SWAZILAND VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	434	2	921	- 487
Coronary Heart Disease	2	376	5	755	- 379
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	323	6	517	- 195
Stroke	4	323	4	800	- 478
Malaria	5	277	67	0	+ 277
Road Traffic Accidents	6	231	7	384	- 153
Low Birth Weight	7	220	14	233	- 13
Birth Trauma	8	208	18	166	+ 42
Tuberculosis	9	162	13	256	- 94
Diabetes Mellitus	10	145	3	892	- 747
Congenital Anomalies	11	143	19	160	- 18
Kidney Disease	12	133	8	381	- 248
Liver Disease	13	130	11	274	- 144
Maternal Conditions	14	101	21	116	- 15
Meningitis	15	98	23	97	+ 1
Other Injuries	16	91	17	190	- 99
Cervical Cancer	17	85	15	215	- 130
Lung Disease	18	82	12	264	- 183
Violence	19	75	16	212	- 137
HIV/AIDS	20	72	1	2,314	- 2,242
Hypertension	21	66	10	292	- 226
Liver Cancer	22	66	37	29	+ 36
Endocrine Disorders	23	63	28	74	- 11
Suicide	24	59	9	338	- 279
Asthma	25	57	20	150	- 93
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	53	27	77	- 24
Breast Cancer	27	52	35	37	+ 15
Pertussis	28	47	33	39	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	29	39	31	45	- 6
Falls	30	38	32	41	- 4
Stomach Cancer	31	34	53	7	+ 27
Malnutrition	32	30	22	106	- 76
Drownings	33	30	25	87	- 57
Fires	34	27	26	84	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	26	29	51	- 25
Inflammatory/Heart	36	26	24	94	- 68
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	23	43	19	+ 5
Epilepsy	38	20	30	46	- 26
Lymphomas	39	19	36	31	- 12
Poisonings	40	19	34	37	- 18
Parkinson's Disease	41	16	41	24	- 7
Ovary Cancer	42	13	52	10	+ 3
Oral Cancer	43	13	51	10	+ 2
Lung Cancers	44	11	46	17	- 6
Schistosomiasis	45	11	49	13	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	10	39	26	- 16
Skin Disease	47	10	40	25	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	48	10	56	6	+ 4
Measles	49	10	64	1	+ 9
Bladder Cancer	50	9	55	6	+ 3
Skin Cancers	51	9	42	20	- 11
Drug Use	52	8	38	27	- 18
Syphilis	53	7	45	17	- 10
Leukemia	54	7	47	16	- 10
Oesophagus Cancer	55	6	44	18	- 12
Uterin Cancer	56	6	50	11	- 6
Encephalitis	57	5	59	5	+ 0
Tetanus	58	5	62	4	+ 1
Alcohol	59	4	48	16	- 12
Hepatitis B	60	4	57	6	- 2
Appendicitis	61	2	54	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	61	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	64	1	63	1	- 0
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	4	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	1	58	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	0	+ 0
War	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Senegal

Swaziland

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.