SIERRA LEONE VS HAITI: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HAITI		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,249	4	4,027	+ 6,222
Stroke	2	9,141	5	3,769	+ 5,372
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	5,481	1	7,420	- 1,938
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,900	14	1,190	+ 2,710
HIV/AIDS	5	2,100	9	2,546	- 446
Kidney Disease	6	2,096	15	1,082	+ 1,014
Hypertension	7	2,042	21	623	+ 1,419
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,971	3	5,275	- 3,304
Low Birth Weight	9	1,952	7	2,791	- 839
Liver Disease	10	1,882	13	1,312	+ 569
Lung Disease	11	1,811	20	791	+ 1,020
Violence	12	1,808	22	618	+ 1,190
Road Traffic Accidents	13	1,641	8	2,581	- 941
Birth Trauma	14	1,630	6	2,888	- 1,258
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,412	11	1,532	- 120
Other Injuries	16	1,163	16	1,040	+ 123
Prostate Cancer	17	1,053	34	274	+ 779
Maternal Conditions	18	1,047	18	880	+ 167
Drownings	19	1,014	29	366	+ 647
Asthma	20	859	24	613	+ 246
Suicide	21	842	25	521	+ 321
Tuberculosis	22	782	10	2,414	- 1,633
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	741	28	373	+ 368
Endocrine Disorders	24	738	19	798	- 59
Inflammatory/Heart	25	730	32	288	+ 442
Stomach Cancer	26	670	36	232	+ 438
Rheumatic Heart Disease	27	632	43	127	+ 505
Meningitis	28	605	12	1,415	- 810
Malnutrition	29	556	17	924	- 367
Breast Cancer	30	547	23	615	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	546	31	308	+ 238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	528	39	192	+ 335
Liver Cancer	33	514	27	400	+ 114
Cervical Cancer	34	444	35	264	+ 181
Falls	35	426	30	324	+ 102
Lung Cancers	36	381	49	85	+ 296
Fires	37	365	33	275	+ 90
Pertussis	38	346	26	469	- 122
Alcohol	39	332	55	52	+ 280
Skin Disease	40	329	51	81	+ 249
Epilepsy	41	317	37	230	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	42	256	44	117	+ 139
Leukemia	43	233	59	37	+ 196
Pancreas Cancer	44	208	54	62	+ 147
Oral Cancer	45	202	50	82	+ 120
Syphilis	46	195	41	180	+ 15
Lymphomas	47	183	42	132	+ 51
Appendicitis	48	133	61	27	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	49	120	57	37	+ 83
Poisonings	50	120	38	218	- 98
Ovary Cancer	51	119	53	77	+ 42
Drug Use	52	109	40	185	- 77
Tetanus	53	92	45	103	- 11
Encephalitis	54	91	56	50	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	55	71	52	78	- 7
Skin Cancers	56	44	48	86	- 42
Uterin Cancer	57	33	60	31	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	58	29	68	7	+ 22
Malaria	59	28	2	6,824	- 6,796
Other Neoplasms	60	24	66	10	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	61	22	65	10	+ 12
Hepatitis B	62	20	47	92	- 71
Upper Respiratory	63	15	64	10	+ 4
Dengue	64	13	72	0	+ 13
Hepatitis C	65	6	63	13	- 8
War	66	4	67	8	- 4
Ascariasis	67	4	62	15	- 11
Chlamydia	68	4	70	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	69	4	- 1
Otitis Media	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	74	0	58	37	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Haiti

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.