SENEGAL VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,553	2	6,224	+ 16,328
Diabetes Mellitus	2	10,683	10	2,395	+ 8,288
Lung Disease	3	8,108	18	1,351	+ 6,757
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	5,949	26	879	+ 5,070
Kidney Disease	5	5,880	12	2,210	+ 3,670
Stroke	6	5,835	4	5,342	+ 492
Asthma	7	5,548	25	936	+ 4,612
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	4,387	1	7,184	- 2,797
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,601	6	3,832	- 231
Suicide	10	2,553	24	978	+ 1,575
Oral Cancer	11	2,481	43	208	+ 2,273
Lung Cancers	12	1,522	44	180	+ 1,341
Oesophagus Cancer	13	1,324	55	99	+ 1,225
Other Injuries	14	1,311	16	1,512	- 201
Breast Cancer	15	1,186	27	861	+ 325
Stomach Cancer	16	1,133	31	557	+ 576
Liver Disease	17	1,117	13	2,147	- 1,030
Leukemia	18	990	54	113	+ 878
Liver Cancer	19	935	22	1,087	- 152
Hypertension	20	905	21	1,095	- 190
Lymphomas	21	881	39	315	+ 566
Congenital Anomalies	22	848	11	2,364	- 1,516
Falls	23	827	30	622	+ 204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	781	37	384	+ 397
Tuberculosis	25	660	9	2,678	- 2,019
Cervical Cancer	26	654	17	1,405	- 751
Drownings	27	626	33	494	+ 133
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	518	3	5,343	- 4,825
Low Birth Weight	29	460	7	3,636	- 3,177
Prostate Cancer	30	435	29	642	- 207
Violence	31	428	19	1,247	- 819
Endocrine Disorders	32	396	23	1,041	- 645
Anemia	33	382	85	0	+ 382
Bladder Cancer	34	370	50	155	+ 215
Inflammatory/Heart	35	364	36	426	- 61
Skin Disease	36	251	47	159	+ 92
Ovary Cancer	37	241	42	220	+ 21
War	38	240	69	4	+ 236
Epilepsy	39	231	38	330	- 99
Drug Use	40	220	52	138	+ 82
Fires	41	205	34	448	- 244
Uterin Cancer	42	187	56	94	+ 93
Pancreas Cancer	43	183	48	159	+ 24
Birth Trauma	44	165	8	3,448	- 3,282
Parkinson's Disease	45	144	41	273	- 129
Meningitis	46	125	15	1,628	- 1,503
Dengue	47	112	73	0	+ 112
Maternal Conditions	48	82	14	1,669	- 1,586
Poisonings	49	80	40	315	- 235
Other Neoplasms	50	73	62	24	+ 50
Alcohol	51	71	59	74	- 4
Skin Cancers	52	50	51	147	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	42	46	166	- 123
Malnutrition	54	37	32	494	- 457
HIV/AIDS	55	34	20	1,186	- 1,153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	33	35	433	- 400
Tetanus	57	24	58	85	- 61
Syphilis	58	13	53	122	- 109
Pertussis	59	12	28	771	- 759
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	9	67	15	- 5
Encephalitis	61	9	57	85	- 76
Hepatitis B	62	5	60	70	- 65
Leprosy	63	5	76	0	+ 5
Appendicitis	64	5	61	38	- 34
Schizophrenia	65	4	83	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	4	66	15	- 11
Osteoarthritis	67	3	80	0	+ 3
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	64	20	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	2	81	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	65	18	- 18
Leishmaniasis	73	0	63	21	- 21
Diphtheria	74	0	70	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	11	- 11
Otitis Media	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	49	158	- 158
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Schistosomiasis	81	0	45	176	- 176
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	71	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Sri Lanka

Senegal

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.