SWAZILAND VS SIERRA LEONE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SIERRA LEONE		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	926	2	921	+ 5
Malaria	2	851	67	0	+ 851
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	658	6	517	+ 141
Coronary Heart Disease	4	502	5	755	- 252
Stroke	5	470	4	800	- 330
Birth Trauma	6	360	18	166	+ 194
Low Birth Weight	7	348	14	233	+ 115
Road Traffic Accidents	8	322	7	384	- 62
HIV/AIDS	9	318	1	2,314	- 1,996
Tuberculosis	10	301	13	256	+ 45
Congenital Anomalies	11	191	19	160	+ 31
Meningitis	12	177	23	97	+ 79
Liver Disease	13	164	11	274	- 110
Diabetes Mellitus	14	148	3	892	- 744
Kidney Disease	15	135	8	381	- 246
Other Injuries	16	130	17	190	- 60
Malnutrition	17	115	22	106	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	18	110	21	116	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	19	100	28	74	+ 25
Lung Disease	20	99	12	264	- 166
Hypertension	21	78	10	292	- 214
Violence	22	77	16	212	- 135
Breast Cancer	23	77	35	37	+ 40
Asthma	24	76	20	150	- 73
Suicide	25	65	9	338	- 273
Pertussis	26	58	33	39	+ 20
Liver Cancer	27	50	37	29	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	28	47	27	77	- 30
Drownings	29	46	25	87	- 41
Falls	30	40	32	41	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	38	29	51	- 12
Inflammatory/Heart	32	36	24	94	- 58
Fires	33	34	26	84	- 49
Prostate Cancer	34	34	31	45	- 11
Cervical Cancer	35	33	15	215	- 182
Stomach Cancer	36	29	53	7	+ 22
Epilepsy	37	29	30	46	- 17
Poisonings	38	27	34	37	- 10
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	24	43	19	+ 5
Drug Use	40	23	38	27	- 4
Syphilis	41	22	45	17	+ 5
Lymphomas	42	16	36	31	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	16	39	26	- 10
Parkinson's Disease	44	15	41	24	- 9
Tetanus	45	13	62	4	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	46	13	49	13	- 0
Hepatitis B	47	11	57	6	+ 6
Skin Cancers	48	11	42	20	- 9
Lung Cancers	49	11	46	17	- 6
Oral Cancer	50	10	51	10	+ 0
Skin Disease	51	10	40	25	- 15
Bladder Cancer	52	10	55	6	+ 4
Ovary Cancer	53	10	52	10	- 0
Pancreas Cancer	54	8	56	6	+ 2
Alcohol	55	6	48	16	- 10
Encephalitis	56	6	59	5	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	57	5	44	18	- 14
Measles	58	5	64	1	+ 4
Leukemia	59	5	47	16	- 12
Uterin Cancer	60	4	50	11	- 8
Appendicitis	61	3	54	7	- 3
Ascariasis	62	2	66	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	63	2	65	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	64	1	60	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	65	1	63	1	- 0
Other Neoplasms	66	1	61	4	- 3
War	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	68	1	58	5	- 4
Diphtheria	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Sierra Leone

Swaziland

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.