SIERRA LEONE VS AZERBAIJAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AZERBAIJAN		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,535	4	4,027	+ 24,508
Stroke	2	11,082	5	3,769	+ 7,313
Liver Disease	3	3,031	13	1,312	+ 1,718
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,041	14	1,190	+ 851
Hypertension	5	2,029	21	623	+ 1,406
Lung Disease	6	1,575	20	791	+ 784
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,526	1	7,420	- 5,894
Inflammatory/Heart	8	1,439	32	288	+ 1,151
Kidney Disease	9	1,362	15	1,082	+ 280
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,173	28	373	+ 800
Lung Cancers	11	1,150	49	85	+ 1,065
Stomach Cancer	12	1,112	36	232	+ 881
Breast Cancer	13	785	23	615	+ 170
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	675	39	192	+ 482
Low Birth Weight	15	621	7	2,791	- 2,170
Road Traffic Accidents	16	579	8	2,581	- 2,002
Tuberculosis	17	508	10	2,414	- 1,906
Oesophagus Cancer	18	490	57	37	+ 453
Congenital Anomalies	19	464	11	1,532	- 1,068
Fires	20	405	33	275	+ 130
Other Injuries	21	399	16	1,040	- 642
Birth Trauma	22	393	6	2,888	- 2,495
Parkinson's Disease	23	373	44	117	+ 256
Asthma	24	368	24	613	- 245
Suicide	25	352	25	521	- 169
HIV/AIDS	26	341	9	2,546	- 2,205
Liver Cancer	27	325	27	400	- 75
Drownings	28	287	29	366	- 79
Falls	29	262	30	324	- 62
Endocrine Disorders	30	257	19	798	- 541
Pancreas Cancer	31	249	54	62	+ 187
Cervical Cancer	32	238	35	264	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	224	3	5,275	- 5,051
Violence	34	215	22	618	- 402
Ovary Cancer	35	215	53	77	+ 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	211	31	308	- 97
Alcohol	37	209	55	52	+ 157
Lymphomas	38	196	42	132	+ 64
Epilepsy	39	191	37	230	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	40	173	43	127	+ 47
Bladder Cancer	41	155	52	78	+ 77
Oral Cancer	42	136	50	82	+ 54
Prostate Cancer	43	134	34	274	- 140
Leukemia	44	122	59	37	+ 85
Skin Cancers	45	108	48	86	+ 22
Encephalitis	46	93	56	50	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	47	83	60	31	+ 52
Poisonings	48	80	38	218	- 139
Pertussis	49	58	26	469	- 410
Meningitis	50	54	12	1,415	- 1,360
Maternal Conditions	51	42	18	880	- 838
Drug Use	52	42	40	185	- 143
Syphilis	53	28	41	180	- 152
Other Neoplasms	54	17	66	10	+ 7
Malnutrition	55	16	17	924	- 908
Upper Respiratory	56	14	64	10	+ 4
Hepatitis B	57	14	47	92	- 78
Skin Disease	58	12	51	81	- 69
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	65	10	+ 1
Appendicitis	60	11	61	27	- 16
Tetanus	61	6	45	103	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	68	7	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	4	79	0	+ 4
Chlamydia	64	1	70	1	- 0
War	65	1	67	8	- 8
Hepatitis C	66	0	63	13	- 13
Diphtheria	67	0	69	4	- 3
Measles	68	0	58	37	- 37
Ascariasis	69	0	62	15	- 15
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	74	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Dengue	77	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Azerbaijan

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.