NEW ZEALAND VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,198	7	920	+ 3,278
Malaria	2	3,861	78	0	+ 3,861
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,985	37	81	+ 2,904
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,279	1	5,095	- 2,816
Stroke	5	2,133	3	2,378	- 246
Birth Trauma	6	1,634	54	15	+ 1,620
Low Birth Weight	7	1,579	38	78	+ 1,501
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,461	16	458	+ 1,003
HIV/AIDS	9	1,441	57	10	+ 1,430
Tuberculosis	10	1,366	52	17	+ 1,349
Congenital Anomalies	11	867	30	176	+ 692
Meningitis	12	801	59	9	+ 792
Liver Disease	13	743	32	158	+ 585
Diabetes Mellitus	14	673	8	769	- 95
Kidney Disease	15	612	17	432	+ 180
Other Injuries	16	589	28	218	+ 371
Malnutrition	17	523	55	14	+ 509
Maternal Conditions	18	498	63	5	+ 493
Endocrine Disorders	19	451	21	325	+ 127
Lung Disease	20	448	5	1,815	- 1,367
Hypertension	21	353	20	327	+ 26
Violence	22	350	42	57	+ 292
Breast Cancer	23	348	10	737	- 389
Asthma	24	347	36	91	+ 256
Suicide	25	295	15	528	- 233
Pertussis	26	265	65	1	+ 264
Liver Cancer	27	226	24	288	- 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	211	2	3,032	- 2,821
Drownings	29	207	44	54	+ 153
Falls	30	183	11	627	- 443
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	174	39	70	+ 104
Inflammatory/Heart	32	163	23	313	- 150
Fires	33	156	53	17	+ 139
Prostate Cancer	34	155	9	739	- 584
Cervical Cancer	35	149	41	61	+ 88
Stomach Cancer	36	131	22	323	- 192
Epilepsy	37	130	43	55	+ 75
Poisonings	38	123	58	9	+ 114
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	109	6	1,495	- 1,386
Drug Use	40	105	40	69	+ 36
Syphilis	41	102	70	0	+ 101
Lymphomas	42	75	13	608	- 533
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	72	35	113	- 41
Parkinson's Disease	44	66	19	353	- 287
Tetanus	45	58	69	0	+ 58
Schistosomiasis	46	57	77	0	+ 57
Hepatitis B	47	52	56	14	+ 38
Skin Cancers	48	49	12	612	- 563
Lung Cancers	49	48	4	1,873	- 1,825
Oral Cancer	50	47	31	164	- 117
Skin Disease	51	46	34	118	- 72
Bladder Cancer	52	44	26	267	- 223
Ovary Cancer	53	44	29	207	- 163
Pancreas Cancer	54	35	14	543	- 508
Alcohol	55	29	45	51	- 22
Encephalitis	56	28	66	1	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	57	21	25	279	- 258
Measles	58	21	82	0	+ 21
Leukemia	59	21	18	391	- 370
Uterin Cancer	60	17	33	145	- 127
Appendicitis	61	15	62	6	+ 9
Ascariasis	62	8	76	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	63	8	48	30	- 22
Upper Respiratory	64	6	64	4	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	65	6	47	43	- 38
Other Neoplasms	66	6	27	245	- 239
War	67	5	68	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	4	46	47	- 43
Diphtheria	69	2	83	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	60	8	- 8
Anemia	85	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Sierra Leone

New Zealand

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.