SIERRA LEONE VS BARBADOS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BARBADOS		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,530	5	3,769	+ 7,761
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,728	4	4,027	+ 6,701
Diabetes Mellitus	3	7,797	14	1,190	+ 6,607
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	6,634	1	7,420	- 786
Prostate Cancer	5	4,949	34	274	+ 4,675
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,449	39	192	+ 3,257
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,421	28	373	+ 3,048
Breast Cancer	8	2,851	23	615	+ 2,235
Endocrine Disorders	9	2,799	19	798	+ 2,001
Kidney Disease	10	2,767	15	1,082	+ 1,685
Other Injuries	11	2,354	16	1,040	+ 1,314
Lung Disease	12	2,214	20	791	+ 1,423
Hypertension	13	2,159	21	623	+ 1,535
Skin Disease	14	1,872	51	81	+ 1,791
Lymphomas	15	1,522	42	132	+ 1,390
Lung Cancers	16	1,280	49	85	+ 1,195
Inflammatory/Heart	17	1,170	32	288	+ 882
Pancreas Cancer	18	1,162	54	62	+ 1,100
Violence	19	970	22	618	+ 352
Leukemia	20	872	59	37	+ 835
HIV/AIDS	21	844	9	2,546	- 1,702
Stomach Cancer	22	831	36	232	+ 599
Cervical Cancer	23	826	35	264	+ 562
Other Neoplasms	24	775	66	10	+ 764
Road Traffic Accidents	25	704	8	2,581	- 1,878
Liver Disease	26	685	13	1,312	- 628
Uterin Cancer	27	635	60	31	+ 605
Oral Cancer	28	536	50	82	+ 453
Congenital Anomalies	29	535	11	1,532	- 997
Prostatic Hypertrophy	30	519	81	0	+ 519
Parkinson's Disease	31	491	44	117	+ 374
Ovary Cancer	32	466	53	77	+ 389
Liver Cancer	33	432	27	400	+ 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	425	31	308	+ 117
Asthma	35	389	24	613	- 224
Oesophagus Cancer	36	345	57	37	+ 308
Anemia	37	334	85	0	+ 334
Epilepsy	38	282	37	230	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	39	281	52	78	+ 203
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	205	3	5,275	- 5,070
Falls	41	198	30	324	- 126
Low Birth Weight	42	158	7	2,791	- 2,633
Birth Trauma	43	156	6	2,888	- 2,732
Rheumatoid Arthritis	44	139	68	7	+ 132
Meningitis	45	129	12	1,415	- 1,285
Alcohol	46	121	55	52	+ 69
Skin Cancers	47	118	48	86	+ 32
Poisonings	48	62	38	218	- 156
Malnutrition	49	59	17	924	- 864
Osteoarthritis	50	59	80	0	+ 59
Suicide	51	53	25	521	- 468
Hepatitis B	52	49	47	92	- 43
Drug Use	53	44	40	185	- 141
Dengue	54	41	72	0	+ 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	55	35	43	127	- 91
Maternal Conditions	56	35	18	880	- 845
Drownings	57	33	29	366	- 333
Upper Respiratory	58	31	64	10	+ 21
Schizophrenia	59	31	84	0	+ 31
Tuberculosis	60	30	10	2,414	- 2,384
Multiple Sclerosis	61	23	65	10	+ 12
Fires	62	17	33	275	- 258
Oral conditions	63	17	82	0	+ 17
Syphilis	64	12	41	180	- 168
Appendicitis	65	10	61	27	- 17
War	66	1	67	8	- 8
Pertussis	67	0	26	469	- 468
Measles	68	0	58	37	- 37
Diphtheria	69	0	69	4	- 4
Tetanus	70	0	45	103	- 103
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	62	15	- 15
Malaria	76	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Encephalitis	82	0	56	50	- 50
Hepatitis C	83	0	63	13	- 13
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Barbados

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.