SIERRA LEONE VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,138	4	4,027	+ 5,111
War	2	5,824	67	8	+ 5,816
Stroke	3	4,333	5	3,769	+ 564
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,330	1	7,420	- 4,089
Low Birth Weight	5	2,871	7	2,791	+ 80
Birth Trauma	6	2,438	6	2,888	- 450
Tuberculosis	7	2,237	10	2,414	- 178
Hypertension	8	1,818	21	623	+ 1,194
Maternal Conditions	9	1,775	18	880	+ 895
Kidney Disease	10	1,498	15	1,082	+ 416
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,372	8	2,581	- 1,210
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,307	14	1,190	+ 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,263	3	5,275	- 4,012
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,137	11	1,532	- 395
Lung Disease	15	1,057	20	791	+ 266
Liver Disease	16	1,046	13	1,312	- 267
Asthma	17	774	24	613	+ 161
Other Injuries	18	737	16	1,040	- 303
Violence	19	731	22	618	+ 114
Meningitis	20	597	12	1,415	- 818
Pertussis	21	479	26	469	+ 11
Breast Cancer	22	414	23	615	- 201
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	401	28	373	+ 28
Suicide	24	358	25	521	- 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	342	31	308	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	26	341	36	232	+ 109
Oral Cancer	27	334	50	82	+ 251
Endocrine Disorders	28	310	19	798	- 488
Oesophagus Cancer	29	299	57	37	+ 262
Tetanus	30	285	45	103	+ 182
Encephalitis	31	271	56	50	+ 220
Lung Cancers	32	245	49	85	+ 159
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	237	43	127	+ 110
Drownings	34	226	29	366	- 140
Epilepsy	35	226	37	230	- 5
Lymphomas	36	215	42	132	+ 83
Falls	37	206	30	324	- 118
Hepatitis B	38	196	47	92	+ 105
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	169	39	192	- 24
Liver Cancer	40	149	27	400	- 251
Parkinson's Disease	41	143	44	117	+ 26
Leukemia	42	139	59	37	+ 102
Malnutrition	43	134	17	924	- 790
Cervical Cancer	44	123	35	264	- 141
Inflammatory/Heart	45	120	32	288	- 168
HIV/AIDS	46	105	9	2,546	- 2,440
Poisonings	47	87	38	218	- 131
Ovary Cancer	48	84	53	77	+ 7
Measles	49	80	58	37	+ 43
Fires	50	79	33	275	- 196
Drug Use	51	75	40	185	- 111
Appendicitis	52	68	61	27	+ 41
Uterin Cancer	53	66	60	31	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	54	62	52	78	- 16
Prostate Cancer	55	59	34	274	- 215
Pancreas Cancer	56	52	54	62	- 9
Malaria	57	42	2	6,824	- 6,782
Alcohol	58	34	55	52	- 18
Skin Cancers	59	33	48	86	- 53
Syphilis	60	21	41	180	- 158
Skin Disease	61	21	51	81	- 59
Multiple Sclerosis	62	19	65	10	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	63	7	66	10	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	6	63	13	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	68	7	- 1
Ascariasis	66	4	62	15	- 11
Diphtheria	67	4	69	4	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	2	64	10	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	46	101	- 101
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Afghanistan

Sierra Leone

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.