ICELAND VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		ICELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	296	6	82	+ 214
Malaria	2	272	73	0	+ 272
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	211	55	1	+ 210
Coronary Heart Disease	4	161	1	403	- 243
Stroke	5	150	3	141	+ 10
Birth Trauma	6	115	46	2	+ 113
Low Birth Weight	7	111	43	3	+ 108
Road Traffic Accidents	8	103	35	7	+ 96
HIV/AIDS	9	102	59	0	+ 101
Tuberculosis	10	96	82	0	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	11	61	34	7	+ 54
Meningitis	12	56	50	1	+ 55
Liver Disease	13	52	31	9	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	14	47	16	30	+ 18
Kidney Disease	15	43	15	33	+ 10
Other Injuries	16	42	11	50	- 8
Malnutrition	17	37	57	1	+ 36
Maternal Conditions	18	35	60	0	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	19	32	27	16	+ 16
Lung Disease	20	32	5	129	- 97
Hypertension	21	25	17	24	+ 1
Violence	22	25	39	4	+ 21
Breast Cancer	23	25	9	53	- 29
Asthma	24	24	48	2	+ 23
Suicide	25	21	13	40	- 19
Pertussis	26	19	62	0	+ 19
Liver Cancer	27	16	20	22	- 6
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	15	2	295	- 281
Drownings	29	15	56	1	+ 14
Falls	30	13	18	24	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	12	41	3	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	11	26	16	- 4
Fires	33	11	58	1	+ 10
Prostate Cancer	34	11	8	61	- 50
Cervical Cancer	35	11	32	9	+ 1
Stomach Cancer	36	9	23	18	- 8
Epilepsy	37	9	37	5	+ 4
Poisonings	38	9	42	3	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	8	7	73	- 66
Drug Use	40	7	24	17	- 9
Syphilis	41	7	80	0	+ 7
Lymphomas	42	5	14	37	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	5	54	1	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	44	5	10	53	- 48
Tetanus	45	4	68	0	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	46	4	75	0	+ 4
Hepatitis B	47	4	63	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	48	3	29	13	- 10
Lung Cancers	49	3	4	134	- 131
Oral Cancer	50	3	33	9	- 5
Skin Disease	51	3	45	3	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	52	3	21	20	- 17
Ovary Cancer	53	3	25	16	- 13
Pancreas Cancer	54	2	12	43	- 41
Alcohol	55	2	28	14	- 12
Encephalitis	56	2	78	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	1	19	23	- 21
Measles	58	1	67	0	+ 1
Leukemia	59	1	22	19	- 17
Uterin Cancer	60	1	36	7	- 6
Appendicitis	61	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	52	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	0	51	1	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	0	44	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	66	0	30	10	- 9
War	67	0	61	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	0	38	4	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	65	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	47	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	53	1	- 1
Oral conditions	82	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	49	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	40	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ICELAND

Sierra Leone

Iceland

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.