	+ 57
HIV/AIDS	20	82	13	141	- 58
Hypertension	21	76	6	592	- 516
Liver Cancer	22	76	27	56	+ 19
Endocrine Disorders	23	72	19	101	- 28
Suicide	24	68	14	120	- 52
Asthma	25	65	17	107	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	61	34	42	+ 19
Breast Cancer	27	60	8	232	- 172
Pertussis	28	54	66	0	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	29	45	15	115	- 70
Falls	30	43	26	57	- 13
Stomach Cancer	31	39	18	104	- 66
Malnutrition	32	34	54	4	+ 31
Drownings	33	34	33	43	- 9
Fires	34	31	50	10	+ 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	30	43	22	+ 8
Inflammatory/Heart	36	30	16	108	- 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	27	10	182	- 155
Epilepsy	38	23	38	35	- 12
Lymphomas	39	22	24	57	- 35
Poisonings	40	22	49	11	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	41	19	47	12	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	42	15	32	46	- 30
Oral Cancer	43	14	23	63	- 49
Lung Cancers	44	13	9	182	- 170
Schistosomiasis	45	12	69	0	+ 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	12	56	3	+ 8
Skin Disease	47	11	22	64	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	48	11	28	55	- 44
Measles	49	11	77	0	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	50	11	44	21	- 10
Skin Cancers	51	10	53	5	+ 6
Drug Use	52	10	46	16	- 6
Syphilis	53	8	67	0	+ 8
Leukemia	54	8	31	48	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	55	7	37	35	- 29
Uterin Cancer	56	7	40	32	- 25
Encephalitis	57	6	61	1	+ 5
Tetanus	58	6	76	0	+ 6
Alcohol	59	5	29	53	- 48
Hepatitis B	60	5	65	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	3	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	2	20	77	- 75
Leishmaniasis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	60	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	51	9	- 8
War	69	0	62	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Schizophrenia	83	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Senegal

Mauritius

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.