ESTONIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	971	6	349	+ 622
Malaria	2	893	73	0	+ 893
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	690	53	8	+ 682
Coronary Heart Disease	4	527	1	3,009	- 2,482
Stroke	5	493	3	1,116	- 623
Birth Trauma	6	378	57	5	+ 373
Low Birth Weight	7	365	55	7	+ 359
Road Traffic Accidents	8	338	35	59	+ 279
HIV/AIDS	9	333	39	40	+ 293
Tuberculosis	10	316	47	16	+ 300
Congenital Anomalies	11	201	43	25	+ 176
Meningitis	12	185	54	7	+ 178
Liver Disease	13	172	7	328	- 157
Diabetes Mellitus	14	156	19	146	+ 10
Kidney Disease	15	142	17	176	- 35
Other Injuries	16	136	20	141	- 5
Malnutrition	17	121	79	0	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	18	115	61	1	+ 114
Endocrine Disorders	19	104	33	66	+ 38
Lung Disease	20	104	13	229	- 125
Hypertension	21	82	2	2,700	- 2,619
Violence	22	81	42	28	+ 52
Breast Cancer	23	81	11	260	- 179
Asthma	24	80	44	24	+ 56
Suicide	25	68	16	197	- 129
Pertussis	26	61	83	0	+ 61
Liver Cancer	27	52	26	107	- 55
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	49	12	229	- 181
Drownings	29	48	40	30	+ 18
Falls	30	42	24	119	- 76
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	40	36	55	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	32	38	14	217	- 179
Fires	33	36	38	41	- 5
Prostate Cancer	34	36	8	298	- 263
Cervical Cancer	35	34	32	68	- 33
Stomach Cancer	36	30	9	290	- 259
Epilepsy	37	30	37	45	- 14
Poisonings	38	29	52	8	+ 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	25	5	527	- 502
Drug Use	40	24	31	75	- 51
Syphilis	41	24	62	1	+ 23
Lymphomas	42	17	15	213	- 196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	17	45	22	- 5
Parkinson's Disease	44	15	29	82	- 67
Tetanus	45	13	81	0	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	46	13	72	0	+ 13
Hepatitis B	47	12	65	0	+ 12
Skin Cancers	48	11	30	79	- 68
Lung Cancers	49	11	4	657	- 646
Oral Cancer	50	11	25	110	- 100
Skin Disease	51	11	41	29	- 18
Bladder Cancer	52	10	21	126	- 116
Ovary Cancer	53	10	28	87	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	54	8	10	268	- 260
Alcohol	55	7	18	148	- 142
Encephalitis	56	7	63	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	5	27	99	- 94
Measles	58	5	84	0	+ 5
Leukemia	59	5	22	126	- 121
Uterin Cancer	60	4	34	60	- 56
Appendicitis	61	4	59	2	+ 2
Ascariasis	62	2	74	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	58	4	- 2
Upper Respiratory	64	1	66	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	48	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	66	1	23	123	- 122
War	67	1	64	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	46	17	- 16
Diphtheria	69	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	6	- 6
Anemia	85	0	51	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

Sierra Leone

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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.