BOTSWANA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,994	2	1,674	+ 320
Malaria	2	1,833	64	1	+ 1,833
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,417	8	527	+ 890
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,082	3	1,632	- 550
Stroke	5	1,013	4	1,588	- 576
Birth Trauma	6	776	17	261	+ 515
Low Birth Weight	7	750	13	447	+ 303
Road Traffic Accidents	8	694	7	608	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	9	684	1	4,950	- 4,266
Tuberculosis	10	649	6	649	- 0
Congenital Anomalies	11	412	16	287	+ 124
Meningitis	12	380	25	108	+ 272
Liver Disease	13	353	12	459	- 106
Diabetes Mellitus	14	320	5	1,273	- 953
Kidney Disease	15	291	9	506	- 216
Other Injuries	16	280	19	216	+ 63
Malnutrition	17	248	21	171	+ 77
Maternal Conditions	18	236	24	118	+ 119
Endocrine Disorders	19	214	27	103	+ 112
Lung Disease	20	213	10	482	- 269
Hypertension	21	167	11	471	- 303
Violence	22	166	14	389	- 223
Breast Cancer	23	165	33	68	+ 97
Asthma	24	165	18	232	- 67
Suicide	25	140	15	370	- 230
Pertussis	26	126	40	45	+ 81
Liver Cancer	27	107	35	57	+ 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	100	23	164	- 63
Drownings	29	98	30	83	+ 16
Falls	30	87	34	62	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	83	29	90	- 7
Inflammatory/Heart	32	77	20	177	- 100
Fires	33	74	26	108	- 34
Prostate Cancer	34	74	41	45	+ 29
Cervical Cancer	35	71	22	164	- 93
Stomach Cancer	36	62	53	10	+ 52
Epilepsy	37	62	36	56	+ 6
Poisonings	38	59	42	42	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	52	47	28	+ 24
Drug Use	40	50	48	26	+ 24
Syphilis	41	48	44	36	+ 12
Lymphomas	42	35	31	77	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	34	43	37	- 3
Parkinson's Disease	44	31	38	47	- 16
Tetanus	45	28	61	6	+ 21
Schistosomiasis	46	27	54	10	+ 17
Hepatitis B	47	25	62	6	+ 19
Skin Cancers	48	23	37	52	- 29
Lung Cancers	49	23	39	45	- 23
Oral Cancer	50	22	32	70	- 48
Skin Disease	51	22	46	30	- 8
Bladder Cancer	52	21	60	6	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	53	21	49	19	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	54	17	50	16	+ 0
Alcohol	55	14	45	31	- 17
Encephalitis	56	14	59	7	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	57	10	28	103	- 93
Measles	58	10	68	0	+ 10
Leukemia	59	10	51	13	- 3
Uterin Cancer	60	8	56	9	- 1
Appendicitis	61	7	57	8	- 0
Ascariasis	62	4	67	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	66	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	3	58	7	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	63	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	3	55	9	- 7
War	67	2	69	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	52	11	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Sierra Leone

Botswana

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.