SIERRA LEONE VS NORWAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NORWAY		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,808	4	4,027	+ 4,781
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,390	28	373	+ 7,017
Lung Disease	3	4,508	20	791	+ 3,716
Stroke	4	4,098	5	3,769	+ 329
Lung Cancers	5	3,840	49	85	+ 3,755
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,974	1	7,420	- 4,445
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	2,958	39	192	+ 2,765
Prostate Cancer	8	1,941	34	274	+ 1,667
Falls	9	1,287	30	324	+ 963
Pancreas Cancer	10	1,275	54	62	+ 1,213
Breast Cancer	11	1,156	23	615	+ 540
Lymphomas	12	1,069	42	132	+ 937
Suicide	13	1,049	25	521	+ 527
Kidney Disease	14	1,011	15	1,082	- 71
Other Injuries	15	965	16	1,040	- 75
Diabetes Mellitus	16	926	14	1,190	- 263
Parkinson's Disease	17	917	44	117	+ 801
Skin Cancers	18	674	48	86	+ 589
Endocrine Disorders	19	594	19	798	- 204
Bladder Cancer	20	590	52	78	+ 511
Leukemia	21	586	59	37	+ 549
Stomach Cancer	22	568	36	232	+ 337
Other Neoplasms	23	537	66	10	+ 527
Ovary Cancer	24	511	53	77	+ 435
Drug Use	25	436	40	185	+ 251
Liver Cancer	26	429	27	400	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	27	410	57	37	+ 373
Hypertension	28	381	21	623	- 243
Inflammatory/Heart	29	366	32	288	+ 78
Liver Disease	30	354	13	1,312	- 959
Alcohol	31	339	55	52	+ 287
Oral Cancer	32	278	50	82	+ 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	264	31	308	- 44
Congenital Anomalies	34	226	11	1,532	- 1,307
Malnutrition	35	224	17	924	- 700
Uterin Cancer	36	222	60	31	+ 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	212	3	5,275	- 5,063
Skin Disease	38	211	51	81	+ 131
Cervical Cancer	39	207	35	264	- 57
Epilepsy	40	197	37	230	- 33
Multiple Sclerosis	41	197	65	10	+ 187
Road Traffic Accidents	42	189	8	2,581	- 2,392
Asthma	43	140	24	613	- 473
Anemia	44	123	85	0	+ 123
Drownings	45	107	29	366	- 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	102	43	127	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	100	68	7	+ 93
Fires	48	74	33	275	- 201
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	54	81	0	+ 54
Violence	50	53	22	618	- 565
Osteoarthritis	51	45	80	0	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	52	39	7	2,791	- 2,752
Schizophrenia	53	38	84	0	+ 38
Birth Trauma	54	29	6	2,888	- 2,859
Hepatitis C	55	28	63	13	+ 15
Tuberculosis	56	25	10	2,414	- 2,390
Poisonings	57	24	38	218	- 194
Meningitis	58	23	12	1,415	- 1,392
Appendicitis	59	20	61	27	- 7
Upper Respiratory	60	19	64	10	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	61	17	9	2,546	- 2,529
Oral conditions	62	14	82	0	+ 14
Hepatitis B	63	6	47	92	- 86
Pertussis	64	2	26	469	- 466
Otitis Media	65	2	71	0	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	66	2	18	880	- 878
Syphilis	67	1	41	180	- 178
War	68	1	67	8	- 8
Tetanus	69	1	45	103	- 102
Encephalitis	70	0	56	50	- 50
Diphtheria	71	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	58	37	- 37
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	72	0	- 0
Ascariasis	76	0	62	15	- 15
Chlamydia	77	0	70	1	- 1
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	83	0	46	101	- 101
Malaria	84	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Norway

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.