SENEGAL VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	28,341	4	5,342	+ 22,999
Coronary Heart Disease	2	16,385	2	6,224	+ 10,160
Lung Disease	3	6,393	18	1,351	+ 5,042
Diabetes Mellitus	4	6,034	10	2,395	+ 3,639
Road Traffic Accidents	5	5,253	6	3,832	+ 1,421
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,223	26	879	+ 4,344
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,961	1	7,184	- 2,223
Kidney Disease	8	4,500	12	2,210	+ 2,290
Liver Cancer	9	4,454	22	1,087	+ 3,367
Liver Disease	10	4,259	13	2,147	+ 2,113
Lung Cancers	11	3,795	44	180	+ 3,614
Hypertension	12	3,543	21	1,095	+ 2,448
Falls	13	2,749	30	622	+ 2,127
Stomach Cancer	14	2,697	31	557	+ 2,140
Tuberculosis	15	1,683	9	2,678	- 995
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,472	37	384	+ 1,087
Asthma	17	1,452	25	936	+ 516
Suicide	18	1,292	24	978	+ 314
Low Birth Weight	19	1,271	7	3,636	- 2,365
Oral Cancer	20	1,263	43	208	+ 1,056
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,259	11	2,364	- 1,106
Breast Cancer	22	1,103	27	861	+ 242
Other Injuries	23	987	16	1,512	- 525
Inflammatory/Heart	24	955	36	426	+ 529
Parkinson's Disease	25	951	41	273	+ 679
Drownings	26	908	33	494	+ 415
HIV/AIDS	27	890	20	1,186	- 296
Leukemia	28	873	54	113	+ 760
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	782	3	5,343	- 4,561
Lymphomas	30	528	39	315	+ 213
Cervical Cancer	31	426	17	1,405	- 979
Birth Trauma	32	417	8	3,448	- 3,031
Oesophagus Cancer	33	404	55	99	+ 305
Endocrine Disorders	34	371	23	1,041	- 670
Prostate Cancer	35	341	29	642	- 301
Violence	36	318	19	1,247	- 928
Measles	37	317	49	158	+ 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	304	46	166	+ 139
Encephalitis	39	278	57	85	+ 192
Skin Disease	40	270	47	159	+ 111
Drug Use	41	243	52	138	+ 105
Uterin Cancer	42	206	56	94	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	171	35	433	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	44	166	48	159	+ 6
Bladder Cancer	45	160	50	155	+ 5
Alcohol	46	154	59	74	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	47	154	42	220	- 66
Poisonings	48	148	40	315	- 166
Maternal Conditions	49	138	14	1,669	- 1,531
Pertussis	50	126	28	771	- 646
Meningitis	51	111	15	1,628	- 1,517
Fires	52	106	34	448	- 342
Epilepsy	53	104	38	330	- 227
Skin Cancers	54	83	51	147	- 64
Hepatitis B	55	68	60	70	- 3
Syphilis	56	58	53	122	- 64
Other Neoplasms	57	58	62	24	+ 34
Tetanus	58	51	58	85	- 34
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	40	67	15	+ 25
Appendicitis	60	36	61	38	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	24	64	20	+ 4
Dengue	62	23	73	0	+ 22
Malnutrition	63	21	32	494	- 473
Hepatitis C	64	14	68	11	+ 3
War	65	6	69	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	6	66	15	- 9
Malaria	67	2	5	4,595	- 4,593
Ascariasis	68	2	65	18	- 16
Diphtheria	69	1	70	3	- 2
Chlamydia	70	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	176	- 176
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Viet Nam

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.