SENEGAL VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	21,966	20	1,186	+ 20,780
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	11,846	1	7,184	+ 4,662
Coronary Heart Disease	3	9,333	2	6,224	+ 3,109
Road Traffic Accidents	4	6,635	6	3,832	+ 2,803
Stroke	5	5,633	4	5,342	+ 291
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,049	3	5,343	- 294
Low Birth Weight	7	4,437	7	3,636	+ 801
Birth Trauma	8	3,742	8	3,448	+ 295
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,675	10	2,395	+ 1,279
Malnutrition	10	2,633	32	494	+ 2,139
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,437	11	2,364	+ 72
Kidney Disease	12	2,433	12	2,210	+ 222
Suicide	13	2,273	24	978	+ 1,295
Cervical Cancer	14	2,223	17	1,405	+ 818
Malaria	15	2,201	5	4,595	- 2,394
Tuberculosis	16	2,197	9	2,678	- 482
Liver Disease	17	2,133	13	2,147	- 13
Violence	18	2,106	19	1,247	+ 859
Maternal Conditions	19	1,922	14	1,669	+ 253
Other Injuries	20	1,819	16	1,512	+ 308
Asthma	21	1,682	25	936	+ 746
Meningitis	22	1,456	15	1,628	- 172
Lung Disease	23	1,278	18	1,351	- 73
Hypertension	24	1,259	21	1,095	+ 164
Inflammatory/Heart	25	1,151	36	426	+ 725
Lymphomas	26	1,055	39	315	+ 739
Drownings	27	1,050	33	494	+ 557
Breast Cancer	28	922	27	861	+ 61
Oesophagus Cancer	29	881	55	99	+ 782
Fires	30	871	34	448	+ 423
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	844	26	879	- 35
Prostate Cancer	32	690	29	642	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	33	614	31	557	+ 57
Endocrine Disorders	34	608	23	1,041	- 433
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	602	35	433	+ 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	596	46	166	+ 430
Poisonings	37	566	40	315	+ 252
Liver Cancer	38	560	22	1,087	- 527
Epilepsy	39	558	38	330	+ 228
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	555	37	384	+ 171
Falls	41	511	30	622	- 111
Pertussis	42	460	28	771	- 311
Lung Cancers	43	314	44	180	+ 134
Skin Cancers	44	290	51	147	+ 143
Leukemia	45	268	54	113	+ 155
Parkinson's Disease	46	248	41	273	- 25
Pancreas Cancer	47	238	48	159	+ 79
Drug Use	48	234	52	138	+ 95
Oral Cancer	49	228	43	208	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	50	200	56	94	+ 106
Ovary Cancer	51	191	42	220	- 29
Skin Disease	52	190	47	159	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	53	189	45	176	+ 13
Bladder Cancer	54	137	50	155	- 18
Syphilis	55	137	53	122	+ 15
Encephalitis	56	129	57	85	+ 44
Tetanus	57	112	58	85	+ 27
Appendicitis	58	73	61	38	+ 34
Upper Respiratory	59	72	66	15	+ 56
Hepatitis B	60	62	60	70	- 8
Alcohol	61	53	59	74	- 21
Other Neoplasms	62	41	62	24	+ 17
Measles	63	33	49	158	- 125
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	29	67	15	+ 14
War	65	29	69	4	+ 24
Hepatitis C	66	16	68	11	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	67	15	64	20	- 4
Otitis Media	68	4	72	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	69	3	71	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	2	65	18	- 16
Trypanosomiasis	71	2	78	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	72	2	70	3	- 1
Dengue	73	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	21	- 21
Leprosy	78	0	76	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

Zimbabwe

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.