SIERRA LEONE VS INDIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	INDIA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,839	4	4,027	+ 5,812
Lung Disease	2	5,694	20	791	+ 4,903
Stroke	3	4,512	5	3,769	+ 743
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	4,339	3	5,275	- 936
Tuberculosis	5	2,821	10	2,414	+ 407
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,540	1	7,420	- 4,880
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,757	14	1,190	+ 568
Liver Disease	8	1,738	13	1,312	+ 426
Low Birth Weight	9	1,545	7	2,791	- 1,246
Falls	10	1,461	30	324	+ 1,137
Kidney Disease	11	1,443	15	1,082	+ 360
Road Traffic Accidents	12	1,376	8	2,581	- 1,205
Asthma	13	1,269	24	613	+ 656
Suicide	14	1,122	25	521	+ 601
Other Injuries	15	968	16	1,040	- 72
Oral Cancer	16	869	50	82	+ 786
Alzheimers & Dementia	17	819	28	373	+ 446
Rheumatic Heart Disease	18	816	43	127	+ 689
Hypertension	19	699	21	623	+ 76
Birth Trauma	20	666	6	2,888	- 2,223
Lung Cancers	21	571	49	85	+ 486
Breast Cancer	22	536	23	615	- 79
Congenital Anomalies	23	536	11	1,532	- 996
Stomach Cancer	24	525	36	232	+ 293
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	501	39	192	+ 308
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	441	31	308	+ 133
Violence	27	335	22	618	- 283
Drownings	28	316	29	366	- 51
Encephalitis	29	311	56	50	+ 261
Cervical Cancer	30	293	35	264	+ 30
HIV/AIDS	31	287	9	2,546	- 2,258
Parkinson's Disease	32	281	44	117	+ 164
Lymphomas	33	260	42	132	+ 128
Oesophagus Cancer	34	252	57	37	+ 215
Leukemia	35	216	59	37	+ 179
Meningitis	36	216	12	1,415	- 1,199
Pancreas Cancer	37	212	54	62	+ 151
Prostate Cancer	38	200	34	274	- 74
Liver Cancer	39	197	27	400	- 203
Epilepsy	40	196	37	230	- 34
Maternal Conditions	41	168	18	880	- 712
Fires	42	151	33	275	- 125
Alcohol	43	150	55	52	+ 97
Ovary Cancer	44	142	53	77	+ 65
Skin Disease	45	116	51	81	+ 35
Dengue	46	114	72	0	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	47	99	19	798	- 699
Bladder Cancer	48	91	52	78	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	49	82	32	288	- 206
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	77	68	7	+ 70
Measles	51	77	58	37	+ 40
Drug Use	52	76	40	185	- 109
Appendicitis	53	73	61	27	+ 46
Pertussis	54	65	26	469	- 403
Malnutrition	55	56	17	924	- 868
Hepatitis B	56	53	47	92	- 39
Malaria	57	50	2	6,824	- 6,774
Tetanus	58	46	45	103	- 57
Uterin Cancer	59	44	60	31	+ 13
Skin Cancers	60	33	48	86	- 53
Poisonings	61	23	38	218	- 195
Other Neoplasms	62	19	66	10	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	15	65	10	+ 5
Syphilis	64	13	41	180	- 167
Hepatitis C	65	9	63	13	- 5
Leishmaniasis	66	6	79	0	+ 6
War	67	6	67	8	- 3
Upper Respiratory	68	4	64	10	- 7
Chlamydia	69	2	70	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	62	15	- 14
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	72	0	69	4	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

India

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.