SIERRA LEONE VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,467	4	4,027	+ 9,440
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	7,660	28	373	+ 7,287
Lung Disease	3	5,211	20	791	+ 4,420
Stroke	4	4,228	5	3,769	+ 459
Lung Cancers	5	4,148	49	85	+ 4,063
Kidney Disease	6	2,290	15	1,082	+ 1,208
Drug Use	7	1,985	40	185	+ 1,800
Hypertension	8	1,759	21	623	+ 1,136
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,649	39	192	+ 1,457
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,638	14	1,190	+ 449
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,609	1	7,420	- 5,811
Suicide	12	1,416	25	521	+ 895
Breast Cancer	13	1,298	23	615	+ 683
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,253	19	798	+ 455
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,181	54	62	+ 1,120
Liver Disease	16	1,158	13	1,312	- 155
Road Traffic Accidents	17	1,112	8	2,581	- 1,469
Falls	18	1,078	30	324	+ 754
Lymphomas	19	1,074	42	132	+ 942
Prostate Cancer	20	950	34	274	+ 676
Parkinson's Disease	21	920	44	117	+ 803
Inflammatory/Heart	22	868	32	288	+ 580
Liver Cancer	23	722	27	400	+ 322
Leukemia	24	719	59	37	+ 682
Other Injuries	25	693	16	1,040	- 347
Bladder Cancer	26	523	52	78	+ 445
Violence	27	506	22	618	- 112
Oesophagus Cancer	28	476	57	37	+ 439
Other Neoplasms	29	473	66	10	+ 463
Alcohol	30	391	55	52	+ 339
Ovary Cancer	31	389	53	77	+ 312
Skin Cancers	32	382	48	86	+ 296
Stomach Cancer	33	349	36	232	+ 117
Congenital Anomalies	34	314	11	1,532	- 1,219
Oral Cancer	35	308	50	82	+ 226
Uterin Cancer	36	268	60	31	+ 238
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	266	3	5,275	- 5,009
Cervical Cancer	38	186	35	264	- 77
Low Birth Weight	39	185	7	2,791	- 2,606
Malnutrition	40	180	17	924	- 743
Hepatitis C	41	152	63	13	+ 138
HIV/AIDS	42	151	9	2,546	- 2,395
Skin Disease	43	144	51	81	+ 64
Multiple Sclerosis	44	135	65	10	+ 125
Drownings	45	109	29	366	- 258
Asthma	46	102	24	613	- 511
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	97	43	127	- 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	92	31	308	- 216
Fires	49	85	33	275	- 190
Epilepsy	50	84	37	230	- 146
Anemia	51	83	85	0	+ 83
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	66	68	7	+ 58
Poisonings	53	45	38	218	- 174
Birth Trauma	54	33	6	2,888	- 2,855
War	55	32	67	8	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	56	21	18	880	- 859
Schizophrenia	57	19	84	0	+ 19
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	18	81	0	+ 18
Hepatitis B	59	16	47	92	- 75
Meningitis	60	16	12	1,415	- 1,399
Osteoarthritis	61	15	80	0	+ 15
Tuberculosis	62	15	10	2,414	- 2,400
Appendicitis	63	11	61	27	- 16
Oral conditions	64	8	82	0	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	65	6	64	10	- 4
Syphilis	66	1	41	180	- 179
Otitis Media	67	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	56	50	- 50
Pertussis	69	0	26	469	- 468
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	45	103	- 103
Schistosomiasis	72	0	46	101	- 101
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	76	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	58	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	81	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	62	15	- 15
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	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

United States

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.