SIERRA LEONE VS PHILIPPINES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PHILIPPINES		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,022	4	4,027	+ 5,995
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	7,234	1	7,420	- 186
Stroke	3	5,719	5	3,769	+ 1,951
Kidney Disease	4	3,037	15	1,082	+ 1,954
Hypertension	5	2,660	21	623	+ 2,037
Lung Disease	6	2,511	20	791	+ 1,720
Diabetes Mellitus	7	2,488	14	1,190	+ 1,298
Tuberculosis	8	2,087	10	2,414	- 328
Violence	9	1,144	22	618	+ 526
Road Traffic Accidents	10	1,004	8	2,581	- 1,578
Asthma	11	879	24	613	+ 266
Endocrine Disorders	12	807	19	798	+ 9
Lung Cancers	13	794	49	85	+ 709
Low Birth Weight	14	782	7	2,791	- 2,009
Breast Cancer	15	756	23	615	+ 140
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	622	39	192	+ 429
Congenital Anomalies	17	621	11	1,532	- 911
Birth Trauma	18	614	6	2,888	- 2,274
Liver Cancer	19	591	27	400	+ 191
Liver Disease	20	546	13	1,312	- 767
Peptic Ulcer Disease	21	529	31	308	+ 221
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	477	3	5,275	- 4,798
Other Neoplasms	23	397	66	10	+ 387
Malnutrition	24	332	17	924	- 591
Skin Disease	25	326	51	81	+ 246
Prostate Cancer	26	320	34	274	+ 46
Drownings	27	299	29	366	- 67
Falls	28	298	30	324	- 26
Leukemia	29	277	59	37	+ 241
Inflammatory/Heart	30	273	32	288	- 15
Other Injuries	31	273	16	1,040	- 768
Anemia	32	265	85	0	+ 265
Cervical Cancer	33	237	35	264	- 26
Oral Cancer	34	225	50	82	+ 142
Suicide	35	179	25	521	- 342
Lymphomas	36	176	42	132	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	37	164	54	62	+ 102
Maternal Conditions	38	157	18	880	- 722
Alzheimers & Dementia	39	155	28	373	- 218
Ovary Cancer	40	154	53	77	+ 77
Stomach Cancer	41	144	36	232	- 88
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	139	43	127	+ 13
Pertussis	43	136	26	469	- 333
Syphilis	44	89	41	180	- 91
Epilepsy	45	86	37	230	- 144
Dengue	46	82	72	0	+ 82
Meningitis	47	80	12	1,415	- 1,334
Measles	48	69	58	37	+ 32
War	49	63	67	8	+ 55
Uterin Cancer	50	59	60	31	+ 28
Prostatic Hypertrophy	51	58	81	0	+ 58
Drug Use	52	54	40	185	- 132
Oesophagus Cancer	53	52	57	37	+ 15
Fires	54	46	33	275	- 229
Parkinson's Disease	55	46	44	117	- 71
Hepatitis B	56	45	47	92	- 46
Osteoarthritis	57	44	80	0	+ 44
Bladder Cancer	58	44	52	78	- 34
Tetanus	59	40	45	103	- 62
Alcohol	60	31	55	52	- 21
Skin Cancers	61	28	48	86	- 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	25	68	7	+ 18
Appendicitis	63	21	61	27	- 6
Schistosomiasis	64	18	46	101	- 83
Poisonings	65	17	38	218	- 201
HIV/AIDS	66	16	9	2,546	- 2,530
Encephalitis	67	14	56	50	- 36
Schizophrenia	68	10	84	0	+ 10
Malaria	69	7	2	6,824	- 6,817
Upper Respiratory	70	3	64	10	- 7
Leprosy	71	3	75	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	72	2	65	10	- 8
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	74	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	75	1	69	4	- 3
Ascariasis	76	1	62	15	- 14
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	78	0	70	1	- 1
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	81	0	63	13	- 13
Leishmaniasis	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	84	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Philippines

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.