SIERRA LEONE VS HONDURAS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	HONDURAS		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,717	4	4,027	+ 3,690
Violence	2	6,241	22	618	+ 5,623
Stroke	3	5,424	5	3,769	+ 1,656
Kidney Disease	4	2,925	15	1,082	+ 1,843
Lung Disease	5	2,868	20	791	+ 2,077
Liver Disease	6	2,605	13	1,312	+ 1,292
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,505	8	2,581	- 1,077
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	1,352	28	373	+ 979
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,278	1	7,420	- 6,141
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,029	14	1,190	- 160
Diarrhoeal diseases	11	883	3	5,275	- 4,392
Other Injuries	12	809	16	1,040	- 231
Hypertension	13	802	21	623	+ 179
HIV/AIDS	14	760	9	2,546	- 1,786
Congenital Anomalies	15	759	11	1,532	- 773
Low Birth Weight	16	723	7	2,791	- 2,068
Peptic Ulcer Disease	17	629	31	308	+ 321
Stomach Cancer	18	615	36	232	+ 383
Cervical Cancer	19	472	35	264	+ 208
Breast Cancer	20	458	23	615	- 158
Leukemia	21	455	59	37	+ 418
Tuberculosis	22	433	10	2,414	- 1,981
Parkinson's Disease	23	411	44	117	+ 294
Lymphomas	24	373	42	132	+ 241
Prostate Cancer	25	362	34	274	+ 88
Liver Cancer	26	360	27	400	- 40
Lung Cancers	27	353	49	85	+ 268
Inflammatory/Heart	28	351	32	288	+ 63
Colon-Rectum Cancers	29	338	39	192	+ 146
Asthma	30	331	24	613	- 282
Endocrine Disorders	31	320	19	798	- 478
Pancreas Cancer	32	311	54	62	+ 250
Birth Trauma	33	297	6	2,888	- 2,591
Alcohol	34	295	55	52	+ 243
Falls	35	277	30	324	- 47
Epilepsy	36	193	37	230	- 37
Suicide	37	192	25	521	- 329
Drownings	38	175	29	366	- 191
Malnutrition	39	174	17	924	- 750
Skin Disease	40	160	51	81	+ 80
Appendicitis	41	133	61	27	+ 106
Drug Use	42	123	40	185	- 62
Dengue	43	115	72	0	+ 115
Oral Cancer	44	94	50	82	+ 12
Ovary Cancer	45	93	53	77	+ 16
Meningitis	46	88	12	1,415	- 1,327
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	87	68	7	+ 80
Maternal Conditions	48	86	18	880	- 794
Bladder Cancer	49	78	52	78	+ 0
Oesophagus Cancer	50	78	57	37	+ 41
Encephalitis	51	75	56	50	+ 25
Skin Cancers	52	65	48	86	- 21
Pertussis	53	55	26	469	- 413
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	45	43	127	- 82
Poisonings	55	43	38	218	- 175
Other Neoplasms	56	39	66	10	+ 29
Fires	57	38	33	275	- 237
Chagas disease	58	26	77	0	+ 26
Tetanus	59	25	45	103	- 78
Uterin Cancer	60	22	60	31	- 9
Syphilis	61	17	41	180	- 162
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	65	10	- 0
Upper Respiratory	63	9	64	10	- 2
Hepatitis B	64	5	47	92	- 87
War	65	4	67	8	- 5
Hepatitis C	66	3	63	13	- 10
Ascariasis	67	2	62	15	- 13
Chlamydia	68	1	70	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	0	69	4	- 3
Malaria	71	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	79	0	58	37	- 37
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Honduras

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.