SIERRA LEONE VS GREECE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GREECE		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,418	4	4,027	+ 14,391
Stroke	2	12,274	5	3,769	+ 8,505
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	7,221	1	7,420	- 198
Lung Cancers	4	6,413	49	85	+ 6,328
Lung Disease	5	4,818	20	791	+ 4,027
Kidney Disease	6	4,149	15	1,082	+ 3,067
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	3,435	28	373	+ 3,062
Colon-Rectum Cancers	8	2,846	39	192	+ 2,653
Hypertension	9	2,548	21	623	+ 1,925
Parkinson's Disease	10	2,307	44	117	+ 2,190
Breast Cancer	11	2,197	23	615	+ 1,582
Prostate Cancer	12	1,764	34	274	+ 1,490
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,660	54	62	+ 1,599
Liver Cancer	14	1,365	27	400	+ 965
Bladder Cancer	15	1,352	52	78	+ 1,274
Stomach Cancer	16	1,339	36	232	+ 1,107
Other Injuries	17	1,267	16	1,040	+ 227
Leukemia	18	1,181	59	37	+ 1,144
Lymphomas	19	1,106	42	132	+ 974
Diabetes Mellitus	20	1,103	14	1,190	- 86
Falls	21	1,086	30	324	+ 762
Road Traffic Accidents	22	759	8	2,581	- 1,823
Liver Disease	23	706	13	1,312	- 607
Inflammatory/Heart	24	632	32	288	+ 344
Other Neoplasms	25	592	66	10	+ 581
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	532	31	308	+ 224
Ovary Cancer	27	486	53	77	+ 409
Suicide	28	464	25	521	- 57
Endocrine Disorders	29	459	19	798	- 339
Oral Cancer	30	384	50	82	+ 301
Skin Cancers	31	382	48	86	+ 296
Drownings	32	380	29	366	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	33	325	60	31	+ 294
Epilepsy	34	217	37	230	- 13
Oesophagus Cancer	35	214	57	37	+ 177
Cervical Cancer	36	212	35	264	- 51
Drug Use	37	168	40	185	- 17
Congenital Anomalies	38	152	11	1,532	- 1,380
Fires	39	128	33	275	- 148
Multiple Sclerosis	40	118	65	10	+ 107
Low Birth Weight	41	111	7	2,791	- 2,680
Violence	42	91	22	618	- 527
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	87	43	127	- 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	44	83	3	5,275	- 5,192
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	58	68	7	+ 51
Tuberculosis	46	58	10	2,414	- 2,356
Skin Disease	47	49	51	81	- 31
Hepatitis B	48	49	47	92	- 43
Alcohol	49	44	55	52	- 8
HIV/AIDS	50	41	9	2,546	- 2,505
Anemia	51	41	85	0	+ 41
Hepatitis C	52	34	63	13	+ 20
Meningitis	53	29	12	1,415	- 1,386
Schizophrenia	54	24	84	0	+ 24
Asthma	55	24	24	613	- 589
Poisonings	56	17	38	218	- 201
Birth Trauma	57	15	6	2,888	- 2,873
Appendicitis	58	8	61	27	- 19
Upper Respiratory	59	7	64	10	- 4
Leishmaniasis	60	3	79	0	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	61	2	18	880	- 878
Tetanus	62	2	45	103	- 101
Oral conditions	63	1	82	0	+ 1
War	64	1	67	8	- 8
Syphilis	65	1	41	180	- 179
Malnutrition	66	1	17	924	- 923
Encephalitis	67	1	56	50	- 50
Measles	68	0	58	37	- 37
Pertussis	69	0	26	469	- 468
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	73	0	62	15	- 15
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	75	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	81	0	75	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Greece

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.