SIERRA LEONE VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,221	4	4,027	+ 1,195
Stroke	2	4,755	5	3,769	+ 987
Kidney Disease	3	1,986	15	1,082	+ 904
Lung Disease	4	1,985	20	791	+ 1,194
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	1,955	28	373	+ 1,582
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,916	1	7,420	- 5,504
Hypertension	7	1,865	21	623	+ 1,242
Stomach Cancer	8	1,774	36	232	+ 1,542
Lung Cancers	9	1,687	49	85	+ 1,602
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,552	14	1,190	+ 363
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	1,477	39	192	+ 1,285
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,381	8	2,581	- 1,200
Liver Disease	13	1,294	13	1,312	- 19
Prostate Cancer	14	1,190	34	274	+ 916
Suicide	15	831	25	521	+ 310
Breast Cancer	16	825	23	615	+ 210
Pancreas Cancer	17	766	54	62	+ 704
Lymphomas	18	681	42	132	+ 549
Liver Cancer	19	669	27	400	+ 269
Other Neoplasms	20	664	66	10	+ 653
Other Injuries	21	640	16	1,040	- 400
Endocrine Disorders	22	629	19	798	- 169
Falls	23	442	30	324	+ 118
Leukemia	24	430	59	37	+ 393
Congenital Anomalies	25	419	11	1,532	- 1,113
Parkinson's Disease	26	386	44	117	+ 269
Cervical Cancer	27	381	35	264	+ 117
Skin Disease	28	373	51	81	+ 292
Violence	29	363	22	618	- 254
Oesophagus Cancer	30	353	57	37	+ 316
Inflammatory/Heart	31	347	32	288	+ 59
Bladder Cancer	32	313	52	78	+ 235
HIV/AIDS	33	264	9	2,546	- 2,282
Skin Cancers	34	257	48	86	+ 171
Ovary Cancer	35	251	53	77	+ 174
Low Birth Weight	36	214	7	2,791	- 2,577
Malnutrition	37	205	17	924	- 718
Tuberculosis	38	200	10	2,414	- 2,214
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	163	3	5,275	- 5,111
Oral Cancer	40	150	50	82	+ 68
Fires	41	144	33	275	- 131
Asthma	42	144	24	613	- 469
Epilepsy	43	144	37	230	- 86
Drownings	44	138	29	366	- 228
Uterin Cancer	45	134	60	31	+ 103
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	109	31	308	- 199
Alcohol	47	101	55	52	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	91	68	7	+ 84
Anemia	49	88	85	0	+ 88
Drug Use	50	73	40	185	- 113
Osteoarthritis	51	64	80	0	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	51	43	127	- 76
Meningitis	53	46	12	1,415	- 1,368
Birth Trauma	54	43	6	2,888	- 2,845
Chagas disease	55	38	77	0	+ 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	36	81	0	+ 36
Poisonings	57	33	38	218	- 185
Schizophrenia	58	19	84	0	+ 19
Appendicitis	59	18	61	27	- 9
Hepatitis B	60	15	47	92	- 77
Hepatitis C	61	13	63	13	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	65	10	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	63	12	18	880	- 868
War	64	7	67	8	- 2
Oral conditions	65	3	82	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	2	41	180	- 177
Upper Respiratory	67	2	64	10	- 8
Pertussis	68	1	26	469	- 467
Tetanus	69	1	45	103	- 102
Encephalitis	70	1	56	50	- 49
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	72	0	62	15	- 15
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	75	0	58	37	- 37
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	46	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Chile

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.