SENEGAL VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,685	2	6,224	+ 11,461
Stroke	2	7,957	4	5,342	+ 2,615
War	3	7,573	69	4	+ 7,569
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	7,024	1	7,184	- 160
Low Birth Weight	5	5,166	7	3,636	+ 1,530
Road Traffic Accidents	6	5,020	6	3,832	+ 1,189
Birth Trauma	7	3,483	8	3,448	+ 35
Hypertension	8	3,104	21	1,095	+ 2,009
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,564	3	5,343	- 2,779
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,516	11	2,364	+ 152
Lung Disease	11	1,874	18	1,351	+ 523
Measles	12	1,771	49	158	+ 1,612
Liver Disease	13	1,695	13	2,147	- 451
Violence	14	1,665	19	1,247	+ 418
Kidney Disease	15	1,571	12	2,210	- 640
Other Injuries	16	1,305	16	1,512	- 207
Asthma	17	1,235	25	936	+ 299
Tuberculosis	18	1,114	9	2,678	- 1,565
Diabetes Mellitus	19	1,052	10	2,395	- 1,343
Malaria	20	1,008	5	4,595	- 3,587
Suicide	21	996	24	978	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	824	26	879	- 55
Pertussis	23	727	28	771	- 45
Falls	24	686	30	622	+ 64
Drownings	25	670	33	494	+ 176
Breast Cancer	26	665	27	861	- 196
Malnutrition	27	621	32	494	+ 126
Meningitis	28	597	15	1,628	- 1,031
Fires	29	581	34	448	+ 133
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	535	37	384	+ 151
Stomach Cancer	31	529	31	557	- 28
Maternal Conditions	32	522	14	1,669	- 1,147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	489	35	433	+ 56
Leukemia	34	455	54	113	+ 343
Oesophagus Cancer	35	448	55	99	+ 349
Endocrine Disorders	36	433	23	1,041	- 609
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	414	46	166	+ 249
Drug Use	38	359	52	138	+ 221
Liver Cancer	39	357	22	1,087	- 730
Inflammatory/Heart	40	343	36	426	- 83
Lung Cancers	41	334	44	180	+ 153
Oral Cancer	42	321	43	208	+ 113
Epilepsy	43	316	38	330	- 14
Poisonings	44	312	40	315	- 3
Lymphomas	45	254	39	315	- 62
HIV/AIDS	46	232	20	1,186	- 954
Tetanus	47	231	58	85	+ 147
Encephalitis	48	216	57	85	+ 131
Parkinson's Disease	49	212	41	273	- 61
Hepatitis B	50	176	60	70	+ 105
Pancreas Cancer	51	166	48	159	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	52	110	42	220	- 110
Syphilis	53	103	53	122	- 19
Appendicitis	54	95	61	38	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	55	94	50	155	- 61
Schistosomiasis	56	73	45	176	- 103
Cervical Cancer	57	70	17	1,405	- 1,335
Skin Cancers	58	58	51	147	- 89
Alcohol	59	46	59	74	- 28
Dengue	60	42	73	0	+ 42
Skin Disease	61	26	47	159	- 134
Multiple Sclerosis	62	24	64	20	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	63	23	29	642	- 619
Other Neoplasms	64	12	62	24	- 12
Ascariasis	65	10	65	18	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	8	67	15	- 6
Diphtheria	67	8	70	3	+ 5
Hepatitis C	68	5	68	11	- 6
Uterin Cancer	69	3	56	94	- 91
Upper Respiratory	70	3	66	15	- 12
Leishmaniasis	71	1	63	21	- 20
Chlamydia	72	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	73	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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

Yemen

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.