NAMIBIA VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,069	2	1,464	- 396
Coronary Heart Disease	2	926	5	1,221	- 295
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	795	8	645	+ 150
Stroke	4	795	4	1,333	- 538
Malaria	5	684	51	22	+ 662
Road Traffic Accidents	6	570	6	868	- 298
Low Birth Weight	7	541	9	516	+ 25
Birth Trauma	8	513	13	345	+ 168
Tuberculosis	9	398	3	1,416	- 1,018
Diabetes Mellitus	10	356	7	724	- 368
Congenital Anomalies	11	352	16	283	+ 69
Kidney Disease	12	329	15	322	+ 7
Liver Disease	13	319	14	336	- 16
Maternal Conditions	14	248	25	110	+ 138
Meningitis	15	242	27	109	+ 133
Other Injuries	16	225	19	207	+ 18
Cervical Cancer	17	209	23	133	+ 76
Lung Disease	18	201	10	461	- 260
Violence	19	185	11	450	- 264
HIV/AIDS	20	176	1	2,928	- 2,752
Hypertension	21	163	12	428	- 265
Liver Cancer	22	162	41	45	+ 117
Endocrine Disorders	23	155	33	73	+ 82
Suicide	24	145	17	243	- 97
Asthma	25	139	20	200	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	131	21	176	- 45
Breast Cancer	27	128	24	121	+ 7
Pertussis	28	115	37	54	+ 61
Prostate Cancer	29	96	31	94	+ 1
Falls	30	93	34	62	+ 30
Stomach Cancer	31	83	45	33	+ 50
Malnutrition	32	74	18	224	- 150
Drownings	33	73	26	110	- 36
Fires	34	67	28	109	- 42
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	64	32	76	- 11
Inflammatory/Heart	36	63	22	162	- 98
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	57	36	54	+ 3
Epilepsy	38	49	38	49	- 0
Lymphomas	39	47	40	46	+ 1
Poisonings	40	47	39	46	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	41	41	42	43	- 3
Ovary Cancer	42	33	50	23	+ 9
Oral Cancer	43	31	30	100	- 69
Lung Cancers	44	27	35	59	- 32
Schistosomiasis	45	26	55	14	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	25	44	33	- 8
Skin Disease	47	24	47	31	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	48	24	53	18	+ 6
Measles	49	24	65	2	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	50	23	54	16	+ 7
Skin Cancers	51	22	29	108	- 86
Drug Use	52	21	46	32	- 11
Syphilis	53	18	43	35	- 17
Leukemia	54	17	49	24	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	55	15	52	21	- 6
Uterin Cancer	56	14	56	11	+ 3
Encephalitis	57	13	59	8	+ 5
Tetanus	58	13	62	6	+ 7
Alcohol	59	11	48	28	- 17
Hepatitis B	60	10	63	4	+ 6
Appendicitis	61	6	58	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	4	60	8	- 4
Leishmaniasis	63	3	79	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	64	3	64	2	+ 1
Ascariasis	65	3	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	61	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	2	57	9	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	2	66	1	+ 1
War	69	1	67	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	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	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Senegal

Namibia

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.