NEW ZEALAND VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,967	7	920	+ 1,047
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,704	1	5,095	- 3,391
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,463	37	81	+ 1,382
Stroke	4	1,463	3	2,378	- 915
Malaria	5	1,258	78	0	+ 1,258
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,049	16	458	+ 591
Low Birth Weight	7	996	38	78	+ 917
Birth Trauma	8	944	54	15	+ 930
Tuberculosis	9	733	52	17	+ 716
Diabetes Mellitus	10	656	8	769	- 113
Congenital Anomalies	11	647	30	176	+ 472
Kidney Disease	12	605	17	432	+ 173
Liver Disease	13	588	32	158	+ 430
Maternal Conditions	14	457	63	5	+ 452
Meningitis	15	446	59	9	+ 437
Other Injuries	16	414	28	218	+ 196
Cervical Cancer	17	385	41	61	+ 324
Lung Disease	18	370	5	1,815	- 1,445
Violence	19	341	42	57	+ 284
HIV/AIDS	20	325	57	10	+ 314
Hypertension	21	300	20	327	- 27
Liver Cancer	22	298	24	288	+ 10
Endocrine Disorders	23	285	21	325	- 39
Suicide	24	268	15	528	- 261
Asthma	25	256	36	91	+ 166
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	241	2	3,032	- 2,791
Breast Cancer	27	236	10	737	- 501
Pertussis	28	211	65	1	+ 211
Prostate Cancer	29	176	9	739	- 563
Falls	30	170	11	627	- 456
Stomach Cancer	31	153	22	323	- 170
Malnutrition	32	135	55	14	+ 121
Drownings	33	135	44	54	+ 81
Fires	34	123	53	17	+ 106
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	119	39	70	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	36	117	23	313	- 196
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	105	6	1,495	- 1,389
Epilepsy	38	90	43	55	+ 35
Lymphomas	39	86	13	608	- 522
Poisonings	40	86	58	9	+ 77
Parkinson's Disease	41	75	19	353	- 278
Ovary Cancer	42	60	29	207	- 147
Oral Cancer	43	57	31	164	- 107
Lung Cancers	44	49	4	1,873	- 1,824
Schistosomiasis	45	48	77	0	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	45	35	113	- 67
Skin Disease	47	44	34	118	- 74
Pancreas Cancer	48	44	14	543	- 499
Measles	49	43	82	0	+ 43
Bladder Cancer	50	42	26	267	- 224
Skin Cancers	51	40	12	612	- 571
Drug Use	52	38	40	69	- 31
Syphilis	53	33	70	0	+ 33
Leukemia	54	31	18	391	- 360
Oesophagus Cancer	55	27	25	279	- 252
Uterin Cancer	56	26	33	145	- 119
Encephalitis	57	23	66	1	+ 23
Tetanus	58	23	69	0	+ 23
Alcohol	59	20	45	51	- 31
Hepatitis B	60	19	56	14	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	11	62	6	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	62	7	27	245	- 238
Leishmaniasis	63	6	80	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	5	47	43	- 38
Ascariasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	64	4	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	46	47	- 43
Hepatitis C	68	3	48	30	- 27
War	69	1	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Senegal

New Zealand

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.