SIERRA LEONE VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,332	4	4,027	+ 11,305
Stroke	2	11,743	5	3,769	+ 7,974
Diabetes Mellitus	3	6,646	14	1,190	+ 5,457
Hypertension	4	3,675	21	623	+ 3,052
Suicide	5	3,622	25	521	+ 3,101
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,463	1	7,420	- 3,957
HIV/AIDS	7	2,943	9	2,546	+ 397
Kidney Disease	8	2,680	15	1,082	+ 1,598
Liver Disease	9	2,261	13	1,312	+ 948
Violence	10	2,223	22	618	+ 1,605
Road Traffic Accidents	11	2,008	8	2,581	- 573
Endocrine Disorders	12	2,003	19	798	+ 1,206
Lung Disease	13	1,998	20	791	+ 1,207
Other Injuries	14	1,920	16	1,040	+ 880
Drownings	15	1,663	29	366	+ 1,297
Tuberculosis	16	1,573	10	2,414	- 841
Prostate Cancer	17	1,416	34	274	+ 1,142
Anemia	18	1,136	85	0	+ 1,136
Breast Cancer	19	1,101	23	615	+ 486
Inflammatory/Heart	20	1,054	32	288	+ 766
Cervical Cancer	21	1,050	35	264	+ 786
Low Birth Weight	22	1,025	7	2,791	- 1,766
Congenital Anomalies	23	789	11	1,532	- 743
Birth Trauma	24	740	6	2,888	- 2,148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	673	39	192	+ 480
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	624	31	308	+ 316
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	546	3	5,275	- 4,729
Other Neoplasms	28	461	66	10	+ 451
Lung Cancers	29	433	49	85	+ 348
Malnutrition	30	429	17	924	- 495
Stomach Cancer	31	390	36	232	+ 158
Lymphomas	32	370	42	132	+ 238
Malaria	33	345	2	6,824	- 6,479
Liver Cancer	34	332	27	400	- 68
Maternal Conditions	35	324	18	880	- 556
Asthma	36	293	24	613	- 320
Epilepsy	37	271	37	230	+ 40
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	262	28	373	- 111
Leukemia	39	244	59	37	+ 207
Oral Cancer	40	230	50	82	+ 148
Fires	41	223	33	275	- 52
Pancreas Cancer	42	218	54	62	+ 157
Ovary Cancer	43	204	53	77	+ 127
Meningitis	44	200	12	1,415	- 1,215
Drug Use	45	180	40	185	- 6
Uterin Cancer	46	149	60	31	+ 118
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	148	43	127	+ 21
Falls	48	128	30	324	- 196
Parkinson's Disease	49	104	44	117	- 13
Bladder Cancer	50	91	52	78	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	51	90	57	37	+ 53
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	89	81	0	+ 89
Encephalitis	53	81	56	50	+ 30
Appendicitis	54	69	61	27	+ 42
Skin Cancers	55	55	48	86	- 30
Skin Disease	56	37	51	81	- 44
Alcohol	57	36	55	52	- 16
Osteoarthritis	58	35	80	0	+ 35
Hepatitis B	59	23	47	92	- 69
Dengue	60	21	72	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	61	14	65	10	+ 4
Schizophrenia	62	12	84	0	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	11	68	7	+ 4
War	64	7	67	8	- 1
Poisonings	65	7	38	218	- 212
Upper Respiratory	66	6	64	10	- 5
Oral conditions	67	5	82	0	+ 5
Leprosy	68	4	75	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	69	3	63	13	- 10
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	3	86	0	+ 3
Syphilis	71	3	41	180	- 177
Tetanus	72	2	45	103	- 100
Pertussis	73	1	26	469	- 468
Ascariasis	74	0	62	15	- 15
Diphtheria	75	0	69	4	- 4
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	58	37	- 37
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	46	101	- 101
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Guyana

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.