SENEGAL VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,227	2	6,224	+ 10,003
Violence	2	10,936	19	1,247	+ 9,689
Stroke	3	7,318	4	5,342	+ 1,975
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,741	10	2,395	+ 4,345
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,711	6	3,832	+ 2,879
HIV/AIDS	6	4,517	20	1,186	+ 3,331
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,335	1	7,184	- 2,849
Kidney Disease	8	3,578	12	2,210	+ 1,367
Hypertension	9	3,133	21	1,095	+ 2,038
Lung Disease	10	3,106	18	1,351	+ 1,755
Lung Cancers	11	2,352	44	180	+ 2,172
Low Birth Weight	12	1,862	7	3,636	- 1,774
Prostate Cancer	13	1,718	29	642	+ 1,076
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,716	11	2,364	- 648
Breast Cancer	15	1,546	27	861	+ 685
Liver Disease	16	1,411	13	2,147	- 735
Stomach Cancer	17	1,312	31	557	+ 755
Other Neoplasms	18	1,307	62	24	+ 1,283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	1,229	37	384	+ 844
Cervical Cancer	20	1,198	17	1,405	- 207
Other Injuries	21	1,021	16	1,512	- 491
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	820	3	5,343	- 4,523
Lymphomas	23	753	39	315	+ 437
Birth Trauma	24	656	8	3,448	- 2,792
Pancreas Cancer	25	653	48	159	+ 493
Liver Cancer	26	621	22	1,087	- 466
Leukemia	27	608	54	113	+ 495
Falls	28	522	30	622	- 100
Chagas disease	29	498	79	0	+ 498
Endocrine Disorders	30	458	23	1,041	- 583
Tuberculosis	31	451	9	2,678	- 2,228
Malnutrition	32	379	32	494	- 115
Inflammatory/Heart	33	361	36	426	- 65
Suicide	34	353	24	978	- 625
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	345	26	879	- 534
Ovary Cancer	36	339	42	220	+ 119
Skin Cancers	37	334	51	147	+ 187
Oral Cancer	38	328	43	208	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	39	255	14	1,669	- 1,414
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	252	35	433	- 181
Epilepsy	41	248	38	330	- 83
Malaria	42	242	5	4,595	- 4,353
Drownings	43	234	33	494	- 260
Oesophagus Cancer	44	223	55	99	+ 124
Bladder Cancer	45	220	50	155	+ 65
Asthma	46	188	25	936	- 749
Uterin Cancer	47	187	56	94	+ 93
Parkinson's Disease	48	152	41	273	- 121
Meningitis	49	151	15	1,628	- 1,477
Drug Use	50	136	52	138	- 2
War	51	112	69	4	+ 107
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	109	67	15	+ 94
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	91	81	0	+ 91
Fires	54	87	34	448	- 361
Anemia	55	76	85	0	+ 76
Appendicitis	56	59	61	38	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	48	46	166	- 117
Poisonings	58	41	40	315	- 274
Dengue	59	39	73	0	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	60	31	64	20	+ 11
Encephalitis	61	22	57	85	- 63
Alcohol	62	21	59	74	- 53
Hepatitis B	63	18	60	70	- 52
Pertussis	64	15	28	771	- 756
Hepatitis C	65	13	68	11	+ 2
Skin Disease	66	11	47	159	- 149
Syphilis	67	9	53	122	- 113
Tetanus	68	5	58	85	- 80
Schizophrenia	69	4	83	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	70	3	65	18	- 15
Leprosy	71	3	76	0	+ 3
Osteoarthritis	72	2	80	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	73	2	63	21	- 19
Upper Respiratory	74	1	66	15	- 14
Otitis Media	75	1	72	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	76	1	45	176	- 175
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	77	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	70	3	- 3
Measles	79	0	49	158	- 158
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	71	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Venezuela

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.