ALBANIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		ALBANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,528	6	634	+ 1,894
Malaria	2	2,325	70	0	+ 2,325
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,797	52	9	+ 1,788
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,372	1	8,797	- 7,425
Stroke	5	1,284	2	8,790	- 7,506
Birth Trauma	6	984	41	32	+ 951
Low Birth Weight	7	951	25	106	+ 844
Road Traffic Accidents	8	879	14	337	+ 542
HIV/AIDS	9	867	42	26	+ 842
Tuberculosis	10	822	54	8	+ 814
Congenital Anomalies	11	522	28	102	+ 420
Meningitis	12	482	49	14	+ 468
Liver Disease	13	447	12	376	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	14	405	19	208	+ 197
Kidney Disease	15	369	11	399	- 30
Other Injuries	16	354	26	105	+ 249
Malnutrition	17	315	58	3	+ 312
Maternal Conditions	18	300	59	2	+ 298
Endocrine Disorders	19	272	29	91	+ 181
Lung Disease	20	270	5	876	- 607
Hypertension	21	212	10	425	- 213
Violence	22	210	27	103	+ 108
Breast Cancer	23	210	17	229	- 20
Asthma	24	209	21	193	+ 16
Suicide	25	178	24	125	+ 53
Pertussis	26	160	60	1	+ 158
Liver Cancer	27	136	9	434	- 297
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	127	3	1,827	- 1,700
Drownings	29	125	43	25	+ 99
Falls	30	110	23	125	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	105	33	57	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	32	98	8	465	- 367
Fires	33	94	45	20	+ 74
Prostate Cancer	34	93	16	311	- 217
Cervical Cancer	35	90	36	48	+ 42
Stomach Cancer	36	79	7	493	- 414
Epilepsy	37	78	37	44	+ 34
Poisonings	38	74	53	9	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	66	20	197	- 132
Drug Use	40	63	44	25	+ 38
Syphilis	41	61	62	1	+ 60
Lymphomas	42	45	31	69	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	43	35	50	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	40	13	369	- 329
Tetanus	45	35	57	3	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	46	34	72	0	+ 34
Hepatitis B	47	31	63	0	+ 31
Skin Cancers	48	29	32	64	- 34
Lung Cancers	49	29	4	1,026	- 997
Oral Cancer	50	28	30	90	- 61
Skin Disease	51	27	55	6	+ 21
Bladder Cancer	52	27	15	330	- 303
Ovary Cancer	53	26	39	39	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	54	21	18	225	- 204
Alcohol	55	18	48	18	- 1
Encephalitis	56	17	46	20	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	13	34	52	- 39
Measles	58	13	65	0	+ 12
Leukemia	59	13	22	131	- 119
Uterin Cancer	60	10	38	42	- 31
Appendicitis	61	9	56	5	+ 4
Ascariasis	62	5	75	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	5	66	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	50	12	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	40	39	- 35
Other Neoplasms	66	3	47	19	- 16
War	67	3	64	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	51	11	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	61	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ALBANIA

Sierra Leone

Albania

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.