SIERRA LEONE VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,872	4	4,027	+ 2,845
Stroke	2	5,107	5	3,769	+ 1,338
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,925	1	7,420	- 3,494
Violence	4	2,851	22	618	+ 2,233
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,471	14	1,190	+ 1,281
Lung Disease	6	2,461	20	791	+ 1,670
Kidney Disease	7	1,562	15	1,082	+ 480
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,404	8	2,581	- 1,178
Lung Cancers	9	1,312	49	85	+ 1,227
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,273	28	373	+ 900
Hypertension	11	1,195	21	623	+ 572
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	960	39	192	+ 768
Liver Disease	13	888	13	1,312	- 424
Breast Cancer	14	860	23	615	+ 245
Prostate Cancer	15	788	34	274	+ 514
Falls	16	781	30	324	+ 457
Stomach Cancer	17	746	36	232	+ 514
Inflammatory/Heart	18	726	32	288	+ 438
Endocrine Disorders	19	702	19	798	- 96
Suicide	20	603	25	521	+ 81
Other Injuries	21	572	16	1,040	- 468
HIV/AIDS	22	521	9	2,546	- 2,025
Congenital Anomalies	23	511	11	1,532	- 1,022
Pancreas Cancer	24	497	54	62	+ 436
Liver Cancer	25	477	27	400	+ 77
Oesophagus Cancer	26	434	57	37	+ 397
Lymphomas	27	430	42	132	+ 298
Oral Cancer	28	412	50	82	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	29	394	35	264	+ 131
Leukemia	30	354	59	37	+ 317
Skin Disease	31	298	51	81	+ 217
Alcohol	32	295	55	52	+ 243
Low Birth Weight	33	285	7	2,791	- 2,506
Malnutrition	34	278	17	924	- 646
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	235	3	5,275	- 5,040
Bladder Cancer	36	220	52	78	+ 142
Chagas disease	37	209	77	0	+ 209
Skin Cancers	38	209	48	86	+ 123
Drownings	39	205	29	366	- 162
Tuberculosis	40	203	10	2,414	- 2,211
Parkinson's Disease	41	198	44	117	+ 81
Other Neoplasms	42	193	66	10	+ 183
Ovary Cancer	43	181	53	77	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	176	31	308	- 131
Birth Trauma	45	157	6	2,888	- 2,732
Epilepsy	46	135	37	230	- 95
Uterin Cancer	47	115	60	31	+ 84
Asthma	48	108	24	613	- 505
Drug Use	49	102	40	185	- 83
Anemia	50	100	85	0	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	91	43	127	- 36
Hepatitis C	52	81	63	13	+ 68
Maternal Conditions	53	62	18	880	- 817
Meningitis	54	56	12	1,415	- 1,358
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	45	81	0	+ 45
War	56	45	67	8	+ 37
Appendicitis	57	44	61	27	+ 17
Fires	58	43	33	275	- 233
Hepatitis B	59	32	47	92	- 60
Schizophrenia	60	27	84	0	+ 27
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	25	68	7	+ 17
Schistosomiasis	62	25	46	101	- 76
Leishmaniasis	63	18	79	0	+ 18
Multiple Sclerosis	64	15	65	10	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	65	14	80	0	+ 14
Poisonings	66	13	38	218	- 205
Upper Respiratory	67	11	64	10	+ 0
Syphilis	68	9	41	180	- 171
Leprosy	69	7	75	0	+ 7
Otitis Media	70	4	71	0	+ 4
Tetanus	71	4	45	103	- 99
Encephalitis	72	3	56	50	- 48
Oral conditions	73	3	82	0	+ 3
Malaria	74	2	2	6,824	- 6,822
Pertussis	75	1	26	469	- 467
Dengue	76	1	72	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	62	15	- 14
Diphtheria	79	0	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	81	0	58	37	- 37
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Brazil

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.