SINGAPORE VS SENEGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SENEGAL		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,298	2	5,189	- 2,891
Coronary Heart Disease	2	1,991	1	5,292	- 3,301
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,709	39	28	+ 1,681
Stroke	4	1,709	3	1,559	+ 150
Malaria	5	1,470	75	0	+ 1,470
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,226	26	121	+ 1,104
Low Birth Weight	7	1,163	41	25	+ 1,138
Birth Trauma	8	1,103	55	3	+ 1,100
Tuberculosis	9	857	40	26	+ 831
Diabetes Mellitus	10	766	28	108	+ 659
Congenital Anomalies	11	756	31	80	+ 677
Kidney Disease	12	707	6	1,028	- 321
Liver Disease	13	687	20	209	+ 477
Maternal Conditions	14	534	53	3	+ 530
Meningitis	15	521	48	8	+ 513
Other Injuries	16	484	32	79	+ 405
Cervical Cancer	17	449	30	85	+ 364
Lung Disease	18	432	14	383	+ 49
Violence	19	399	46	15	+ 384
HIV/AIDS	20	379	45	18	+ 361
Hypertension	21	350	8	732	- 382
Liver Cancer	22	348	7	746	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	23	333	37	30	+ 303
Suicide	24	313	9	650	- 338
Asthma	25	299	35	37	+ 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	281	36	32	+ 249
Breast Cancer	27	275	10	605	- 330
Pertussis	28	247	62	0	+ 247
Prostate Cancer	29	205	16	303	- 97
Falls	30	199	18	218	- 19
Stomach Cancer	31	178	12	405	- 226
Malnutrition	32	158	63	0	+ 158
Drownings	33	158	38	29	+ 129
Fires	34	143	49	7	+ 136
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	138	33	69	+ 69
Inflammatory/Heart	36	136	19	215	- 79
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	123	5	1,203	- 1,080
Epilepsy	38	106	42	25	+ 81
Lymphomas	39	101	13	397	- 296
Poisonings	40	101	60	1	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	41	87	29	90	- 2
Ovary Cancer	42	70	21	204	- 133
Oral Cancer	43	66	15	317	- 251
Lung Cancers	44	58	4	1,540	- 1,483
Schistosomiasis	45	56	78	0	+ 56
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	53	43	22	+ 31
Skin Disease	47	51	25	136	- 85
Pancreas Cancer	48	51	11	537	- 486
Measles	49	51	72	0	+ 51
Bladder Cancer	50	50	27	120	- 71
Skin Cancers	51	47	34	56	- 9
Drug Use	52	44	44	19	+ 25
Syphilis	53	39	65	0	+ 39
Leukemia	54	36	17	249	- 213
Oesophagus Cancer	55	32	24	137	- 105
Uterin Cancer	56	30	23	147	- 117
Encephalitis	57	27	61	0	+ 27
Tetanus	58	27	73	0	+ 27
Alcohol	59	24	47	10	+ 14
Hepatitis B	60	22	52	4	+ 18
Appendicitis	61	12	50	6	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	8	22	195	- 188
Leishmaniasis	63	7	76	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	57	3	+ 4
Ascariasis	65	6	67	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	5	54	3	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	5	58	2	+ 2
Hepatitis C	68	3	56	3	+ 1
War	69	1	59	2	- 1
Diphtheria	70	1	64	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	66	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	82	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Senegal

Singapore

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.