JAMAICA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,297	15	393	+ 1,904
Malaria	2	2,113	72	0	+ 2,113
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,633	42	35	+ 1,598
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,247	3	1,726	- 479
Stroke	5	1,167	1	2,415	- 1,248
Birth Trauma	6	894	37	65	+ 829
Low Birth Weight	7	864	18	241	+ 623
Road Traffic Accidents	8	799	12	444	+ 355
HIV/AIDS	9	788	7	757	+ 31
Tuberculosis	10	747	54	8	+ 740
Congenital Anomalies	11	474	23	139	+ 336
Meningitis	12	438	47	16	+ 422
Liver Disease	13	406	21	155	+ 252
Diabetes Mellitus	14	368	2	2,077	- 1,709
Kidney Disease	15	335	6	793	- 458
Other Injuries	16	322	31	91	+ 231
Malnutrition	17	286	40	48	+ 238
Maternal Conditions	18	272	43	35	+ 238
Endocrine Disorders	19	247	20	176	+ 71
Lung Disease	20	245	11	452	- 207
Hypertension	21	193	8	651	- 458
Violence	22	191	4	1,484	- 1,293
Breast Cancer	23	191	14	413	- 223
Asthma	24	190	36	65	+ 125
Suicide	25	161	35	70	+ 91
Pertussis	26	145	67	0	+ 145
Liver Cancer	27	124	29	101	+ 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	115	9	587	- 472
Drownings	29	113	51	10	+ 103
Falls	30	100	33	82	+ 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	95	32	82	+ 13
Inflammatory/Heart	32	89	24	133	- 44
Fires	33	85	46	16	+ 70
Prostate Cancer	34	85	5	883	- 799
Cervical Cancer	35	82	16	358	- 276
Stomach Cancer	36	72	19	231	- 159
Epilepsy	37	71	41	46	+ 25
Poisonings	38	68	57	2	+ 65
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	60	13	436	- 377
Drug Use	40	57	48	13	+ 44
Syphilis	41	56	60	1	+ 55
Lymphomas	42	41	17	251	- 210
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	39	44	27	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	44	36	25	132	- 96
Tetanus	45	32	63	0	+ 32
Schistosomiasis	46	31	74	0	+ 31
Hepatitis B	47	28	59	1	+ 27
Skin Cancers	48	27	52	10	+ 17
Lung Cancers	49	26	10	472	- 446
Oral Cancer	50	26	39	59	- 33
Skin Disease	51	25	22	145	- 120
Bladder Cancer	52	24	38	60	- 35
Ovary Cancer	53	24	30	97	- 73
Pancreas Cancer	54	19	27	119	- 100
Alcohol	55	16	55	7	+ 9
Encephalitis	56	16	49	13	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	57	11	34	74	- 62
Measles	58	11	77	0	+ 11
Leukemia	59	11	26	129	- 117
Uterin Cancer	60	10	28	106	- 97
Appendicitis	61	8	53	9	- 1
Ascariasis	62	5	66	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	64	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	65	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	56	3	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	3	45	19	- 15
War	67	3	61	1	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	50	11	- 9
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	62	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Sierra Leone

Jamaica

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.