CENTRAL AFRICA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		CENTRAL AFRICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,597	1	5,231	- 634
Malaria	2	4,228	6	3,279	+ 948
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,268	3	4,684	- 1,416
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,495	7	2,900	- 405
Stroke	5	2,335	5	3,284	- 949
Birth Trauma	6	1,789	9	2,192	- 402
Low Birth Weight	7	1,729	8	2,228	- 499
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,599	10	1,790	- 190
HIV/AIDS	9	1,577	4	3,753	- 2,175
Tuberculosis	10	1,496	2	4,704	- 3,208
Congenital Anomalies	11	949	19	776	+ 174
Meningitis	12	876	16	1,015	- 138
Liver Disease	13	813	14	1,153	- 340
Diabetes Mellitus	14	737	15	1,141	- 404
Kidney Disease	15	671	21	710	- 40
Other Injuries	16	645	23	621	+ 24
Malnutrition	17	572	22	691	- 118
Maternal Conditions	18	545	13	1,174	- 629
Endocrine Disorders	19	494	25	423	+ 71
Lung Disease	20	490	18	956	- 466
Hypertension	21	386	12	1,252	- 866
Violence	22	383	17	1,009	- 626
Breast Cancer	23	381	26	344	+ 37
Asthma	24	380	20	761	- 381
Suicide	25	323	24	585	- 262
Pertussis	26	290	31	265	+ 25
Liver Cancer	27	248	44	117	+ 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	231	33	204	+ 27
Drownings	29	227	34	202	+ 25
Falls	30	201	36	181	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	191	27	317	- 126
Inflammatory/Heart	32	178	30	270	- 91
Fires	33	170	39	142	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	34	170	38	156	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	35	163	32	230	- 67
Stomach Cancer	36	144	49	65	+ 78
Epilepsy	37	143	43	119	+ 24
Poisonings	38	135	40	134	+ 1
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	119	45	116	+ 3
Drug Use	40	115	57	44	+ 71
Syphilis	41	111	41	120	- 9
Lymphomas	42	82	42	119	- 37
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	78	35	194	- 115
Parkinson's Disease	44	72	48	67	+ 5
Tetanus	45	64	29	280	- 217
Schistosomiasis	46	63	37	169	- 107
Hepatitis B	47	57	61	33	+ 24
Skin Cancers	48	53	58	43	+ 10
Lung Cancers	49	53	55	47	+ 6
Oral Cancer	50	51	46	91	- 40
Skin Disease	51	50	54	48	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	52	48	64	23	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	53	48	50	64	- 16
Pancreas Cancer	54	38	60	37	+ 2
Alcohol	55	32	52	62	- 29
Encephalitis	56	31	62	28	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	57	23	53	48	- 25
Measles	58	23	11	1,625	- 1,602
Leukemia	59	23	47	88	- 65
Uterin Cancer	60	19	65	20	- 0
Appendicitis	61	17	51	62	- 45
Ascariasis	62	9	71	5	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	8	69	6	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	64	6	63	24	- 18
Multiple Sclerosis	65	6	72	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	66	6	70	5	+ 2
War	67	5	28	314	- 308
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	5	66	15	- 11
Diphtheria	69	2	67	11	- 8
Chlamydia	70	1	73	2	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	68	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	59	40	- 40
Leishmaniasis	79	0	56	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CENTRAL AFRICA

Sierra Leone

Central Africa

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.