SIERRA LEONE VS FIJI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FIJI		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Diabetes Mellitus	1	15,605	14	1,190	+ 14,415
Coronary Heart Disease	2	14,197	4	4,027	+ 10,170
Stroke	3	5,585	5	3,769	+ 1,816
Kidney Disease	4	2,654	15	1,082	+ 1,572
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,190	1	7,420	- 5,230
Asthma	6	2,165	24	613	+ 1,552
Hypertension	7	1,630	21	623	+ 1,007
Breast Cancer	8	1,557	23	615	+ 942
Lung Disease	9	1,348	20	791	+ 557
Congenital Anomalies	10	1,240	11	1,532	- 292
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,153	8	2,581	- 1,429
Diarrhoeal diseases	12	923	3	5,275	- 4,351
Cervical Cancer	13	828	35	264	+ 564
Low Birth Weight	14	824	7	2,791	- 1,967
Liver Disease	15	783	13	1,312	- 529
Suicide	16	764	25	521	+ 243
Other Injuries	17	736	16	1,040	- 304
Liver Cancer	18	653	27	400	+ 253
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	603	28	373	+ 230
Rheumatic Heart Disease	20	594	43	127	+ 467
Drownings	21	570	29	366	+ 204
Lung Cancers	22	458	49	85	+ 373
Inflammatory/Heart	23	434	32	288	+ 146
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	433	39	192	+ 241
Prostate Cancer	25	388	34	274	+ 114
Parkinson's Disease	26	386	44	117	+ 270
Tuberculosis	27	375	10	2,414	- 2,039
Birth Trauma	28	349	6	2,888	- 2,539
Peptic Ulcer Disease	29	323	31	308	+ 15
Leukemia	30	297	59	37	+ 260
HIV/AIDS	31	288	9	2,546	- 2,258
Ovary Cancer	32	278	53	77	+ 202
Fires	33	265	33	275	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	34	264	19	798	- 533
Lymphomas	35	261	42	132	+ 129
Falls	36	256	30	324	- 68
Stomach Cancer	37	224	36	232	- 8
Pancreas Cancer	38	199	54	62	+ 138
Uterin Cancer	39	191	60	31	+ 161
Violence	40	186	22	618	- 431
Skin Disease	41	183	51	81	+ 103
Oesophagus Cancer	42	170	57	37	+ 133
Meningitis	43	164	12	1,415	- 1,250
Epilepsy	44	156	37	230	- 74
Malnutrition	45	137	17	924	- 786
Oral Cancer	46	120	50	82	+ 37
Syphilis	47	106	41	180	- 74
Pertussis	48	94	26	469	- 374
Maternal Conditions	49	83	18	880	- 797
Bladder Cancer	50	78	52	78	+ 0
Encephalitis	51	70	56	50	+ 20
Drug Use	52	37	40	185	- 148
Other Neoplasms	53	32	66	10	+ 21
Appendicitis	54	27	61	27	- 0
Dengue	55	25	72	0	+ 25
Poisonings	56	22	38	218	- 197
Alcohol	57	17	55	52	- 35
Tetanus	58	13	45	103	- 89
Hepatitis B	59	10	47	92	- 82
Multiple Sclerosis	60	8	65	10	- 3
Skin Cancers	61	6	48	86	- 80
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	68	7	- 4
Measles	63	2	58	37	- 34
Chlamydia	64	2	70	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	63	13	- 12
War	66	1	67	8	- 7
Ascariasis	67	1	62	15	- 14
Diphtheria	68	0	69	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	69	0	64	10	- 10
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	75	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	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

Fiji

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.