SIERRA LEONE VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,695	4	4,027	+ 13,668
Diabetes Mellitus	2	11,239	14	1,190	+ 10,049
Stroke	3	10,908	5	3,769	+ 7,139
Kidney Disease	4	5,150	15	1,082	+ 4,068
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,742	1	7,420	- 2,678
Lung Disease	6	3,775	20	791	+ 2,984
Suicide	7	2,941	25	521	+ 2,419
Hypertension	8	2,483	21	623	+ 1,860
Liver Disease	9	2,171	13	1,312	+ 859
Lung Cancers	10	2,100	49	85	+ 2,015
Drownings	11	1,577	29	366	+ 1,211
Breast Cancer	12	1,555	23	615	+ 940
Asthma	13	1,457	24	613	+ 844
Low Birth Weight	14	1,371	7	2,791	- 1,420
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	1,257	43	127	+ 1,130
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	1,230	3	5,275	- 4,045
Other Injuries	17	1,219	16	1,040	+ 178
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,216	11	1,532	- 316
Tuberculosis	19	1,146	10	2,414	- 1,268
Stomach Cancer	20	1,075	36	232	+ 843
Birth Trauma	21	991	6	2,888	- 1,897
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	772	39	192	+ 580
Cervical Cancer	23	762	35	264	+ 499
Liver Cancer	24	747	27	400	+ 347
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	606	31	308	+ 298
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	597	28	373	+ 224
Falls	27	563	30	324	+ 239
Inflammatory/Heart	28	552	32	288	+ 264
Prostate Cancer	29	504	34	274	+ 231
Endocrine Disorders	30	486	19	798	- 312
Violence	31	482	22	618	- 135
Leukemia	32	460	59	37	+ 423
Parkinson's Disease	33	427	44	117	+ 311
Maternal Conditions	34	336	18	880	- 544
Pancreas Cancer	35	332	54	62	+ 270
Lymphomas	36	329	42	132	+ 197
Pertussis	37	323	26	469	- 146
Oral Cancer	38	309	50	82	+ 227
Meningitis	39	292	12	1,415	- 1,122
Syphilis	40	277	41	180	+ 97
Uterin Cancer	41	262	60	31	+ 231
Skin Disease	42	251	51	81	+ 170
Epilepsy	43	250	37	230	+ 19
Malnutrition	44	243	17	924	- 680
Ovary Cancer	45	211	53	77	+ 134
Alcohol	46	208	55	52	+ 156
Oesophagus Cancer	47	200	57	37	+ 163
Fires	48	184	33	275	- 91
Bladder Cancer	49	143	52	78	+ 65
Poisonings	50	93	38	218	- 125
Skin Cancers	51	83	48	86	- 2
Drug Use	52	57	40	185	- 129
Encephalitis	53	54	56	50	+ 4
Appendicitis	54	41	61	27	+ 13
Other Neoplasms	55	34	66	10	+ 24
Measles	56	32	58	37	- 5
Hepatitis B	57	28	47	92	- 64
Road Traffic Accidents	58	17	8	2,581	- 2,565
Tetanus	59	15	45	103	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	13	68	7	+ 6
Dengue	61	13	72	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	62	13	65	10	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	3	63	13	- 10
Diphtheria	64	3	69	4	- 0
Ascariasis	65	3	62	15	- 12
War	66	1	67	8	- 7
Chlamydia	67	1	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	64	10	- 10
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	9	2,546	- 2,546
Leishmaniasis	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	46	101	- 101
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Micronesia

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.