SIERRA LEONE VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,982	4	4,027	+ 3,955
Kidney Disease	2	4,826	15	1,082	+ 3,744
Stroke	3	3,039	5	3,769	- 730
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,824	14	1,190	+ 1,635
Lung Disease	5	2,144	20	791	+ 1,353
Liver Disease	6	1,644	13	1,312	+ 331
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,573	1	7,420	- 5,847
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,514	8	2,581	- 1,067
Hypertension	9	1,507	21	623	+ 884
Violence	10	845	22	618	+ 227
Congenital Anomalies	11	780	11	1,532	- 753
Liver Cancer	12	695	27	400	+ 295
Low Birth Weight	13	669	7	2,791	- 2,122
Stomach Cancer	14	652	36	232	+ 421
Prostate Cancer	15	527	34	274	+ 253
Cervical Cancer	16	511	35	264	+ 247
Other Injuries	17	488	16	1,040	- 552
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	431	39	192	+ 238
Suicide	19	389	25	521	- 132
Breast Cancer	20	387	23	615	- 229
Alcohol	21	381	55	52	+ 329
Falls	22	377	30	324	+ 53
Lung Cancers	23	374	49	85	+ 289
Leukemia	24	310	59	37	+ 273
Birth Trauma	25	270	6	2,888	- 2,618
Other Neoplasms	26	263	66	10	+ 252
Pancreas Cancer	27	243	54	62	+ 181
Endocrine Disorders	28	224	19	798	- 574
Lymphomas	29	223	42	132	+ 92
Malnutrition	30	223	17	924	- 701
Skin Disease	31	221	51	81	+ 140
Drownings	32	214	29	366	- 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	204	28	373	- 170
Inflammatory/Heart	34	190	32	288	- 98
HIV/AIDS	35	190	9	2,546	- 2,356
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	167	3	5,275	- 5,108
Tuberculosis	37	157	10	2,414	- 2,258
Asthma	38	143	24	613	- 470
Maternal Conditions	39	120	18	880	- 760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	117	31	308	- 191
Epilepsy	41	101	37	230	- 129
Parkinson's Disease	42	91	44	117	- 26
Oral Cancer	43	88	50	82	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	44	84	53	77	+ 7
Skin Cancers	45	80	48	86	- 5
Drug Use	46	69	40	185	- 117
Oesophagus Cancer	47	57	57	37	+ 20
Uterin Cancer	48	53	60	31	+ 22
Appendicitis	49	43	61	27	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	42	68	7	+ 35
Meningitis	51	40	12	1,415	- 1,375
Bladder Cancer	52	38	52	78	- 40
Anemia	53	38	85	0	+ 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	27	43	127	- 99
Poisonings	55	24	38	218	- 194
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	23	81	0	+ 23
Fires	57	22	33	275	- 253
Encephalitis	58	14	56	50	- 36
Osteoarthritis	59	13	80	0	+ 13
Syphilis	60	13	41	180	- 167
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	65	10	- 1
Hepatitis B	62	7	47	92	- 85
Oral conditions	63	6	82	0	+ 6
Dengue	64	6	72	0	+ 6
Chagas disease	65	5	77	0	+ 5
Schizophrenia	66	5	84	0	+ 5
Pertussis	67	4	26	469	- 464
Hepatitis C	68	2	63	13	- 12
Ascariasis	69	1	62	15	- 14
War	70	1	67	8	- 8
Leprosy	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	72	1	64	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	73	1	76	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	74	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	77	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	78	0	58	37	- 37
Tetanus	79	0	45	103	- 103
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Schistosomiasis	84	0	46	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Nicaragua

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.