SIERRA LEONE VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	19,521	9	2,546	+ 16,975
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	13,161	1	7,420	+ 5,742
Stroke	3	11,534	5	3,769	+ 7,765
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	9,639	3	5,275	+ 4,365
Coronary Heart Disease	5	8,603	4	4,027	+ 4,576
Diabetes Mellitus	6	8,188	14	1,190	+ 6,998
Suicide	7	6,304	25	521	+ 5,782
Tuberculosis	8	4,948	10	2,414	+ 2,533
Lung Disease	9	4,512	20	791	+ 3,720
Kidney Disease	10	4,154	15	1,082	+ 3,072
Hypertension	11	4,053	21	623	+ 3,430
Low Birth Weight	12	3,918	7	2,791	+ 1,127
Violence	13	3,783	22	618	+ 3,165
Liver Disease	14	3,243	13	1,312	+ 1,931
Birth Trauma	15	2,937	6	2,888	+ 49
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,778	8	2,581	+ 197
Asthma	17	2,775	24	613	+ 2,162
Other Injuries	18	2,182	16	1,040	+ 1,141
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,594	11	1,532	+ 62
Cervical Cancer	20	1,525	35	264	+ 1,261
Malnutrition	21	1,462	17	924	+ 539
Meningitis	22	1,301	12	1,415	- 114
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,249	32	288	+ 961
Maternal Conditions	24	1,197	18	880	+ 317
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,141	31	308	+ 833
Fires	26	1,100	33	275	+ 825
Endocrine Disorders	27	962	19	798	+ 164
Drownings	28	818	29	366	+ 452
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	795	28	373	+ 422
Epilepsy	30	587	37	230	+ 357
Falls	31	523	30	324	+ 199
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	514	43	127	+ 387
Poisonings	33	455	38	218	+ 237
Breast Cancer	34	398	23	615	- 218
Prostate Cancer	35	330	34	274	+ 56
Lymphomas	36	319	42	132	+ 187
Oesophagus Cancer	37	301	57	37	+ 264
Alcohol	38	290	55	52	+ 238
Liver Cancer	39	289	27	400	- 111
Skin Disease	40	286	51	81	+ 205
Parkinson's Disease	41	224	44	117	+ 108
Oral Cancer	42	211	50	82	+ 129
Lung Cancers	43	209	49	85	+ 124
Pertussis	44	209	26	469	- 260
Syphilis	45	207	41	180	+ 27
Skin Cancers	46	190	48	86	+ 104
Tetanus	47	185	45	103	+ 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	162	39	192	- 30
Leukemia	49	159	59	37	+ 122
Drug Use	50	129	40	185	- 56
Hepatitis B	51	109	47	92	+ 18
Appendicitis	52	102	61	27	+ 75
Ovary Cancer	53	100	53	77	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	54	96	60	31	+ 65
Upper Respiratory	55	74	64	10	+ 64
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	74	68	7	+ 67
Encephalitis	57	56	56	50	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	58	50	54	62	- 12
Measles	59	48	58	37	+ 11
Stomach Cancer	60	44	36	232	- 188
Bladder Cancer	61	39	52	78	- 39
Other Neoplasms	62	38	66	10	+ 27
Multiple Sclerosis	63	24	65	10	+ 14
Hepatitis C	64	10	63	13	- 3
Chlamydia	65	6	70	1	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	5	71	0	+ 5
Ascariasis	67	3	62	15	- 12
War	68	1	67	8	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	69	4	- 3
Dengue	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Lesotho

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.