SIERRA LEONE VS ARGENTINA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ARGENTINA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,465	4	4,027	+ 5,438
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,955	1	7,420	+ 535
Lung Disease	3	4,509	20	791	+ 3,718
Stroke	4	4,440	5	3,769	+ 671
Kidney Disease	5	2,637	15	1,082	+ 1,555
Lung Cancers	6	1,944	49	85	+ 1,858
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,733	39	192	+ 1,541
Breast Cancer	8	1,371	23	615	+ 755
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,327	14	1,190	+ 138
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,222	8	2,581	- 1,359
Hypertension	11	1,125	21	623	+ 502
Other Injuries	12	1,095	16	1,040	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,066	32	288	+ 779
Pancreas Cancer	14	894	54	62	+ 833
Prostate Cancer	15	875	34	274	+ 601
Liver Disease	16	782	13	1,312	- 530
Endocrine Disorders	17	774	19	798	- 24
Suicide	18	727	25	521	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	725	28	373	+ 352
Stomach Cancer	20	684	36	232	+ 452
Other Neoplasms	21	626	66	10	+ 616
Skin Disease	22	615	51	81	+ 535
Violence	23	526	22	618	- 91
Lymphomas	24	526	42	132	+ 394
Cervical Cancer	25	481	35	264	+ 218
Congenital Anomalies	26	470	11	1,532	- 1,063
Leukemia	27	425	59	37	+ 388
Low Birth Weight	28	424	7	2,791	- 2,367
Oesophagus Cancer	29	399	57	37	+ 362
Liver Cancer	30	397	27	400	- 3
Bladder Cancer	31	325	52	78	+ 247
HIV/AIDS	32	287	9	2,546	- 2,258
Ovary Cancer	33	254	53	77	+ 177
Skin Cancers	34	208	48	86	+ 122
Oral Cancer	35	208	50	82	+ 126
Parkinson's Disease	36	187	44	117	+ 70
Uterin Cancer	37	183	60	31	+ 152
Malnutrition	38	180	17	924	- 743
Drug Use	39	160	40	185	- 25
Anemia	40	134	85	0	+ 134
Tuberculosis	41	127	10	2,414	- 2,287
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	112	3	5,275	- 5,163
Falls	43	98	30	324	- 226
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	95	31	308	- 213
Chagas disease	45	87	77	0	+ 87
Alcohol	46	86	55	52	+ 34
Asthma	47	78	24	613	- 535
Drownings	48	74	29	366	- 293
Birth Trauma	49	72	6	2,888	- 2,816
Epilepsy	50	64	37	230	- 166
Meningitis	51	61	12	1,415	- 1,353
Fires	52	54	33	275	- 221
Maternal Conditions	53	54	18	880	- 826
Rheumatoid Arthritis	54	47	68	7	+ 40
Poisonings	55	37	38	218	- 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	56	27	43	127	- 100
Hepatitis C	57	22	63	13	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	58	20	65	10	+ 9
Osteoarthritis	59	14	80	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	60	14	61	27	- 13
Schizophrenia	61	11	84	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	62	11	47	92	- 81
Prostatic Hypertrophy	63	9	81	0	+ 9
Encephalitis	64	3	56	50	- 47
Syphilis	65	3	41	180	- 177
Oral conditions	66	3	82	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	67	2	64	10	- 8
Pertussis	68	2	26	469	- 467
Leprosy	69	1	75	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	8	- 8
Tetanus	71	1	45	103	- 102
Leishmaniasis	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	77	0	62	15	- 15
Diphtheria	78	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	58	37	- 37
Dengue	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Malaria	83	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Schistosomiasis	84	0	46	101	- 101
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Argentina

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.