YEMEN VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,251	4	11,978	+ 272
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,614	1	30,158	- 19,544
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	9,111	9	4,372	+ 4,740
Stroke	4	9,110	2	13,570	- 4,459
Malaria	5	7,836	20	1,719	+ 6,117
Road Traffic Accidents	6	6,534	6	8,561	- 2,027
Low Birth Weight	7	6,201	5	8,810	- 2,609
Birth Trauma	8	5,879	7	5,939	- 60
Tuberculosis	9	4,568	18	1,899	+ 2,668
Diabetes Mellitus	10	4,085	19	1,794	+ 2,290
Congenital Anomalies	11	4,032	10	4,291	- 259
Kidney Disease	12	3,769	15	2,679	+ 1,091
Liver Disease	13	3,661	13	2,891	+ 769
Maternal Conditions	14	2,846	32	890	+ 1,956
Meningitis	15	2,777	28	1,018	+ 1,758
Other Injuries	16	2,578	16	2,225	+ 353
Cervical Cancer	17	2,396	57	119	+ 2,277
Lung Disease	18	2,304	11	3,196	- 892
Violence	19	2,126	14	2,839	- 713
HIV/AIDS	20	2,023	46	396	+ 1,627
Hypertension	21	1,867	8	5,293	- 3,426
Liver Cancer	22	1,854	39	609	+ 1,245
Endocrine Disorders	23	1,775	36	738	+ 1,038
Suicide	24	1,667	21	1,699	- 31
Asthma	25	1,596	17	2,106	- 510
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,498	22	1,405	+ 93
Breast Cancer	27	1,468	26	1,134	+ 334
Pertussis	28	1,316	23	1,239	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	29	1,095	63	39	+ 1,056
Falls	30	1,061	24	1,170	- 109
Stomach Cancer	31	950	31	902	+ 48
Malnutrition	32	843	27	1,058	- 215
Drownings	33	842	25	1,142	- 300
Fires	34	765	29	991	- 226
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	738	33	833	- 95
Inflammatory/Heart	36	726	40	585	+ 141
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	656	30	913	- 257
Epilepsy	38	563	43	539	+ 24
Lymphomas	39	538	45	433	+ 105
Poisonings	40	536	44	532	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	41	465	49	362	+ 104
Ovary Cancer	42	375	52	188	+ 187
Oral Cancer	43	354	42	547	- 193
Lung Cancers	44	308	41	569	- 261
Schistosomiasis	45	300	56	124	+ 176
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	283	37	707	- 424
Skin Disease	47	272	61	44	+ 228
Pancreas Cancer	48	272	51	283	- 11
Measles	49	270	12	3,019	- 2,749
Bladder Cancer	50	264	55	160	+ 104
Skin Cancers	51	251	58	100	+ 151
Drug Use	52	236	38	613	- 377
Syphilis	53	208	53	175	+ 33
Leukemia	54	192	34	776	- 584
Oesophagus Cancer	55	169	35	765	- 596
Uterin Cancer	56	160	69	5	+ 155
Encephalitis	57	146	48	369	- 223
Tetanus	58	145	47	395	- 250
Alcohol	59	127	59	78	+ 48
Hepatitis B	60	120	50	299	- 180
Appendicitis	61	66	54	162	- 96
Other Neoplasms	62	41	64	21	+ 20
Leishmaniasis	63	36	71	2	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	64	34	62	42	- 8
Ascariasis	65	31	65	17	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	66	26	70	5	+ 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	25	66	14	+ 11
Hepatitis C	68	19	68	8	+ 10
War	69	7	3	12,915	- 12,908
Diphtheria	70	5	67	14	- 9
Chlamydia	71	3	72	1	+ 2
Otitis Media	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	60	71	- 71
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	75	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	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

Senegal

Yemen

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.