SIERRA LEONE VS FRANCE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	FRANCE		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,428	4	4,027	+ 4,401
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,091	28	373	+ 6,718
Stroke	3	4,850	5	3,769	+ 1,081
Lung Cancers	4	4,757	49	85	+ 4,671
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	2,915	39	192	+ 2,723
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,637	1	7,420	- 4,782
Lung Disease	7	2,432	20	791	+ 1,641
Breast Cancer	8	2,072	23	615	+ 1,457
Other Injuries	9	2,017	16	1,040	+ 977
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,649	54	62	+ 1,587
Kidney Disease	11	1,531	15	1,082	+ 449
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,456	14	1,190	+ 266
Prostate Cancer	13	1,450	34	274	+ 1,177
Lymphomas	14	1,343	42	132	+ 1,211
Liver Cancer	15	1,277	27	400	+ 877
Suicide	16	1,195	25	521	+ 674
Other Neoplasms	17	1,170	66	10	+ 1,160
Falls	18	1,105	30	324	+ 781
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,079	19	798	+ 281
Parkinson's Disease	20	1,010	44	117	+ 893
Leukemia	21	995	59	37	+ 958
Liver Disease	22	985	13	1,312	- 328
Hypertension	23	948	21	623	+ 325
Bladder Cancer	24	876	52	78	+ 798
Inflammatory/Heart	25	809	32	288	+ 521
Stomach Cancer	26	738	36	232	+ 506
Oral Cancer	27	624	50	82	+ 541
Oesophagus Cancer	28	623	57	37	+ 586
Malnutrition	29	562	17	924	- 362
Ovary Cancer	30	529	53	77	+ 452
Road Traffic Accidents	31	445	8	2,581	- 2,136
Skin Cancers	32	434	48	86	+ 349
Alcohol	33	425	55	52	+ 373
Uterin Cancer	34	363	60	31	+ 332
Congenital Anomalies	35	268	11	1,532	- 1,264
Drug Use	36	251	40	185	+ 65
Epilepsy	37	249	37	230	+ 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	241	3	5,275	- 5,034
Skin Disease	39	213	51	81	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	40	210	35	264	- 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	185	43	127	+ 58
Asthma	42	139	24	613	- 474
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	132	31	308	- 176
Anemia	44	130	85	0	+ 130
Drownings	45	116	29	366	- 251
Multiple Sclerosis	46	100	65	10	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	47	87	7	2,791	- 2,704
Schizophrenia	48	86	84	0	+ 86
Violence	49	72	22	618	- 546
Tuberculosis	50	58	10	2,414	- 2,356
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	57	68	7	+ 50
Hepatitis C	52	56	63	13	+ 42
Fires	53	54	33	275	- 221
HIV/AIDS	54	48	9	2,546	- 2,498
Birth Trauma	55	41	6	2,888	- 2,847
Osteoarthritis	56	33	80	0	+ 33
Poisonings	57	30	38	218	- 188
Meningitis	58	22	12	1,415	- 1,393
Hepatitis B	59	18	47	92	- 74
Oral conditions	60	16	82	0	+ 16
Appendicitis	61	12	61	27	- 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	62	10	81	0	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	63	7	64	10	- 3
Maternal Conditions	64	7	18	880	- 873
Otitis Media	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	66	1	56	50	- 49
War	67	1	67	8	- 8
Syphilis	68	1	41	180	- 179
Pertussis	69	0	26	469	- 468
Tetanus	70	0	45	103	- 102
Schistosomiasis	71	0	46	101	- 101
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	58	37	- 37
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Ascariasis	79	0	62	15	- 15
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	84	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

France

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.