SIERRA LEONE VS MEXICO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MEXICO		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,109	4	4,027	+ 4,082
Diabetes Mellitus	2	6,007	14	1,190	+ 4,818
Kidney Disease	3	3,113	15	1,082	+ 2,031
Stroke	4	2,776	5	3,769	- 993
Violence	5	2,264	22	618	+ 1,646
Liver Disease	6	2,082	13	1,312	+ 769
Lung Disease	7	2,032	20	791	+ 1,240
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,731	1	7,420	- 5,688
Hypertension	9	1,242	21	623	+ 619
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,137	8	2,581	- 1,444
Other Injuries	11	849	16	1,040	- 191
Endocrine Disorders	12	789	19	798	- 9
Congenital Anomalies	13	730	11	1,532	- 803
Malnutrition	14	527	17	924	- 397
Prostate Cancer	15	523	34	274	+ 249
Breast Cancer	16	515	23	615	- 101
Lung Cancers	17	513	49	85	+ 428
Low Birth Weight	18	500	7	2,791	- 2,291
Stomach Cancer	19	484	36	232	+ 252
Colon-Rectum Cancers	20	479	39	192	+ 287
Liver Cancer	21	476	27	400	+ 76
Suicide	22	472	25	521	- 49
Other Neoplasms	23	433	66	10	+ 423
Lymphomas	24	346	42	132	+ 214
Leukemia	25	337	59	37	+ 300
Cervical Cancer	26	334	35	264	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	27	315	54	62	+ 253
HIV/AIDS	28	288	9	2,546	- 2,258
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	242	3	5,275	- 5,032
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	240	28	373	- 133
Skin Disease	31	211	51	81	+ 131
Alcohol	32	205	55	52	+ 153
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	191	31	308	- 117
Ovary Cancer	34	185	53	77	+ 108
Falls	35	183	30	324	- 140
Birth Trauma	36	178	6	2,888	- 2,710
Anemia	37	152	85	0	+ 152
Tuberculosis	38	136	10	2,414	- 2,279
Epilepsy	39	133	37	230	- 97
Skin Cancers	40	133	48	86	+ 47
Inflammatory/Heart	41	130	32	288	- 158
Drownings	42	125	29	366	- 241
Parkinson's Disease	43	109	44	117	- 7
Drug Use	44	103	40	185	- 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	99	68	7	+ 91
Oral Cancer	46	95	50	82	+ 12
Asthma	47	94	24	613	- 519
Bladder Cancer	48	89	52	78	+ 11
Oesophagus Cancer	49	87	57	37	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	50	63	60	31	+ 32
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	62	81	0	+ 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	60	43	127	- 67
Appendicitis	53	54	61	27	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	54	52	18	880	- 828
Hepatitis C	55	44	63	13	+ 30
Fires	56	42	33	275	- 233
Poisonings	57	37	38	218	- 181
Meningitis	58	25	12	1,415	- 1,390
Osteoarthritis	59	21	80	0	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	60	21	65	10	+ 10
Hepatitis B	61	15	47	92	- 77
Encephalitis	62	10	56	50	- 41
Schizophrenia	63	9	84	0	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	9	64	10	- 2
Oral conditions	65	9	82	0	+ 9
War	66	8	67	8	- 1
Dengue	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	71	0	+ 2
Chagas disease	69	2	77	0	+ 2
Pertussis	70	1	26	469	- 467
Tetanus	71	1	45	103	- 102
Ascariasis	72	0	62	15	- 14
Syphilis	73	0	41	180	- 180
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	78	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	80	0	58	37	- 37
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	84	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Mexico

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.