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Senegal
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Senegal and Zambia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Zambia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Senegal Population Pyramid
33,186,850
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.2
41.2
40.7
142
147
143
 
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
44.6
45.5
45.0
141
145
142
 
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
50.6
51.7
51.1
134
143
140
 
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
56.4
58.5
57.4
136
141
138
 
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
56.0
59.0
57.5
143
145
143
 
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
62.6
65.8
64.3
132
136
135
 
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
66.8
70.1
68.6
128
132
129
 
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.8
70.1
128
132
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
66.8
70.1
128
132
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
70.2
73.1
119
132
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
70.6
73.5
117
133
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
70.9
73.7
115
133
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
71.2
74.0
114
131
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
71.6
74.3
114
132
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
72.1
74.6
113
131
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
72.5
75.0
111
130
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
73.1
75.5
111
130
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
73.8
76.1
109
130
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
74.7
76.9
109
132
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
75.8
77.8
109
131
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
77.2
78.9
110
131
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
79.0
80.4
110
126
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
81.1
82.2
111
121
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
83.6
84.4
108
116
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
86.5
87.1
108
110
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
89.8
90.3
100
105
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
107.21
95
85.40
126
2. Stroke
87.45
88
156.50
19
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.75
50
87.45
35
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
51.31
33
54.75
30
5. Malaria
42.82
21
54.16
2
6. Diabetes Mellitus
37.84
64
42.93
53
7. Road Traffic Accidents
35.06
35
32.93
43
8. Kidney Disease
32.13
47
29.46
63
9. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
48.42
6
10. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
37.64
19
11. Liver Disease
27.51
63
63.86
4
12. Tuberculosis
23.25
48
49.91
19
13. Lung Disease
23.01
88
25.95
72
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.92
36
18.87
72
15. Hypertension
17.73
95
56.20
6
16. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
9.51
164
17. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
2.22
179
18. Asthma
13.53
46
10.81
57
19. Meningitis
12.50
28
15.31
15
20. Maternal Conditions
12.22
25
7.77
38
21. Other Injuries
11.48
50
13.38
34
22. Suicide
10.99
62
14.43
32
23. HIV/AIDS
10.34
58
132.99
8
24. Violence
9.23
56
7.04
67
25. Falls
8.73
37
9.14
30
26. Low Birth Weight
8.37
52
9.64
36
27. Birth Trauma
7.93
41
10.07
26
28. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
3.21
149
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.71
60
8.15
24
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.44
45
3.28
99
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.11
46
3.48
77
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
2.98
177
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
30
4.09
94
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.54
75
6.33
60
35. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
2.00
173
36. Lymphomas
3.90
125
6.38
29
37. Malnutrition
3.50
62
17.63
11
38. Fires
3.34
40
3.87
31
39. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
2.39
110
40. Pertussis
2.69
28
2.30
37
41. Epilepsy
2.64
40
2.68
38
42. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
4.41
142
43. Drownings
2.51
89
3.21
69
44. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
0.90
164
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
0.68
175
46. Schistosomiasis
2.31
18
1.76
26
47. Poisonings
2.22
41
3.48
11
48. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
2.36
75
49. Skin Disease
2.18
53
1.69
87
50. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
1.87
93
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,184
9.26
9,517
8.52
2. Coronary Heart Disease
6,224
8.03
4,432
3.97
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,343
6.89
6,275
5.62
4. Stroke
5,342
6.89
7,948
7.12
5. Malaria
4,595
5.92
7,882
7.06
6. Road Traffic Accidents
3,832
4.94
3,654
3.27
7. Low Birth Weight
3,636
4.69
4,857
4.35
8. Birth Trauma
3,448
4.45
5,062
4.53
9. Tuberculosis
2,678
3.45
5,941
5.32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
3.09
2,395
2.14
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,364
3.05
3,146
2.82
12. Kidney Disease
2,210
2.85
1,760
1.58
13. Liver Disease
2,147
2.77
4,501
4.03
14. Maternal Conditions
1,669
2.15
1,188
1.06
15. Meningitis
1,628
2.10
1,976
1.77
16. Other Injuries
1,512
1.95
1,729
1.55
17. Cervical Cancer
1,405
1.81
1,799
1.61
18. Lung Disease
1,351
1.74
1,273
1.14
19. Violence
1,247
1.61
1,153
1.03
20. HIV/AIDS
1,186
1.53
17,234
15.43
21. Hypertension
1,095
1.41
2,616
2.34
22. Liver Cancer
1,087
1.40
177
0.16
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,041
1.34
354
0.32
24. Suicide
978
1.26
1,303
1.17
25. Asthma
936
1.21
741
0.66
26. Alzheimers & Dementia
879
1.13
590
0.53
27. Breast Cancer
861
1.11
366
0.33
28. Pertussis
771
0.99
743
0.67
29. Prostate Cancer
642
0.83
561
0.50
30. Falls
622
0.80
596
0.53
31. Stomach Cancer
557
0.72
206
0.18
32. Malnutrition
494
0.64
2,303
2.06
33. Drownings
494
0.64
689
0.62
34. Fires
448
0.58
546
0.49
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
433
0.56
246
0.22
36. Inflammatory/Heart
426
0.55
501
0.45
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
384
0.50
203
0.18
38. Epilepsy
330
0.43
332
0.30
39. Lymphomas
315
0.41
548
0.49
40. Poisonings
315
0.41
456
0.41
41. Parkinson's Disease
273
0.35
164
0.15
42. Ovary Cancer
220
0.28
82
0.07
43. Oral Cancer
208
0.27
155
0.14
44. Lung Cancers
180
0.23
226
0.20
45. Schistosomiasis
176
0.23
128
0.11
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
166
0.21
190
0.17
47. Pancreas Cancer
159
0.21
42
0.04
48. Skin Disease
159
0.21
126
0.11
49. Measles
158
0.20
48
0.04
50. Bladder Cancer
155
0.20
132
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
48.42
6
2. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
37.64
19
3. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
9.51
164
4. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
2.22
179
5. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
3.21
149
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
2.98
177
7. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
2.00
173
8. Lymphomas
3.90
125
6.38
29
9. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
2.39
110
10. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
4.41
142
11. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
0.90
164
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
0.68
175
13. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
2.36
75
14. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
1.87
93
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
126
5.61
32
16. Leukemia
1.02
169
2.93
124
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.