SIERRA LEONE VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,530	4	4,027	+ 10,503
Stroke	2	9,371	5	3,769	+ 5,602
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	6,201	28	373	+ 5,828
Lung Cancers	4	5,110	49	85	+ 5,024
Lung Disease	5	4,845	20	791	+ 4,053
Hypertension	6	4,478	21	623	+ 3,855
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,180	39	192	+ 2,987
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,968	14	1,190	+ 1,778
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,444	1	7,420	- 4,975
Breast Cancer	10	2,075	23	615	+ 1,459
Kidney Disease	11	1,904	15	1,082	+ 822
Other Injuries	12	1,812	16	1,040	+ 772
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,809	54	62	+ 1,748
Stomach Cancer	14	1,534	36	232	+ 1,302
Other Neoplasms	15	1,494	66	10	+ 1,483
Lymphomas	16	1,447	42	132	+ 1,315
Liver Cancer	17	1,439	27	400	+ 1,039
Endocrine Disorders	18	1,261	19	798	+ 464
Parkinson's Disease	19	1,261	44	117	+ 1,144
Prostate Cancer	20	1,258	34	274	+ 984
Leukemia	21	1,007	59	37	+ 970
Bladder Cancer	22	1,004	52	78	+ 926
Liver Disease	23	832	13	1,312	- 481
Inflammatory/Heart	24	827	32	288	+ 540
Falls	25	632	30	324	+ 308
Suicide	26	605	25	521	+ 83
Oral Cancer	27	500	50	82	+ 418
Ovary Cancer	28	491	53	77	+ 414
Skin Cancers	29	485	48	86	+ 399
Road Traffic Accidents	30	482	8	2,581	- 2,100
Hepatitis C	31	367	63	13	+ 353
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	332	43	127	+ 205
Uterin Cancer	33	329	60	31	+ 298
Oesophagus Cancer	34	306	57	37	+ 269
Anemia	35	250	85	0	+ 250
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	243	3	5,275	- 5,032
Congenital Anomalies	37	216	11	1,532	- 1,316
Skin Disease	38	215	51	81	+ 135
Epilepsy	39	200	37	230	- 30
Cervical Cancer	40	173	35	264	- 91
Malnutrition	41	116	17	924	- 808
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	105	68	7	+ 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	103	31	308	- 205
Multiple Sclerosis	44	101	65	10	+ 91
Drug Use	45	98	40	185	- 88
HIV/AIDS	46	78	9	2,546	- 2,468
Asthma	47	74	24	613	- 539
Osteoarthritis	48	72	80	0	+ 72
Schizophrenia	49	63	84	0	+ 63
Violence	50	61	22	618	- 557
Low Birth Weight	51	53	7	2,791	- 2,737
Drownings	52	51	29	366	- 315
Tuberculosis	53	50	10	2,414	- 2,364
Hepatitis B	54	50	47	92	- 42
Alcohol	55	41	55	52	- 11
Fires	56	41	33	275	- 235
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	36	81	0	+ 36
Poisonings	58	23	38	218	- 195
Birth Trauma	59	21	6	2,888	- 2,867
Meningitis	60	19	12	1,415	- 1,396
Appendicitis	61	7	61	27	- 20
Oral conditions	62	7	82	0	+ 7
Tetanus	63	3	45	103	- 99
Upper Respiratory	64	3	64	10	- 7
Otitis Media	65	2	71	0	+ 2
War	66	1	67	8	- 8
Maternal Conditions	67	1	18	880	- 879
Encephalitis	68	1	56	50	- 50
Syphilis	69	1	41	180	- 179
Leishmaniasis	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	58	37	- 37
Chagas disease	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	26	469	- 468
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	69	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	79	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Ascariasis	80	0	62	15	- 15
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Italy

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.