SIERRA LEONE VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,914	4	4,027	+ 6,887
Diabetes Mellitus	2	5,170	14	1,190	+ 3,980
Lung Disease	3	3,924	20	791	+ 3,132
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	2,879	28	373	+ 2,506
Kidney Disease	5	2,846	15	1,082	+ 1,763
Stroke	6	2,824	5	3,769	- 945
Asthma	7	2,685	24	613	+ 2,072
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,123	1	7,420	- 5,297
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,743	8	2,581	- 839
Suicide	10	1,235	25	521	+ 714
Oral Cancer	11	1,200	50	82	+ 1,118
Lung Cancers	12	736	49	85	+ 651
Oesophagus Cancer	13	641	57	37	+ 604
Other Injuries	14	635	16	1,040	- 406
Breast Cancer	15	574	23	615	- 42
Stomach Cancer	16	548	36	232	+ 316
Liver Disease	17	541	13	1,312	- 772
Leukemia	18	479	59	37	+ 442
Liver Cancer	19	452	27	400	+ 52
Hypertension	20	438	21	623	- 185
Lymphomas	21	426	42	132	+ 294
Congenital Anomalies	22	410	11	1,532	- 1,122
Falls	23	400	30	324	+ 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	378	39	192	+ 186
Tuberculosis	25	319	10	2,414	- 2,095
Cervical Cancer	26	316	35	264	+ 53
Drownings	27	303	29	366	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	251	3	5,275	- 5,024
Low Birth Weight	29	222	7	2,791	- 2,568
Prostate Cancer	30	210	34	274	- 64
Violence	31	207	22	618	- 411
Endocrine Disorders	32	192	19	798	- 606
Anemia	33	185	85	0	+ 185
Bladder Cancer	34	179	52	78	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	35	176	32	288	- 112
Skin Disease	36	121	51	81	+ 41
Ovary Cancer	37	117	53	77	+ 40
War	38	116	67	8	+ 108
Epilepsy	39	112	37	230	- 119
Drug Use	40	107	40	185	- 79
Fires	41	99	33	275	- 176
Uterin Cancer	42	90	60	31	+ 60
Pancreas Cancer	43	89	54	62	+ 27
Birth Trauma	44	80	6	2,888	- 2,808
Parkinson's Disease	45	70	44	117	- 47
Meningitis	46	61	12	1,415	- 1,354
Dengue	47	54	72	0	+ 54
Maternal Conditions	48	40	18	880	- 840
Poisonings	49	39	38	218	- 179
Other Neoplasms	50	36	66	10	+ 25
Alcohol	51	34	55	52	- 18
Skin Cancers	52	24	48	86	- 62
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	21	43	127	- 106
Malnutrition	54	18	17	924	- 906
HIV/AIDS	55	16	9	2,546	- 2,530
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	16	31	308	- 292
Tetanus	57	11	45	103	- 91
Syphilis	58	6	41	180	- 174
Pertussis	59	6	26	469	- 462
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	5	68	7	- 3
Encephalitis	61	4	56	50	- 46
Hepatitis B	62	2	47	92	- 89
Leprosy	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Appendicitis	64	2	61	27	- 25
Schizophrenia	65	2	84	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	10	- 9
Osteoarthritis	67	1	80	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	69	1	65	10	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	1	81	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	62	15	- 15
Leishmaniasis	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	74	0	69	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	75	0	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	58	37	- 37
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Schistosomiasis	81	0	46	101	- 101
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	77	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	70	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Sri Lanka

Sierra Leone

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.