SIERRA LEONE VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,711	1	7,420	- 2,709
Stroke	2	3,686	5	3,769	- 82
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,295	3	5,275	- 1,979
Coronary Heart Disease	4	3,097	4	4,027	- 930
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,907	8	2,581	- 675
Liver Disease	6	1,746	13	1,312	+ 434
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,358	14	1,190	+ 168
Hypertension	8	1,331	21	623	+ 708
Lung Disease	9	952	20	791	+ 160
Malnutrition	10	948	17	924	+ 25
Birth Trauma	11	886	6	2,888	- 2,002
Kidney Disease	12	831	15	1,082	- 252
Maternal Conditions	13	782	18	880	- 98
Tuberculosis	14	781	10	2,414	- 1,633
Other Injuries	15	776	16	1,040	- 264
Low Birth Weight	16	764	7	2,791	- 2,027
Malaria	17	628	2	6,824	- 6,196
Congenital Anomalies	18	621	11	1,532	- 911
Meningitis	19	581	12	1,415	- 833
Violence	20	552	22	618	- 65
Suicide	21	549	25	521	+ 28
Asthma	22	469	24	613	- 144
Breast Cancer	23	448	23	615	- 168
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	445	28	373	+ 72
HIV/AIDS	25	442	9	2,546	- 2,104
Falls	26	242	30	324	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	211	31	308	- 97
Lymphomas	28	211	42	132	+ 79
Leukemia	29	207	59	37	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	30	190	35	264	- 73
Fires	31	190	33	275	- 86
Inflammatory/Heart	32	177	32	288	- 111
Drownings	33	169	29	366	- 197
Poisonings	34	164	38	218	- 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	163	39	192	- 30
Pertussis	36	129	26	469	- 340
Parkinson's Disease	37	122	44	117	+ 5
Epilepsy	38	117	37	230	- 113
Oesophagus Cancer	39	116	57	37	+ 79
Ovary Cancer	40	114	53	77	+ 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	110	43	127	- 16
Schistosomiasis	42	105	46	101	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	43	102	19	798	- 695
Oral Cancer	44	102	50	82	+ 20
Liver Cancer	45	100	27	400	- 301
Lung Cancers	46	89	49	85	+ 4
Prostate Cancer	47	78	34	274	- 196
Stomach Cancer	48	69	36	232	- 162
Alcohol	49	65	55	52	+ 13
Skin Disease	50	64	51	81	- 16
Bladder Cancer	51	60	52	78	- 18
Tetanus	52	54	45	103	- 49
Drug Use	53	52	40	185	- 133
Syphilis	54	50	41	180	- 130
Appendicitis	55	45	61	27	+ 18
Skin Cancers	56	43	48	86	- 43
Hepatitis B	57	40	47	92	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	58	28	54	62	- 33
Leishmaniasis	59	27	79	0	+ 27
Upper Respiratory	60	26	64	10	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	61	25	60	31	- 6
Encephalitis	62	22	56	50	- 28
Measles	63	18	58	37	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	17	68	7	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	9	63	13	- 4
Other Neoplasms	66	9	66	10	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	65	10	- 5
Ascariasis	68	3	62	15	- 12
Otitis Media	69	3	71	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	70	1	+ 0
War	71	1	67	8	- 8
Diphtheria	72	0	69	4	- 3
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	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

Eritrea

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.