IRELAND VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,257	6	1,298	+ 2,959
Malaria	2	3,915	75	0	+ 3,915
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,027	45	53	+ 2,974
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,311	1	4,762	- 2,451
Stroke	5	2,163	5	1,770	+ 393
Birth Trauma	6	1,657	56	10	+ 1,647
Low Birth Weight	7	1,601	44	56	+ 1,546
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,481	33	153	+ 1,328
HIV/AIDS	9	1,461	57	9	+ 1,452
Tuberculosis	10	1,385	50	23	+ 1,362
Congenital Anomalies	11	879	32	153	+ 726
Meningitis	12	812	58	7	+ 804
Liver Disease	13	753	19	279	+ 474
Diabetes Mellitus	14	683	16	414	+ 269
Kidney Disease	15	621	10	566	+ 55
Other Injuries	16	597	30	171	+ 426
Malnutrition	17	530	63	2	+ 528
Maternal Conditions	18	505	61	3	+ 502
Endocrine Disorders	19	458	24	249	+ 208
Lung Disease	20	454	4	1,915	- 1,461
Hypertension	21	358	29	175	+ 183
Violence	22	354	47	38	+ 316
Breast Cancer	23	353	8	760	- 407
Asthma	24	352	41	58	+ 294
Suicide	25	299	14	470	- 171
Pertussis	26	269	67	0	+ 269
Liver Cancer	27	230	18	318	- 88
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	214	2	3,209	- 2,995
Drownings	29	210	43	57	+ 153
Falls	30	186	25	247	- 61
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	177	38	67	+ 110
Inflammatory/Heart	32	165	26	240	- 75
Fires	33	158	48	30	+ 128
Prostate Cancer	34	157	9	585	- 428
Cervical Cancer	35	151	35	103	+ 48
Stomach Cancer	36	133	17	357	- 224
Epilepsy	37	132	36	85	+ 47
Poisonings	38	125	53	14	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	110	7	1,095	- 985
Drug Use	40	106	31	167	- 60
Syphilis	41	103	68	0	+ 103
Lymphomas	42	76	13	513	- 437
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	73	46	50	+ 23
Parkinson's Disease	44	67	12	530	- 463
Tetanus	45	59	81	0	+ 59
Schistosomiasis	46	58	72	0	+ 58
Hepatitis B	47	53	59	6	+ 47
Skin Cancers	48	49	23	252	- 202
Lung Cancers	49	49	3	1,916	- 1,867
Oral Cancer	50	47	28	183	- 135
Skin Disease	51	46	42	58	- 11
Bladder Cancer	52	45	22	256	- 211
Ovary Cancer	53	44	21	273	- 229
Pancreas Cancer	54	35	11	530	- 495
Alcohol	55	30	39	64	- 34
Encephalitis	56	29	66	0	+ 29
Oesophagus Cancer	57	21	15	419	- 397
Measles	58	21	83	0	+ 21
Leukemia	59	21	20	274	- 253
Uterin Cancer	60	18	34	126	- 108
Appendicitis	61	16	60	3	+ 12
Ascariasis	62	8	77	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	63	8	52	19	- 12
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	1	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	65	6	37	83	- 77
Other Neoplasms	66	6	27	218	- 212
War	67	5	65	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	4	40	59	- 55
Diphtheria	69	2	82	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	82	0	62	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	55	12	- 12
Anemia	85	0	49	29	- 29
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Sierra Leone

Ireland

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.