SIERRA LEONE VS CYPRUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CYPRUS		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,734	4	4,027	+ 3,707
Stroke	2	3,191	5	3,769	- 578
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	2,762	28	373	+ 2,389
Lung Disease	4	2,455	20	791	+ 1,663
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,291	14	1,190	+ 1,101
Lung Cancers	6	2,205	49	85	+ 2,120
Kidney Disease	7	1,468	15	1,082	+ 386
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	1,154	39	192	+ 962
Breast Cancer	9	1,068	23	615	+ 453
Other Injuries	10	938	16	1,040	- 103
Hypertension	11	879	21	623	+ 256
Endocrine Disorders	12	869	19	798	+ 71
Prostate Cancer	13	812	34	274	+ 538
Pancreas Cancer	14	721	54	62	+ 659
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	674	1	7,420	- 6,746
Lymphomas	16	671	42	132	+ 539
Leukemia	17	571	59	37	+ 535
Road Traffic Accidents	18	476	8	2,581	- 2,105
Bladder Cancer	19	461	52	78	+ 383
Liver Cancer	20	442	27	400	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	21	436	36	232	+ 204
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	390	3	5,275	- 4,885
Other Neoplasms	23	369	66	10	+ 359
Inflammatory/Heart	24	353	32	288	+ 65
Falls	25	350	30	324	+ 26
Liver Disease	26	348	13	1,312	- 965
Ovary Cancer	27	309	53	77	+ 232
Parkinson's Disease	28	304	44	117	+ 187
Suicide	29	302	25	521	- 220
Skin Disease	30	301	51	81	+ 221
Skin Cancers	31	267	48	86	+ 181
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	238	43	127	+ 112
Drownings	33	230	29	366	- 136
Uterin Cancer	34	190	60	31	+ 159
Asthma	35	167	24	613	- 446
Oral Cancer	36	144	50	82	+ 61
Cervical Cancer	37	127	35	264	- 136
Congenital Anomalies	38	122	11	1,532	- 1,411
Anemia	39	120	85	0	+ 120
Violence	40	106	22	618	- 512
Drug Use	41	92	40	185	- 93
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	78	31	308	- 230
Oesophagus Cancer	43	71	57	37	+ 34
Epilepsy	44	68	37	230	- 163
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	67	68	7	+ 60
Multiple Sclerosis	46	61	65	10	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	47	44	7	2,791	- 2,747
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	40	81	0	+ 40
Alcohol	49	36	55	52	- 16
Fires	50	32	33	275	- 243
Poisonings	51	29	38	218	- 190
Tuberculosis	52	26	10	2,414	- 2,389
Birth Trauma	53	17	6	2,888	- 2,871
Hepatitis B	54	13	47	92	- 79
Meningitis	55	12	12	1,415	- 1,403
Malnutrition	56	11	17	924	- 913
Schizophrenia	57	11	84	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	58	11	63	13	- 3
Upper Respiratory	59	8	64	10	- 3
Osteoarthritis	60	6	80	0	+ 6
Oral conditions	61	6	82	0	+ 6
Syphilis	62	5	41	180	- 175
Maternal Conditions	63	5	18	880	- 875
HIV/AIDS	64	3	9	2,546	- 2,543
Otitis Media	65	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	66	3	61	27	- 24
Leishmaniasis	67	3	79	0	+ 3
War	68	1	67	8	- 8
Encephalitis	69	0	56	50	- 50
Pertussis	70	0	26	469	- 468
Tetanus	71	0	45	103	- 103
Measles	72	0	58	37	- 37
Diphtheria	73	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	77	0	62	15	- 15
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Schistosomiasis	80	0	46	101	- 101
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	82	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	76	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

Cyprus

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.