BHUTAN VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		BHUTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	720	4	177	+ 542
Malaria	2	662	81	0	+ 662
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	512	5	169	+ 342
Coronary Heart Disease	4	391	1	702	- 312
Stroke	5	366	3	360	+ 5
Birth Trauma	6	280	19	51	+ 229
Low Birth Weight	7	271	14	79	+ 191
Road Traffic Accidents	8	250	10	123	+ 127
HIV/AIDS	9	247	18	58	+ 189
Tuberculosis	10	234	9	138	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	11	149	20	50	+ 98
Meningitis	12	137	36	17	+ 120
Liver Disease	13	127	6	166	- 38
Diabetes Mellitus	14	115	7	164	- 49
Kidney Disease	15	105	8	149	- 44
Other Injuries	16	101	24	43	+ 58
Malnutrition	17	90	54	3	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	18	85	42	9	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	19	77	39	11	+ 66
Lung Disease	20	77	2	524	- 448
Hypertension	21	60	16	77	- 16
Violence	22	60	35	18	+ 42
Breast Cancer	23	60	43	8	+ 52
Asthma	24	59	15	78	- 18
Suicide	25	51	26	35	+ 15
Pertussis	26	45	63	1	+ 44
Liver Cancer	27	39	27	35	+ 4
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	36	13	105	- 68
Drownings	29	36	32	20	+ 15
Falls	30	31	12	111	- 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	30	25	39	- 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	28	45	8	+ 20
Fires	33	27	44	8	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	34	27	55	3	+ 23
Cervical Cancer	35	26	29	30	- 5
Stomach Cancer	36	22	11	118	- 96
Epilepsy	37	22	38	14	+ 9
Poisonings	38	21	59	2	+ 19
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	19	31	24	- 6
Drug Use	40	18	47	7	+ 11
Syphilis	41	17	40	11	+ 7
Lymphomas	42	13	52	5	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	12	17	68	- 55
Parkinson's Disease	44	11	28	31	- 20
Tetanus	45	10	60	1	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	46	10	82	0	+ 10
Hepatitis B	47	9	53	4	+ 5
Skin Cancers	48	8	41	9	- 1
Lung Cancers	49	8	21	44	- 36
Oral Cancer	50	8	23	43	- 35
Skin Disease	51	8	46	7	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	52	8	48	6	+ 1
Ovary Cancer	53	7	37	14	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	54	6	33	20	- 14
Alcohol	55	5	49	6	- 1
Encephalitis	56	5	30	28	- 23
Oesophagus Cancer	57	4	22	44	- 40
Measles	58	4	58	2	+ 2
Leukemia	59	4	34	19	- 15
Uterin Cancer	60	3	71	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	61	3	51	5	- 2
Ascariasis	62	1	66	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	64	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	64	1	61	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	62	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	57	2	- 1
War	67	1	68	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	50	5	- 5
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	56	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	85	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	86	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	77	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	75	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	72	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BHUTAN

Sierra Leone

Bhutan

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.