NICARAGUA VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,431	7	1,152	+ 4,280
Malaria	2	4,995	83	0	+ 4,995
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	3,861	36	122	+ 3,739
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,948	1	5,843	- 2,896
Stroke	5	2,759	3	2,225	+ 534
Birth Trauma	6	2,114	25	198	+ 1,916
Low Birth Weight	7	2,043	13	490	+ 1,553
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,890	8	1,109	+ 781
HIV/AIDS	9	1,864	35	139	+ 1,724
Tuberculosis	10	1,767	37	115	+ 1,653
Congenital Anomalies	11	1,122	11	571	+ 551
Meningitis	12	1,036	51	29	+ 1,007
Liver Disease	13	961	6	1,203	- 242
Diabetes Mellitus	14	871	4	2,068	- 1,197
Kidney Disease	15	792	2	3,533	- 2,741
Other Injuries	16	762	17	358	+ 404
Malnutrition	17	676	30	163	+ 513
Maternal Conditions	18	644	39	88	+ 556
Endocrine Disorders	19	584	28	164	+ 420
Lung Disease	20	579	5	1,570	- 990
Hypertension	21	456	9	1,103	- 647
Violence	22	452	10	619	- 166
Breast Cancer	23	451	20	283	+ 168
Asthma	24	449	38	105	+ 344
Suicide	25	382	19	285	+ 97
Pertussis	26	343	67	3	+ 340
Liver Cancer	27	293	12	509	- 216
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	273	33	149	+ 124
Drownings	29	268	32	157	+ 111
Falls	30	237	22	276	- 39
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	225	40	85	+ 140
Inflammatory/Heart	32	211	34	139	+ 71
Fires	33	201	57	16	+ 185
Prostate Cancer	34	200	15	386	- 185
Cervical Cancer	35	193	16	374	- 181
Stomach Cancer	36	170	14	478	- 308
Epilepsy	37	169	41	74	+ 94
Poisonings	38	160	55	18	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	141	18	315	- 175
Drug Use	40	136	46	50	+ 85
Syphilis	41	132	60	9	+ 122
Lymphomas	42	97	29	164	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	93	54	20	+ 73
Parkinson's Disease	44	85	42	67	+ 19
Tetanus	45	75	79	0	+ 75
Schistosomiasis	46	74	84	0	+ 74
Hepatitis B	47	67	62	5	+ 62
Skin Cancers	48	63	45	59	+ 4
Lung Cancers	49	62	23	274	- 212
Oral Cancer	50	60	43	64	- 4
Skin Disease	51	59	31	162	- 103
Bladder Cancer	52	57	52	28	+ 29
Ovary Cancer	53	56	44	61	- 5
Pancreas Cancer	54	45	27	178	- 133
Alcohol	55	38	21	279	- 241
Encephalitis	56	37	58	10	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	57	27	47	42	- 15
Measles	58	27	78	0	+ 27
Leukemia	59	27	24	227	- 200
Uterin Cancer	60	23	48	39	- 16
Appendicitis	61	20	49	32	- 12
Ascariasis	62	11	69	1	+ 10
Hepatitis C	63	10	68	1	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	64	8	72	1	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	65	8	61	7	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	66	8	26	192	- 185
War	67	6	70	1	+ 6
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	5	50	31	- 25
Diphtheria	69	3	77	0	+ 3
Chlamydia	70	1	74	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	65	4	- 4
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	82	0	63	5	- 5
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	66	3	- 3
Anemia	85	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Sierra Leone

Nicaragua

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.