MAURITIUS VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	1,066	7	346	+ 720
Malaria	2	980	70	0	+ 980
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	758	42	23	+ 735
Coronary Heart Disease	4	579	2	1,805	- 1,226
Stroke	5	542	3	985	- 443
Birth Trauma	6	415	36	37	+ 378
Low Birth Weight	7	401	35	37	+ 364
Road Traffic Accidents	8	371	11	155	+ 216
HIV/AIDS	9	366	13	141	+ 225
Tuberculosis	10	347	45	17	+ 329
Congenital Anomalies	11	220	25	57	+ 163
Meningitis	12	203	57	2	+ 201
Liver Disease	13	189	12	145	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	14	171	1	1,873	- 1,702
Kidney Disease	15	156	4	724	- 569
Other Injuries	16	149	21	66	+ 84
Malnutrition	17	133	54	4	+ 129
Maternal Conditions	18	126	48	11	+ 116
Endocrine Disorders	19	115	19	101	+ 14
Lung Disease	20	114	5	646	- 533
Hypertension	21	90	6	592	- 502
Violence	22	89	41	30	+ 59
Breast Cancer	23	88	8	232	- 144
Asthma	24	88	17	107	- 19
Suicide	25	75	14	120	- 45
Pertussis	26	67	66	0	+ 67
Liver Cancer	27	57	27	56	+ 1
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	54	34	42	+ 12
Drownings	29	53	33	43	+ 10
Falls	30	47	26	57	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	44	43	22	+ 22
Inflammatory/Heart	32	41	16	108	- 67
Fires	33	40	50	10	+ 29
Prostate Cancer	34	39	15	115	- 76
Cervical Cancer	35	38	30	49	- 11
Stomach Cancer	36	33	18	104	- 71
Epilepsy	37	33	38	35	- 2
Poisonings	38	31	49	11	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	28	10	182	- 155
Drug Use	40	27	46	16	+ 11
Syphilis	41	26	67	0	+ 26
Lymphomas	42	19	24	57	- 38
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	18	56	3	+ 15
Parkinson's Disease	44	17	47	12	+ 5
Tetanus	45	15	76	0	+ 15
Schistosomiasis	46	15	69	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	47	13	65	0	+ 13
Skin Cancers	48	12	53	5	+ 8
Lung Cancers	49	12	9	182	- 170
Oral Cancer	50	12	23	63	- 51
Skin Disease	51	12	22	64	- 53
Bladder Cancer	52	11	44	21	- 10
Ovary Cancer	53	11	32	46	- 35
Pancreas Cancer	54	9	28	55	- 46
Alcohol	55	7	29	53	- 46
Encephalitis	56	7	61	1	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	57	5	37	35	- 30
Measles	58	5	77	0	+ 5
Leukemia	59	5	31	48	- 43
Uterin Cancer	60	4	40	32	- 27
Appendicitis	61	4	59	1	+ 3
Ascariasis	62	2	64	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	51	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	64	1	63	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	84	0	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	1	20	77	- 75
War	67	1	62	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	60	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	72	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	55	3	- 3
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	52	5	- 5
Anemia	85	0	39	33	- 33
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Sierra Leone

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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.