MONGOLIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		MONGOLIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,670	11	410	+ 2,260
Malaria	2	2,455	79	0	+ 2,455
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,898	36	66	+ 1,832
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,449	1	5,202	- 3,753
Stroke	5	1,356	2	4,401	- 3,045
Birth Trauma	6	1,039	24	160	+ 879
Low Birth Weight	7	1,004	20	204	+ 800
Road Traffic Accidents	8	929	5	679	+ 250
HIV/AIDS	9	916	49	21	+ 895
Tuberculosis	10	869	14	327	+ 541
Congenital Anomalies	11	551	17	262	+ 289
Meningitis	12	509	48	21	+ 488
Liver Disease	13	472	4	1,723	- 1,250
Diabetes Mellitus	14	428	27	145	+ 283
Kidney Disease	15	389	12	408	- 19
Other Injuries	16	374	9	442	- 68
Malnutrition	17	332	64	0	+ 332
Maternal Conditions	18	317	40	49	+ 268
Endocrine Disorders	19	287	35	69	+ 218
Lung Disease	20	285	15	327	- 42
Hypertension	21	224	21	199	+ 26
Violence	22	222	22	197	+ 25
Breast Cancer	23	221	38	61	+ 160
Asthma	24	221	29	112	+ 108
Suicide	25	188	8	577	- 389
Pertussis	26	169	53	15	+ 154
Liver Cancer	27	144	3	1,834	- 1,690
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	134	19	243	- 109
Drownings	29	132	26	151	- 20
Falls	30	116	18	244	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	111	23	192	- 81
Inflammatory/Heart	32	104	16	263	- 159
Fires	33	99	31	94	+ 5
Prostate Cancer	34	99	52	18	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	35	95	25	155	- 60
Stomach Cancer	36	83	6	617	- 534
Epilepsy	37	83	34	80	+ 3
Poisonings	38	79	33	89	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	69	32	93	- 24
Drug Use	40	67	45	33	+ 34
Syphilis	41	65	44	34	+ 30
Lymphomas	42	47	42	43	+ 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	46	28	129	- 83
Parkinson's Disease	44	42	39	55	- 13
Tetanus	45	37	60	2	+ 35
Schistosomiasis	46	36	78	0	+ 36
Hepatitis B	47	33	55	10	+ 23
Skin Cancers	48	31	54	13	+ 18
Lung Cancers	49	31	10	411	- 381
Oral Cancer	50	30	37	61	- 32
Skin Disease	51	29	51	18	+ 11
Bladder Cancer	52	28	50	19	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	53	28	41	45	- 18
Pancreas Cancer	54	22	30	94	- 72
Alcohol	55	19	7	582	- 564
Encephalitis	56	18	43	40	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	57	13	13	366	- 352
Measles	58	13	69	0	+ 13
Leukemia	59	13	46	30	- 16
Uterin Cancer	60	11	57	7	+ 4
Appendicitis	61	10	47	25	- 16
Ascariasis	62	5	67	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	63	5	62	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	4	61	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	4	59	3	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	4	58	3	+ 0
War	67	3	63	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	3	56	8	- 6
Diphtheria	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MONGOLIA

Sierra Leone

Mongolia

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.