SENEGAL VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,828	2	6,224	+ 21,604
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	15,829	26	879	+ 14,951
Lung Disease	3	10,769	18	1,351	+ 9,418
Stroke	4	8,737	4	5,342	+ 3,395
Lung Cancers	5	8,572	44	180	+ 8,392
Kidney Disease	6	4,732	12	2,210	+ 2,522
Drug Use	7	4,103	52	138	+ 3,964
Hypertension	8	3,635	21	1,095	+ 2,540
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	3,408	37	384	+ 3,023
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,385	10	2,395	+ 990
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	3,324	1	7,184	- 3,860
Suicide	12	2,927	24	978	+ 1,949
Breast Cancer	13	2,683	27	861	+ 1,822
Endocrine Disorders	14	2,590	23	1,041	+ 1,548
Pancreas Cancer	15	2,441	48	159	+ 2,282
Liver Disease	16	2,392	13	2,147	+ 245
Road Traffic Accidents	17	2,298	6	3,832	- 1,534
Falls	18	2,228	30	622	+ 1,606
Lymphomas	19	2,220	39	315	+ 1,905
Prostate Cancer	20	1,963	29	642	+ 1,321
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,901	41	273	+ 1,628
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,793	36	426	+ 1,367
Liver Cancer	23	1,492	22	1,087	+ 405
Leukemia	24	1,486	54	113	+ 1,374
Other Injuries	25	1,433	16	1,512	- 79
Bladder Cancer	26	1,081	50	155	+ 927
Violence	27	1,046	19	1,247	- 201
Oesophagus Cancer	28	983	55	99	+ 884
Other Neoplasms	29	978	62	24	+ 954
Alcohol	30	808	59	74	+ 734
Ovary Cancer	31	804	42	220	+ 584
Skin Cancers	32	789	51	147	+ 642
Stomach Cancer	33	721	31	557	+ 164
Congenital Anomalies	34	648	11	2,364	- 1,716
Oral Cancer	35	637	43	208	+ 429
Uterin Cancer	36	555	56	94	+ 461
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	549	3	5,343	- 4,794
Cervical Cancer	38	385	17	1,405	- 1,020
Low Birth Weight	39	382	7	3,636	- 3,255
Malnutrition	40	373	32	494	- 122
Hepatitis C	41	313	68	11	+ 302
HIV/AIDS	42	312	20	1,186	- 874
Skin Disease	43	298	47	159	+ 139
Multiple Sclerosis	44	279	64	20	+ 259
Drownings	45	224	33	494	- 269
Asthma	46	210	25	936	- 726
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	201	46	166	+ 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	191	35	433	- 242
Fires	49	175	34	448	- 273
Epilepsy	50	174	38	330	- 156
Anemia	51	172	85	0	+ 172
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	136	67	15	+ 121
Poisonings	53	92	40	315	- 222
Birth Trauma	54	68	8	3,448	- 3,380
War	55	66	69	4	+ 62
Maternal Conditions	56	43	14	1,669	- 1,626
Schizophrenia	57	40	83	0	+ 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	37	81	0	+ 37
Hepatitis B	59	33	60	70	- 37
Meningitis	60	33	15	1,628	- 1,595
Osteoarthritis	61	32	80	0	+ 32
Tuberculosis	62	30	9	2,678	- 2,648
Appendicitis	63	23	61	38	- 15
Oral conditions	64	16	82	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	65	13	66	15	- 3
Syphilis	66	3	53	122	- 119
Otitis Media	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	68	1	57	85	- 84
Pertussis	69	1	28	771	- 771
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	58	85	- 85
Schistosomiasis	72	0	45	176	- 176
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	70	3	- 3
Dengue	76	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	21	- 21
Measles	80	0	49	158	- 158
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	65	18	- 18
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	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

United States

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.