SIERRA LEONE VS BAHAMAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BAHAMAS		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,418	4	4,027	+ 3,391
Stroke	2	4,974	5	3,769	+ 1,205
Hypertension	3	4,390	21	623	+ 3,767
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,410	14	1,190	+ 2,220
Violence	5	3,296	22	618	+ 2,679
HIV/AIDS	6	2,981	9	2,546	+ 435
Kidney Disease	7	2,659	15	1,082	+ 1,577
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,166	1	7,420	- 5,253
Breast Cancer	9	1,529	23	615	+ 914
Other Injuries	10	1,488	16	1,040	+ 447
Liver Disease	11	1,487	13	1,312	+ 174
Prostate Cancer	12	1,453	34	274	+ 1,179
Endocrine Disorders	13	1,369	19	798	+ 571
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,186	28	373	+ 813
Inflammatory/Heart	15	1,042	32	288	+ 754
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	940	39	192	+ 748
Lung Disease	17	738	20	791	- 54
Road Traffic Accidents	18	670	8	2,581	- 1,912
Lung Cancers	19	650	49	85	+ 565
Skin Disease	20	588	51	81	+ 508
Drownings	21	577	29	366	+ 210
Lymphomas	22	552	42	132	+ 420
Cervical Cancer	23	456	35	264	+ 193
Alcohol	24	446	55	52	+ 394
Stomach Cancer	25	394	36	232	+ 162
Falls	26	391	30	324	+ 67
Parkinson's Disease	27	373	44	117	+ 257
Low Birth Weight	28	366	7	2,791	- 2,425
Congenital Anomalies	29	352	11	1,532	- 1,180
Uterin Cancer	30	310	60	31	+ 279
Suicide	31	306	25	521	- 216
Liver Cancer	32	262	27	400	- 138
Fires	33	231	33	275	- 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	230	31	308	- 78
Leukemia	35	224	59	37	+ 187
Ovary Cancer	36	221	53	77	+ 145
Pancreas Cancer	37	217	54	62	+ 155
Oesophagus Cancer	38	193	57	37	+ 156
Asthma	39	189	24	613	- 424
Epilepsy	40	173	37	230	- 57
Maternal Conditions	41	142	18	880	- 738
Birth Trauma	42	138	6	2,888	- 2,750
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	115	3	5,275	- 5,160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	97	43	127	- 30
Malnutrition	45	94	17	924	- 829
Oral Cancer	46	77	50	82	- 5
Other Neoplasms	47	73	66	10	+ 62
Drug Use	48	55	40	185	- 130
Meningitis	49	55	12	1,415	- 1,360
Bladder Cancer	50	47	52	78	- 31
Encephalitis	51	41	56	50	- 10
Appendicitis	52	40	61	27	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	35	68	7	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	54	33	65	10	+ 23
Skin Cancers	55	18	48	86	- 68
Poisonings	56	14	38	218	- 204
War	57	14	67	8	+ 6
Tuberculosis	58	8	10	2,414	- 2,406
Dengue	59	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis B	60	5	47	92	- 87
Upper Respiratory	61	4	64	10	- 6
Tetanus	62	2	45	103	- 101
Syphilis	63	2	41	180	- 178
Chlamydia	64	1	70	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	62	15	- 15
Pertussis	68	0	26	469	- 468
Measles	69	0	58	37	- 37
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	101	- 101
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Bahamas

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.