SENEGAL VS SUDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SUDAN		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,420	2	6,224	+ 10,195
Stroke	2	7,687	4	5,342	+ 2,344
Low Birth Weight	3	5,989	7	3,636	+ 2,353
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,713	1	7,184	- 2,471
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,279	6	3,832	+ 448
Measles	6	3,474	49	158	+ 3,315
Birth Trauma	7	3,184	8	3,448	- 264
Hypertension	8	2,721	21	1,095	+ 1,626
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,344	3	5,343	- 2,999
Malaria	10	2,097	5	4,595	- 2,498
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,057	11	2,364	- 308
Kidney Disease	12	1,903	12	2,210	- 308
Lung Disease	13	1,636	18	1,351	+ 285
Liver Disease	14	1,624	13	2,147	- 523
Tuberculosis	15	1,587	9	2,678	- 1,091
Breast Cancer	16	1,147	27	861	+ 286
Diabetes Mellitus	17	1,147	10	2,395	- 1,249
Other Injuries	18	1,088	16	1,512	- 424
Asthma	19	984	25	936	+ 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	20	965	26	879	+ 86
Violence	21	925	19	1,247	- 321
HIV/AIDS	22	871	20	1,186	- 316
Maternal Conditions	23	732	14	1,669	- 937
Pertussis	24	709	28	771	- 62
Leukemia	25	683	54	113	+ 570
Drownings	26	629	33	494	+ 135
Suicide	27	614	24	978	- 364
Falls	28	582	30	622	- 40
Lymphomas	29	573	39	315	+ 257
Endocrine Disorders	30	545	23	1,041	- 496
Fires	31	489	34	448	+ 41
Oesophagus Cancer	32	420	55	99	+ 321
Meningitis	33	408	15	1,628	- 1,221
Malnutrition	34	407	32	494	- 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	392	37	384	+ 7
Drug Use	36	387	52	138	+ 249
Liver Cancer	37	353	22	1,087	- 734
Inflammatory/Heart	38	313	36	426	- 113
Ovary Cancer	39	296	42	220	+ 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	289	35	433	- 143
Cervical Cancer	41	287	17	1,405	- 1,118
Poisonings	42	278	40	315	- 37
Epilepsy	43	274	38	330	- 56
Hepatitis B	44	273	60	70	+ 203
Parkinson's Disease	45	263	41	273	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	256	46	166	+ 90
Syphilis	47	225	53	122	+ 103
Lung Cancers	48	204	44	180	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	49	195	29	642	- 447
Oral Cancer	50	184	43	208	- 24
Stomach Cancer	51	178	31	557	- 379
Leishmaniasis	52	167	63	21	+ 147
Tetanus	53	141	58	85	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	54	138	50	155	- 17
Skin Cancers	55	133	51	147	- 14
War	56	126	69	4	+ 121
Encephalitis	57	113	57	85	+ 28
Pancreas Cancer	58	102	48	159	- 58
Appendicitis	59	58	61	38	+ 19
Skin Disease	60	42	47	159	- 117
Alcohol	61	32	59	74	- 43
Uterin Cancer	62	27	56	94	- 67
Schistosomiasis	63	26	45	176	- 150
Multiple Sclerosis	64	20	64	20	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	65	13	62	24	- 11
Ascariasis	66	8	65	18	- 10
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	7	67	15	- 7
Hepatitis C	68	6	68	11	- 4
Diphtheria	69	4	70	3	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	70	2	66	15	- 13
Chlamydia	71	0	71	2	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Sudan

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.