NORWAY VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,100	6	1,797	+ 304
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,820	1	5,321	- 3,501
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,562	37	128	+ 1,434
Stroke	4	1,562	4	2,475	- 914
Malaria	5	1,343	84	0	+ 1,343
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,120	42	114	+ 1,006
Low Birth Weight	7	1,063	52	23	+ 1,040
Birth Trauma	8	1,008	54	17	+ 990
Tuberculosis	9	783	56	15	+ 768
Diabetes Mellitus	10	700	16	560	+ 141
Congenital Anomalies	11	691	34	136	+ 555
Kidney Disease	12	646	14	611	+ 35
Liver Disease	13	628	30	214	+ 414
Maternal Conditions	14	488	66	1	+ 487
Meningitis	15	476	58	14	+ 462
Other Injuries	16	442	15	583	- 141
Cervical Cancer	17	411	39	125	+ 286
Lung Disease	18	395	3	2,723	- 2,328
Violence	19	364	50	32	+ 332
HIV/AIDS	20	347	61	10	+ 336
Hypertension	21	320	28	230	+ 90
Liver Cancer	22	318	26	259	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	23	304	19	359	- 55
Suicide	24	286	13	633	- 348
Asthma	25	274	43	85	+ 189
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	257	2	4,464	- 4,207
Breast Cancer	27	252	11	698	- 446
Pertussis	28	226	64	1	+ 224
Prostate Cancer	29	188	8	1,172	- 985
Falls	30	182	9	777	- 596
Stomach Cancer	31	163	22	343	- 181
Malnutrition	32	145	35	135	+ 9
Drownings	33	144	45	65	+ 80
Fires	34	131	48	45	+ 86
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	127	33	160	- 33
Inflammatory/Heart	36	124	29	221	- 97
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	112	7	1,787	- 1,674
Epilepsy	38	97	40	119	- 23
Lymphomas	39	92	12	646	- 554
Poisonings	40	92	57	14	+ 78
Parkinson's Disease	41	80	17	554	- 474
Ovary Cancer	42	64	24	309	- 245
Oral Cancer	43	61	32	168	- 107
Lung Cancers	44	53	5	2,320	- 2,267
Schistosomiasis	45	51	83	0	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	48	46	61	- 13
Skin Disease	47	47	38	128	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	48	47	10	770	- 724
Measles	49	46	72	0	+ 46
Bladder Cancer	50	45	20	356	- 311
Skin Cancers	51	43	18	407	- 364
Drug Use	52	40	25	264	- 223
Syphilis	53	36	67	1	+ 35
Leukemia	54	33	21	354	- 321
Oesophagus Cancer	55	29	27	248	- 219
Uterin Cancer	56	27	36	134	- 107
Encephalitis	57	25	70	0	+ 25
Tetanus	58	25	69	0	+ 24
Alcohol	59	22	31	205	- 183
Hepatitis B	60	21	63	3	+ 17
Appendicitis	61	11	59	12	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	7	23	324	- 317
Leishmaniasis	63	6	81	0	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	41	119	- 113
Ascariasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	60	12	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	4	47	60	- 56
Hepatitis C	68	3	55	17	- 14
War	69	1	68	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Senegal

Norway

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.