NAMIBIA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SIERRA LEONE		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,281	2	1,464	+ 816
Malaria	2	2,098	51	22	+ 2,076
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,621	8	645	+ 977
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,238	5	1,221	+ 17
Stroke	5	1,159	4	1,333	- 174
Birth Trauma	6	888	13	345	+ 543
Low Birth Weight	7	858	9	516	+ 342
Road Traffic Accidents	8	794	6	868	- 75
HIV/AIDS	9	783	1	2,928	- 2,146
Tuberculosis	10	742	3	1,416	- 674
Congenital Anomalies	11	471	16	283	+ 188
Meningitis	12	435	27	109	+ 326
Liver Disease	13	403	14	336	+ 68
Diabetes Mellitus	14	366	7	724	- 359
Kidney Disease	15	333	15	322	+ 11
Other Injuries	16	320	19	207	+ 113
Malnutrition	17	284	18	224	+ 60
Maternal Conditions	18	270	25	110	+ 160
Endocrine Disorders	19	245	33	73	+ 172
Lung Disease	20	243	10	461	- 218
Hypertension	21	192	12	428	- 236
Violence	22	190	11	450	- 260
Breast Cancer	23	189	24	121	+ 68
Asthma	24	188	20	200	- 12
Suicide	25	160	17	243	- 83
Pertussis	26	144	37	54	+ 90
Liver Cancer	27	123	41	45	+ 78
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	115	21	176	- 61
Drownings	29	113	26	110	+ 3
Falls	30	100	34	62	+ 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	95	32	76	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	32	89	22	162	- 73
Fires	33	85	28	109	- 24
Prostate Cancer	34	84	31	94	- 10
Cervical Cancer	35	81	23	133	- 52
Stomach Cancer	36	71	45	33	+ 39
Epilepsy	37	71	38	49	+ 22
Poisonings	38	67	39	46	+ 21
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	59	36	54	+ 5
Drug Use	40	57	46	32	+ 25
Syphilis	41	55	43	35	+ 21
Lymphomas	42	41	40	46	- 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	39	44	33	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	44	36	42	43	- 7
Tetanus	45	32	62	6	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	46	31	55	14	+ 17
Hepatitis B	47	28	63	4	+ 24
Skin Cancers	48	26	29	108	- 81
Lung Cancers	49	26	35	59	- 33
Oral Cancer	50	25	30	100	- 74
Skin Disease	51	25	47	31	- 6
Bladder Cancer	52	24	54	16	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	53	24	50	23	+ 0
Pancreas Cancer	54	19	53	18	+ 1
Alcohol	55	16	48	28	- 12
Encephalitis	56	15	59	8	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	57	11	52	21	- 10
Measles	58	11	65	2	+ 9
Leukemia	59	11	49	24	- 12
Uterin Cancer	60	9	56	11	- 2
Appendicitis	61	8	58	9	- 0
Ascariasis	62	5	69	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	63	4	66	1	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	64	3	61	6	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	3	60	8	- 5
War	67	3	67	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	2	57	9	- 7
Diphtheria	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Sierra Leone

Namibia

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.