MAURITANIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,521	1	2,756	+ 765
Malaria	2	3,238	5	1,423	+ 1,816
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,503	3	1,656	+ 847
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,911	4	1,636	+ 275
Stroke	5	1,788	6	1,307	+ 482
Birth Trauma	6	1,370	7	1,204	+ 166
Low Birth Weight	7	1,324	2	2,014	- 690
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,225	8	1,158	+ 67
HIV/AIDS	9	1,208	25	231	+ 977
Tuberculosis	10	1,146	9	717	+ 429
Congenital Anomalies	11	727	10	665	+ 62
Meningitis	12	671	18	357	+ 314
Liver Disease	13	623	13	586	+ 37
Diabetes Mellitus	14	564	12	594	- 30
Kidney Disease	15	514	15	555	- 41
Other Injuries	16	494	19	343	+ 150
Malnutrition	17	438	17	462	- 24
Maternal Conditions	18	417	11	639	- 221
Endocrine Disorders	19	379	27	197	+ 181
Lung Disease	20	375	23	275	+ 101
Hypertension	21	296	22	286	+ 10
Violence	22	293	16	491	- 198
Breast Cancer	23	292	28	189	+ 103
Asthma	24	291	29	170	+ 121
Suicide	25	247	30	141	+ 106
Pertussis	26	222	14	574	- 352
Liver Cancer	27	190	21	312	- 122
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	177	24	251	- 74
Drownings	29	174	35	116	+ 58
Falls	30	154	31	140	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	146	38	83	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	32	137	36	110	+ 27
Fires	33	131	33	123	+ 7
Prostate Cancer	34	130	34	118	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	35	125	20	333	- 208
Stomach Cancer	36	110	32	132	- 22
Epilepsy	37	109	39	75	+ 35
Poisonings	38	104	42	67	+ 36
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	91	37	110	- 18
Drug Use	40	88	40	71	+ 17
Syphilis	41	85	26	204	- 118
Lymphomas	42	63	43	65	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	60	52	34	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	44	55	41	69	- 14
Tetanus	45	49	45	58	- 9
Schistosomiasis	46	48	59	14	+ 34
Hepatitis B	47	43	56	22	+ 21
Skin Cancers	48	41	46	50	- 9
Lung Cancers	49	40	44	60	- 20
Oral Cancer	50	39	48	45	- 6
Skin Disease	51	38	47	47	- 9
Bladder Cancer	52	37	50	42	- 5
Ovary Cancer	53	36	49	43	- 7
Pancreas Cancer	54	29	51	39	- 9
Alcohol	55	25	58	16	+ 9
Encephalitis	56	24	53	33	- 9
Oesophagus Cancer	57	18	54	30	- 12
Measles	58	18	61	9	+ 9
Leukemia	59	17	55	22	- 5
Uterin Cancer	60	15	57	17	- 2
Appendicitis	61	13	60	9	+ 4
Ascariasis	62	7	66	3	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	6	67	3	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	5	68	3	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	5	63	5	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	5	62	7	- 2
War	67	4	70	2	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	3	64	4	- 1
Diphtheria	69	2	65	3	- 1
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	69	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Sierra Leone

Mauritania

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.