BARBADOS VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		BARBADOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	247	4	221	+ 26
Malaria	2	228	76	0	+ 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	176	40	7	+ 169
Coronary Heart Disease	4	134	2	358	- 223
Stroke	5	126	1	384	- 259
Birth Trauma	6	96	43	5	+ 91
Low Birth Weight	7	93	42	5	+ 88
Road Traffic Accidents	8	86	25	23	+ 63
HIV/AIDS	9	85	21	28	+ 57
Tuberculosis	10	81	60	1	+ 79
Congenital Anomalies	11	51	29	18	+ 33
Meningitis	12	47	45	4	+ 43
Liver Disease	13	44	26	23	+ 21
Diabetes Mellitus	14	40	3	260	- 220
Kidney Disease	15	36	10	92	- 56
Other Injuries	16	35	11	79	- 44
Malnutrition	17	31	49	2	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	18	29	56	1	+ 28
Endocrine Disorders	19	27	9	93	- 67
Lung Disease	20	26	12	74	- 47
Hypertension	21	21	13	72	- 51
Violence	22	21	19	32	- 12
Breast Cancer	23	21	8	95	- 75
Asthma	24	20	35	13	+ 7
Suicide	25	17	51	2	+ 16
Pertussis	26	16	67	0	+ 16
Liver Cancer	27	13	33	14	- 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	12	7	114	- 102
Drownings	29	12	57	1	+ 11
Falls	30	11	41	7	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	10	34	14	- 4
Inflammatory/Heart	32	10	17	39	- 29
Fires	33	9	62	1	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	34	9	5	165	- 156
Cervical Cancer	35	9	23	28	- 19
Stomach Cancer	36	8	22	28	- 20
Epilepsy	37	8	38	9	- 2
Poisonings	38	7	48	2	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	6	6	115	- 109
Drug Use	40	6	53	1	+ 5
Syphilis	41	6	64	0	+ 6
Lymphomas	42	4	15	51	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	4	55	1	+ 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	4	31	16	- 12
Tetanus	45	3	70	0	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	46	3	77	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	47	3	52	2	+ 1
Skin Cancers	48	3	47	4	- 1
Lung Cancers	49	3	16	43	- 40
Oral Cancer	50	3	28	18	- 15
Skin Disease	51	3	14	62	- 60
Bladder Cancer	52	3	39	9	- 7
Ovary Cancer	53	3	32	16	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	54	2	18	39	- 37
Alcohol	55	2	46	4	- 2
Encephalitis	56	2	82	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	36	12	- 10
Measles	58	1	68	0	+ 1
Leukemia	59	1	20	29	- 28
Uterin Cancer	60	1	27	21	- 20
Appendicitis	61	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	0	75	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	63	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	0	58	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	0	61	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	0	24	26	- 25
War	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	0	44	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	54	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	30	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	1	- 1
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	59	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	37	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BARBADOS

Sierra Leone

Barbados

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.