SENEGAL VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	URUGUAY		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,465	2	6,224	+ 17,241
Stroke	2	15,681	4	5,342	+ 10,339
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	10,447	26	879	+ 9,568
Lung Disease	4	9,388	18	1,351	+ 8,036
Lung Cancers	5	8,048	44	180	+ 7,868
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	7,540	1	7,184	+ 356
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	6,850	37	384	+ 6,465
Kidney Disease	8	5,722	12	2,210	+ 3,511
Breast Cancer	9	4,666	27	861	+ 3,805
Other Injuries	10	4,259	16	1,512	+ 2,747
Diabetes Mellitus	11	4,112	10	2,395	+ 1,717
Suicide	12	4,046	24	978	+ 3,068
Prostate Cancer	13	3,891	29	642	+ 3,249
Pancreas Cancer	14	3,607	48	159	+ 3,448
Hypertension	15	3,567	21	1,095	+ 2,472
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,815	6	3,832	- 1,017
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,681	23	1,041	+ 1,639
Stomach Cancer	18	2,642	31	557	+ 2,085
Other Neoplasms	19	2,551	62	24	+ 2,527
Lymphomas	20	2,516	39	315	+ 2,201
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,763	41	273	+ 1,490
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,729	36	426	+ 1,303
Violence	23	1,624	19	1,247	+ 377
Oesophagus Cancer	24	1,575	55	99	+ 1,476
Leukemia	25	1,542	54	113	+ 1,430
Bladder Cancer	26	1,519	50	155	+ 1,365
Liver Disease	27	1,133	13	2,147	- 1,014
HIV/AIDS	28	1,074	20	1,186	- 112
Cervical Cancer	29	946	17	1,405	- 459
Congenital Anomalies	30	936	11	2,364	- 1,429
Oral Cancer	31	920	43	208	+ 713
Ovary Cancer	32	882	42	220	+ 662
Skin Cancers	33	820	51	147	+ 673
Liver Cancer	34	811	22	1,087	- 276
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	739	3	5,343	- 4,604
Skin Disease	36	715	47	159	+ 556
Asthma	37	699	25	936	- 238
Uterin Cancer	38	634	56	94	+ 540
Alcohol	39	575	59	74	+ 501
Epilepsy	40	472	38	330	+ 142
Tuberculosis	41	443	9	2,678	- 2,235
Low Birth Weight	42	404	7	3,636	- 3,232
Malnutrition	43	401	32	494	- 93
Anemia	44	388	85	0	+ 388
Drownings	45	356	33	494	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	313	35	433	- 120
Falls	47	303	30	622	- 319
Fires	48	300	34	448	- 149
Drug Use	49	223	52	138	+ 85
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	215	46	166	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	190	67	15	+ 175
Osteoarthritis	52	179	80	0	+ 179
Birth Trauma	53	122	8	3,448	- 3,326
Schizophrenia	54	99	83	0	+ 99
Poisonings	55	91	40	315	- 223
Multiple Sclerosis	56	72	64	20	+ 52
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	68	81	0	+ 68
Meningitis	58	56	15	1,628	- 1,572
Appendicitis	59	50	61	38	+ 11
Maternal Conditions	60	49	14	1,669	- 1,620
Chagas disease	61	27	79	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	62	27	66	15	+ 12
Hepatitis B	63	23	60	70	- 47
Encephalitis	64	21	57	85	- 64
Hepatitis C	65	19	68	11	+ 8
Syphilis	66	16	53	122	- 106
Otitis Media	67	9	72	0	+ 8
Oral conditions	68	6	82	0	+ 6
Leprosy	69	2	76	0	+ 2
War	70	2	69	4	- 2
Tetanus	71	2	58	85	- 83
Pertussis	72	1	28	771	- 770
Diphtheria	73	0	70	3	- 3
Measles	74	0	49	158	- 158
Chlamydia	75	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	176	- 176
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	21	- 21
Malaria	79	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Ascariasis	80	0	65	18	- 18
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Uruguay

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.