SIERRA LEONE VS CONGO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CONGO		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,745	9	2,546	+ 4,199
Tuberculosis	2	4,160	10	2,414	+ 1,746
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,853	1	7,420	- 3,566
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,731	4	4,027	- 296
Stroke	5	3,390	5	3,769	- 379
Malaria	6	2,957	2	6,824	- 3,867
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,391	8	2,581	- 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,951	3	5,275	- 3,324
Low Birth Weight	9	1,919	7	2,791	- 872
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,570	14	1,190	+ 380
Birth Trauma	11	1,492	6	2,888	- 1,396
Hypertension	12	1,395	21	623	+ 772
Liver Disease	13	1,392	13	1,312	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,090	11	1,532	- 442
Kidney Disease	15	917	15	1,082	- 166
Maternal Conditions	16	864	18	880	- 16
Lung Disease	17	809	20	791	+ 18
Violence	18	806	22	618	+ 188
Suicide	19	522	25	521	+ 0
Other Injuries	20	498	16	1,040	- 542
Pertussis	21	492	26	469	+ 24
Meningitis	22	447	12	1,415	- 967
Asthma	23	435	24	613	- 178
Malnutrition	24	406	17	924	- 517
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	344	28	373	- 29
Inflammatory/Heart	26	328	32	288	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	27	311	19	798	- 487
Prostate Cancer	28	296	34	274	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	29	293	35	264	+ 30
Liver Cancer	30	254	27	400	- 147
Measles	31	238	58	37	+ 201
Breast Cancer	32	237	23	615	- 378
Falls	33	222	30	324	- 101
Syphilis	34	159	41	180	- 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	157	31	308	- 151
Drownings	36	155	29	366	- 211
Fires	37	135	33	275	- 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	133	39	192	- 60
Stomach Cancer	39	132	36	232	- 100
Epilepsy	40	114	37	230	- 117
Poisonings	41	105	38	218	- 113
Parkinson's Disease	42	103	44	117	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	100	43	127	- 27
Drug Use	44	98	40	185	- 88
Lymphomas	45	91	42	132	- 41
Leukemia	46	86	59	37	+ 49
Lung Cancers	47	80	49	85	- 5
Ovary Cancer	48	74	53	77	- 3
Alcohol	49	69	55	52	+ 17
Skin Disease	50	68	51	81	- 12
Schistosomiasis	51	67	46	101	- 34
Pancreas Cancer	52	63	54	62	+ 1
Skin Cancers	53	54	48	86	- 32
Oral Cancer	54	49	50	82	- 34
Tetanus	55	34	45	103	- 68
Encephalitis	56	30	56	50	- 21
Oesophagus Cancer	57	29	57	37	- 8
Appendicitis	58	28	61	27	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	22	68	7	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	60	22	60	31	- 9
Bladder Cancer	61	22	52	78	- 56
Hepatitis B	62	22	47	92	- 70
Other Neoplasms	63	11	66	10	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	10	64	10	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	65	10	78	0	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	66	6	65	10	- 5
Hepatitis C	67	4	63	13	- 10
Diphtheria	68	3	69	4	- 1
Ascariasis	69	2	62	15	- 13
Chlamydia	70	2	70	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	1	71	0	+ 1
War	72	1	67	8	- 8
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Congo

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.