SIERRA LEONE VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,364	4	4,027	+ 14,337
Stroke	2	8,921	5	3,769	+ 5,152
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,123	1	7,420	- 296
Lung Cancers	4	4,978	49	85	+ 4,893
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	4,859	28	373	+ 4,486
Lung Disease	6	4,568	20	791	+ 3,777
Hypertension	7	2,885	21	623	+ 2,262
Prostate Cancer	8	2,799	34	274	+ 2,525
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	2,460	39	192	+ 2,268
Falls	10	2,337	30	324	+ 2,013
Liver Disease	11	1,558	13	1,312	+ 246
Other Injuries	12	1,555	16	1,040	+ 515
Diabetes Mellitus	13	1,490	14	1,190	+ 300
Kidney Disease	14	1,414	15	1,082	+ 332
Breast Cancer	15	1,391	23	615	+ 776
Suicide	16	1,362	25	521	+ 841
Inflammatory/Heart	17	962	32	288	+ 674
Lymphomas	18	906	42	132	+ 774
Road Traffic Accidents	19	838	8	2,581	- 1,744
Stomach Cancer	20	824	36	232	+ 592
Pancreas Cancer	21	753	54	62	+ 691
Oesophagus Cancer	22	731	57	37	+ 694
Oral Cancer	23	729	50	82	+ 646
Liver Cancer	24	678	27	400	+ 278
Other Neoplasms	25	639	66	10	+ 629
Bladder Cancer	26	611	52	78	+ 533
Parkinson's Disease	27	574	44	117	+ 458
Alcohol	28	562	55	52	+ 510
Cervical Cancer	29	554	35	264	+ 290
Leukemia	30	527	59	37	+ 490
Uterin Cancer	31	501	60	31	+ 470
Violence	32	485	22	618	- 132
Skin Cancers	33	427	48	86	+ 342
HIV/AIDS	34	392	9	2,546	- 2,154
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	349	31	308	+ 41
Endocrine Disorders	36	343	19	798	- 455
Congenital Anomalies	37	306	11	1,532	- 1,226
Osteoarthritis	38	271	80	0	+ 271
Ovary Cancer	39	269	53	77	+ 192
Asthma	40	251	24	613	- 362
Skin Disease	41	215	51	81	+ 134
Drownings	42	192	29	366	- 174
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	172	3	5,275	- 5,103
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	135	43	127	+ 8
Hepatitis C	45	93	63	13	+ 80
Epilepsy	46	90	37	230	- 140
Appendicitis	47	86	61	27	+ 59
Low Birth Weight	48	82	7	2,791	- 2,709
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	72	68	7	+ 65
Meningitis	50	69	12	1,415	- 1,346
Drug Use	51	68	40	185	- 117
Anemia	52	64	85	0	+ 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	63	81	0	+ 63
Schizophrenia	54	57	84	0	+ 57
Malnutrition	55	53	17	924	- 871
Hepatitis B	56	49	47	92	- 42
Multiple Sclerosis	57	46	65	10	+ 36
Fires	58	46	33	275	- 229
Birth Trauma	59	40	6	2,888	- 2,848
Tuberculosis	60	37	10	2,414	- 2,377
Maternal Conditions	61	36	18	880	- 844
Poisonings	62	14	38	218	- 204
Otitis Media	63	9	71	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	64	5	82	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	65	5	64	10	- 6
Encephalitis	66	5	56	50	- 46
Leprosy	67	2	75	0	+ 2
War	68	1	67	8	- 7
Syphilis	69	1	41	180	- 179
Ascariasis	70	1	62	15	- 14
Tetanus	71	1	45	103	- 102
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	26	469	- 468
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	76	0	58	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	82	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Cuba

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.