SIERRA LEONE VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,921	4	4,027	+ 3,894
Violence	2	3,544	22	618	+ 2,926
Stroke	3	3,048	5	3,769	- 721
Lung Disease	4	2,930	20	791	+ 2,138
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,982	1	7,420	- 5,438
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,428	8	2,581	- 1,153
Kidney Disease	7	1,257	15	1,082	+ 175
Hypertension	8	1,177	21	623	+ 554
Stomach Cancer	9	1,124	36	232	+ 892
Lung Cancers	10	966	49	85	+ 881
Diabetes Mellitus	11	925	14	1,190	- 265
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	804	39	192	+ 612
Breast Cancer	13	675	23	615	+ 59
Prostate Cancer	14	659	34	274	+ 385
Other Neoplasms	15	589	66	10	+ 579
Congenital Anomalies	16	545	11	1,532	- 987
HIV/AIDS	17	494	9	2,546	- 2,052
Lymphomas	18	479	42	132	+ 347
Liver Disease	19	446	13	1,312	- 866
Cervical Cancer	20	417	35	264	+ 153
Leukemia	21	406	59	37	+ 369
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	397	28	373	+ 24
Low Birth Weight	23	385	7	2,791	- 2,406
Liver Cancer	24	380	27	400	- 20
Pancreas Cancer	25	372	54	62	+ 310
Suicide	26	361	25	521	- 160
Malnutrition	27	345	17	924	- 578
Other Injuries	28	293	16	1,040	- 747
Falls	29	279	30	324	- 45
Endocrine Disorders	30	251	19	798	- 546
Inflammatory/Heart	31	245	32	288	- 43
Tuberculosis	32	234	10	2,414	- 2,180
Ovary Cancer	33	206	53	77	+ 130
Skin Disease	34	203	51	81	+ 122
Skin Cancers	35	189	48	86	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	36	154	57	37	+ 117
Oral Cancer	37	148	50	82	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	137	3	5,275	- 5,137
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	128	31	308	- 180
Drownings	40	127	29	366	- 240
Birth Trauma	41	119	6	2,888	- 2,769
Bladder Cancer	42	112	52	78	+ 34
Epilepsy	43	110	37	230	- 120
Drug Use	44	90	40	185	- 95
Uterin Cancer	45	78	60	31	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	46	72	18	880	- 807
Parkinson's Disease	47	70	44	117	- 46
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	61	81	0	+ 61
War	49	48	67	8	+ 39
Meningitis	50	45	12	1,415	- 1,370
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	45	68	7	+ 37
Appendicitis	52	39	61	27	+ 12
Chagas disease	53	37	77	0	+ 37
Asthma	54	35	24	613	- 578
Dengue	55	25	72	0	+ 24
Fires	56	23	33	275	- 252
Anemia	57	19	85	0	+ 19
Osteoarthritis	58	12	80	0	+ 12
Hepatitis C	59	12	63	13	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	60	11	65	10	+ 1
Poisonings	61	11	38	218	- 207
Hepatitis B	62	9	47	92	- 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	7	43	127	- 120
Encephalitis	64	7	56	50	- 43
Syphilis	65	6	41	180	- 174
Upper Respiratory	66	5	64	10	- 6
Malaria	67	5	2	6,824	- 6,819
Alcohol	68	4	55	52	- 48
Pertussis	69	3	26	469	- 465
Schizophrenia	70	3	84	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	45	103	- 100
Leprosy	72	2	75	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	73	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	79	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	62	15	- 14
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	101	- 101
Measles	78	0	58	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	69	4	- 4
Chlamydia	81	0	70	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Colombia

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.