URUGUAY VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,306	6	1,370	- 65
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,131	1	4,265	- 3,133
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	971	35	134	+ 837
Stroke	4	971	2	2,850	- 1,879
Malaria	5	835	79	0	+ 835
Road Traffic Accidents	6	696	16	512	+ 185
Low Birth Weight	7	661	42	73	+ 587
Birth Trauma	8	627	53	22	+ 604
Tuberculosis	9	487	41	81	+ 406
Diabetes Mellitus	10	435	11	747	- 312
Congenital Anomalies	11	430	30	170	+ 260
Kidney Disease	12	402	8	1,040	- 638
Liver Disease	13	390	27	206	+ 184
Maternal Conditions	14	303	60	9	+ 294
Meningitis	15	296	58	10	+ 286
Other Injuries	16	275	10	774	- 499
Cervical Cancer	17	255	29	172	+ 83
Lung Disease	18	246	4	1,706	- 1,461
Violence	19	227	23	295	- 69
HIV/AIDS	20	216	28	195	+ 20
Hypertension	21	199	15	648	- 449
Liver Cancer	22	198	34	147	+ 50
Endocrine Disorders	23	189	17	487	- 298
Suicide	24	178	12	735	- 558
Asthma	25	170	37	127	+ 43
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	160	3	1,899	- 1,739
Breast Cancer	27	156	9	848	- 692
Pertussis	28	140	72	0	+ 140
Prostate Cancer	29	117	13	707	- 590
Falls	30	113	47	55	+ 58
Stomach Cancer	31	101	18	480	- 379
Malnutrition	32	90	43	73	+ 17
Drownings	33	90	45	65	+ 25
Fires	34	81	48	54	+ 27
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	79	46	57	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	36	77	22	314	- 237
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	70	7	1,245	- 1,175
Epilepsy	38	60	40	86	- 26
Lymphomas	39	57	20	457	- 400
Poisonings	40	57	55	17	+ 41
Parkinson's Disease	41	50	21	320	- 271
Ovary Cancer	42	40	32	160	- 120
Oral Cancer	43	38	31	167	- 129
Lung Cancers	44	33	5	1,463	- 1,430
Schistosomiasis	45	32	77	0	+ 32
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	30	50	39	- 9
Skin Disease	47	29	36	130	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	48	29	14	656	- 627
Measles	49	29	74	0	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	50	28	26	276	- 248
Skin Cancers	51	27	33	149	- 122
Drug Use	52	25	49	41	- 15
Syphilis	53	22	66	3	+ 19
Leukemia	54	20	25	280	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	55	18	24	286	- 268
Uterin Cancer	56	17	38	115	- 98
Encephalitis	57	16	64	4	+ 12
Tetanus	58	15	71	0	+ 15
Alcohol	59	13	39	104	- 91
Hepatitis B	60	13	63	4	+ 9
Appendicitis	61	7	59	9	- 2
Other Neoplasms	62	4	19	464	- 459
Leishmaniasis	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Multiple Sclerosis	64	4	56	13	- 10
Ascariasis	65	3	80	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	3	62	5	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	51	35	- 32
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	3	- 1
War	69	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	2	- 2
Dengue	73	0	83	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	61	5	- 5
Osteoarthritis	80	0	52	32	- 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	18	- 18
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Senegal

Uruguay

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.