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Senegal
COUNTRY #1
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SENEGAL VS CONGO

Compare Senegal and Congo 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.

Congo
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%
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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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   Congo CONGO
  Senegal SENEGAL   Congo CONGO
       
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
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
44.6
45.5
45.0
141
145
142
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
50.6
51.7
51.1
134
143
140
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
56.4
58.5
57.4
136
141
138
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
56.0
59.0
57.5
143
145
143
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
62.6
65.8
64.3
132
136
135
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
66.8
70.1
68.6
128
132
129
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.8
70.1
128
132
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
66.8
70.1
128
132
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
70.2
73.1
119
132
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
70.6
73.5
117
133
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
70.9
73.7
115
133
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
71.2
74.0
114
131
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
71.6
74.3
114
132
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
72.1
74.6
113
131
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
72.5
75.0
111
130
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
73.1
75.5
111
130
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
73.8
76.1
109
130
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
74.7
76.9
109
132
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
75.8
77.8
109
131
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
77.2
78.9
110
131
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
79.0
80.4
110
126
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
81.1
82.2
111
121
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.6
84.4
108
116
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
86.5
87.1
108
110
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.8
90.3
100
105
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
107.21
95
133.74
63
2. Stroke
87.45
88
120.40
39
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.75
50
86.29
37
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
51.31
33
43.98
42
5. Malaria
42.82
21
49.23
9
6. Diabetes Mellitus
37.84
64
51.04
38
7. Road Traffic Accidents
35.06
35
39.65
27
8. Kidney Disease
32.13
47
29.78
60
9. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
13.92
60
10. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
31.52
25
11. Liver Disease
27.51
63
36.31
40
12. Tuberculosis
23.25
48
75.20
10
13. Lung Disease
23.01
88
31.45
46
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.92
36
20.22
43
15. Hypertension
17.73
95
52.27
12
16. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
9.95
160
17. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
6.39
68
18. Asthma
13.53
46
13.81
44
19. Meningitis
12.50
28
6.68
42
20. Maternal Conditions
12.22
25
12.50
22
21. Other Injuries
11.48
50
9.74
68
22. Suicide
10.99
62
11.62
55
23. HIV/AIDS
10.34
58
101.72
12
24. Violence
9.23
56
11.99
41
25. Falls
8.73
37
7.27
66
26. Low Birth Weight
8.37
52
9.29
42
27. Birth Trauma
7.93
41
7.30
48
28. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
3.94
131
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.71
60
6.57
65
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.44
45
6.36
46
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.11
46
5.10
56
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
4.17
161
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
30
4.68
62
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.54
75
9.18
32
35. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
3.37
130
36. Lymphomas
3.90
125
2.21
171
37. Malnutrition
3.50
62
9.47
31
38. Fires
3.34
40
2.74
56
39. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
1.35
166
40. Pertussis
2.69
28
3.65
20
41. Epilepsy
2.64
40
2.02
67
42. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
2.77
164
43. Drownings
2.51
89
1.92
118
44. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
1.40
146
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
1.96
144
46. Schistosomiasis
2.31
18
1.72
28
47. Poisonings
2.22
41
2.00
44
48. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
0.72
168
49. Skin Disease
2.18
53
2.02
62
50. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
1.82
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Senegal SENEGAL   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,184
9.26
2,576
7.85
2. Coronary Heart Disease
6,224
8.03
2,494
7.60
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,343
6.89
1,304
3.97
4. Stroke
5,342
6.89
2,267
6.90
5. Malaria
4,595
5.92
1,977
6.02
6. Road Traffic Accidents
3,832
4.94
1,598
4.87
7. Low Birth Weight
3,636
4.69
1,283
3.91
8. Birth Trauma
3,448
4.45
997
3.04
9. Tuberculosis
2,678
3.45
2,781
8.47
10. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
3.09
1,050
3.20
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,364
3.05
729
2.22
12. Kidney Disease
2,210
2.85
613
1.87
13. Liver Disease
2,147
2.77
931
2.84
14. Maternal Conditions
1,669
2.15
578
1.76
15. Meningitis
1,628
2.10
299
0.91
16. Other Injuries
1,512
1.95
333
1.01
17. Cervical Cancer
1,405
1.81
196
0.60
18. Lung Disease
1,351
1.74
541
1.65
19. Violence
1,247
1.61
539
1.64
20. HIV/AIDS
1,186
1.53
4,509
13.73
21. Hypertension
1,095
1.41
933
2.84
22. Liver Cancer
1,087
1.40
169
0.51
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,041
1.34
208
0.63
24. Suicide
978
1.26
349
1.06
25. Asthma
936
1.21
291
0.89
26. Alzheimers & Dementia
879
1.13
230
0.70
27. Breast Cancer
861
1.11
159
0.48
28. Pertussis
771
0.99
329
1.00
29. Prostate Cancer
642
0.83
198
0.60
30. Falls
622
0.80
149
0.45
31. Stomach Cancer
557
0.72
88
0.27
32. Malnutrition
494
0.64
272
0.83
33. Drownings
494
0.64
104
0.32
34. Fires
448
0.58
90
0.27
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
433
0.56
105
0.32
36. Inflammatory/Heart
426
0.55
220
0.67
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
384
0.50
89
0.27
38. Epilepsy
330
0.43
76
0.23
39. Lymphomas
315
0.41
61
0.19
40. Poisonings
315
0.41
71
0.22
41. Parkinson's Disease
273
0.35
69
0.21
42. Ovary Cancer
220
0.28
49
0.15
43. Oral Cancer
208
0.27
33
0.10
44. Lung Cancers
180
0.23
54
0.16
45. Schistosomiasis
176
0.23
45
0.14
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
166
0.21
67
0.20
47. Pancreas Cancer
159
0.21
42
0.13
48. Skin Disease
159
0.21
46
0.14
49. Measles
158
0.20
159
0.48
50. Bladder Cancer
155
0.20
15
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
13.92
60
2. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
31.52
25
3. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
9.95
160
4. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
6.39
68
5. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
3.94
131
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
4.17
161
7. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
3.37
130
8. Lymphomas
3.90
125
2.21
171
9. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
1.35
166
10. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
2.77
164
11. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
1.40
146
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
1.96
144
13. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
0.72
168
14. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
1.82
96
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
126
0.87
164
16. Leukemia
1.02
169
1.70
157
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.