MALTA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		MALTA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	382	3	213	+ 169
Malaria	2	351	69	0	+ 351
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	272	55	1	+ 271
Coronary Heart Disease	4	207	1	876	- 668
Stroke	5	194	2	291	- 97
Birth Trauma	6	149	44	3	+ 146
Low Birth Weight	7	144	35	11	+ 132
Road Traffic Accidents	8	133	31	18	+ 115
HIV/AIDS	9	131	41	4	+ 127
Tuberculosis	10	124	52	2	+ 123
Congenital Anomalies	11	79	32	17	+ 62
Meningitis	12	73	56	1	+ 72
Liver Disease	13	68	24	23	+ 45
Diabetes Mellitus	14	61	6	163	- 101
Kidney Disease	15	56	11	79	- 23
Other Injuries	16	54	33	16	+ 37
Malnutrition	17	48	60	0	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	18	45	64	0	+ 45
Endocrine Disorders	19	41	30	19	+ 22
Lung Disease	20	41	8	127	- 86
Hypertension	21	32	20	33	- 1
Violence	22	32	40	4	+ 27
Breast Cancer	23	32	10	85	- 53
Asthma	24	32	36	8	+ 23
Suicide	25	27	22	27	+ 0
Pertussis	26	24	72	0	+ 24
Liver Cancer	27	21	18	34	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	19	4	207	- 188
Drownings	29	19	48	2	+ 17
Falls	30	17	14	52	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	16	37	7	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	32	15	27	22	- 7
Fires	33	14	62	0	+ 14
Prostate Cancer	34	14	13	53	- 39
Cervical Cancer	35	14	39	4	+ 9
Stomach Cancer	36	12	15	50	- 38
Epilepsy	37	12	43	3	+ 8
Poisonings	38	11	58	1	+ 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	10	7	147	- 137
Drug Use	40	10	38	7	+ 3
Syphilis	41	9	81	0	+ 9
Lymphomas	42	7	12	53	- 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	7	49	2	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	44	6	16	50	- 44
Tetanus	45	5	74	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	46	5	70	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	47	5	61	0	+ 4
Skin Cancers	48	4	34	14	- 10
Lung Cancers	49	4	5	197	- 193
Oral Cancer	50	4	23	25	- 21
Skin Disease	51	4	25	23	- 19
Bladder Cancer	52	4	19	33	- 29
Ovary Cancer	53	4	17	34	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	54	3	9	90	- 87
Alcohol	55	3	47	3	- 0
Encephalitis	56	3	65	0	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	57	2	29	20	- 18
Measles	58	2	73	0	+ 2
Leukemia	59	2	21	28	- 26
Uterin Cancer	60	2	28	21	- 19
Appendicitis	61	1	63	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	62	1	79	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	63	1	53	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	59	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	45	3	- 2
Other Neoplasms	66	1	26	22	- 22
War	67	0	54	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	0	51	2	- 2
Diphtheria	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	67	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	50	2	- 2
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	42	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	57	1	- 1
Anemia	85	0	46	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALTA

Sierra Leone

Malta

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.