SIERRA LEONE VS BELIZE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELIZE		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,212	4	4,027	+ 185
Violence	2	3,198	22	618	+ 2,580
Diabetes Mellitus	3	3,084	14	1,190	+ 1,894
Stroke	4	2,782	5	3,769	- 987
HIV/AIDS	5	2,614	9	2,546	+ 68
Kidney Disease	6	2,245	15	1,082	+ 1,163
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,117	1	7,420	- 5,302
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,931	8	2,581	- 650
Liver Disease	9	1,264	13	1,312	- 49
Prostate Cancer	10	1,038	34	274	+ 764
Lung Disease	11	1,007	20	791	+ 216
Hypertension	12	1,004	21	623	+ 381
Alzheimers & Dementia	13	982	28	373	+ 609
Other Injuries	14	779	16	1,040	- 261
Lung Cancers	15	669	49	85	+ 584
Suicide	16	605	25	521	+ 84
Cervical Cancer	17	603	35	264	+ 340
Drownings	18	523	29	366	+ 156
Liver Cancer	19	522	27	400	+ 122
Stomach Cancer	20	508	36	232	+ 277
Congenital Anomalies	21	505	11	1,532	- 1,027
Endocrine Disorders	22	494	19	798	- 304
Breast Cancer	23	475	23	615	- 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	439	39	192	+ 247
Low Birth Weight	25	433	7	2,791	- 2,358
Inflammatory/Heart	26	396	32	288	+ 108
Falls	27	282	30	324	- 42
Parkinson's Disease	28	241	44	117	+ 124
Malnutrition	29	215	17	924	- 709
Alcohol	30	213	55	52	+ 161
Pancreas Cancer	31	205	54	62	+ 144
Birth Trauma	32	202	6	2,888	- 2,686
Tuberculosis	33	193	10	2,414	- 2,221
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	190	3	5,275	- 5,085
Asthma	35	169	24	613	- 444
Epilepsy	36	168	37	230	- 62
Skin Disease	37	120	51	81	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	113	31	308	- 195
Leukemia	39	87	59	37	+ 51
Fires	40	80	33	275	- 195
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	75	43	127	- 52
Maternal Conditions	42	51	18	880	- 829
Oesophagus Cancer	43	48	57	37	+ 11
Appendicitis	44	32	61	27	+ 5
Poisonings	45	32	38	218	- 187
Meningitis	46	31	12	1,415	- 1,384
Drug Use	47	30	40	185	- 155
Encephalitis	48	30	56	50	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	24	68	7	+ 17
Lymphomas	50	24	42	132	- 108
Uterin Cancer	51	24	60	31	- 7
Ovary Cancer	52	21	53	77	- 56
Other Neoplasms	53	20	66	10	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	54	9	65	10	- 1
Dengue	55	5	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	56	4	47	92	- 87
Chagas disease	57	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	58	3	64	10	- 8
Tetanus	59	2	45	103	- 100
War	60	2	67	8	- 6
Hepatitis C	61	1	63	13	- 12
Syphilis	62	1	41	180	- 179
Pertussis	63	1	26	469	- 468
Ascariasis	64	1	62	15	- 14
Chlamydia	65	0	70	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	66	0	48	86	- 86
Oral Cancer	67	0	50	82	- 82
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	58	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Leishmaniasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	46	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	79	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	81	0	52	78	- 78
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	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

Belize

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.