LITHUANIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		LITHUANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,138	7	654	+ 1,484
Malaria	2	1,966	81	0	+ 1,966
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,520	42	59	+ 1,461
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,160	1	15,329	- 14,169
Stroke	5	1,086	2	5,643	- 4,557
Birth Trauma	6	832	53	10	+ 822
Low Birth Weight	7	804	55	9	+ 795
Road Traffic Accidents	8	744	27	225	+ 519
HIV/AIDS	9	734	51	22	+ 711
Tuberculosis	10	696	38	119	+ 577
Congenital Anomalies	11	442	41	62	+ 380
Meningitis	12	408	52	19	+ 388
Liver Disease	13	378	9	644	- 265
Diabetes Mellitus	14	343	14	525	- 182
Kidney Disease	15	312	19	372	- 60
Other Injuries	16	300	18	416	- 116
Malnutrition	17	266	58	7	+ 259
Maternal Conditions	18	254	63	2	+ 251
Endocrine Disorders	19	230	39	72	+ 158
Lung Disease	20	228	16	513	- 285
Hypertension	21	180	4	1,289	- 1,110
Violence	22	178	36	132	+ 46
Breast Cancer	23	177	11	629	- 452
Asthma	24	177	46	45	+ 131
Suicide	25	150	6	721	- 571
Pertussis	26	135	69	0	+ 135
Liver Cancer	27	115	25	239	- 124
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	107	8	649	- 541
Drownings	29	106	35	150	- 44
Falls	30	93	15	518	- 425
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	89	22	313	- 224
Inflammatory/Heart	32	83	17	484	- 401
Fires	33	79	43	51	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	34	79	12	598	- 519
Cervical Cancer	35	76	28	224	- 148
Stomach Cancer	36	67	10	639	- 572
Epilepsy	37	66	40	62	+ 4
Poisonings	38	63	45	46	+ 17
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	55	5	1,074	- 1,018
Drug Use	40	53	37	122	- 69
Syphilis	41	52	70	0	+ 52
Lymphomas	42	38	21	321	- 283
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	36	48	29	+ 7
Parkinson's Disease	44	34	29	222	- 189
Tetanus	45	30	62	2	+ 27
Schistosomiasis	46	29	78	0	+ 29
Hepatitis B	47	26	61	5	+ 22
Skin Cancers	48	25	32	197	- 172
Lung Cancers	49	25	3	1,329	- 1,304
Oral Cancer	50	24	20	338	- 314
Skin Disease	51	23	44	48	- 25
Bladder Cancer	52	23	23	292	- 270
Ovary Cancer	53	22	26	233	- 211
Pancreas Cancer	54	18	13	578	- 560
Alcohol	55	15	33	192	- 177
Encephalitis	56	14	65	2	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	57	11	30	219	- 208
Measles	58	11	83	0	+ 11
Leukemia	59	11	24	284	- 273
Uterin Cancer	60	9	34	159	- 150
Appendicitis	61	8	54	10	- 2
Ascariasis	62	4	74	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	50	23	- 20
Upper Respiratory	64	3	68	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	49	29	- 26
Other Neoplasms	66	3	31	212	- 209
War	67	2	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	47	41	- 39
Diphtheria	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	57	8	- 8
Oral conditions	82	0	64	2	- 2
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	56	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	60	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LITHUANIA

Sierra Leone

Lithuania

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.