SIERRA LEONE VS URUGUAY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	URUGUAY		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,356	4	4,027	+ 7,329
Stroke	2	7,589	5	3,769	+ 3,820
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,056	28	373	+ 4,682
Lung Disease	4	4,543	20	791	+ 3,752
Lung Cancers	5	3,895	49	85	+ 3,810
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	3,649	1	7,420	- 3,771
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	3,315	39	192	+ 3,123
Kidney Disease	8	2,769	15	1,082	+ 1,687
Breast Cancer	9	2,258	23	615	+ 1,643
Other Injuries	10	2,061	16	1,040	+ 1,021
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,990	14	1,190	+ 800
Suicide	12	1,958	25	521	+ 1,437
Prostate Cancer	13	1,883	34	274	+ 1,609
Pancreas Cancer	14	1,746	54	62	+ 1,684
Hypertension	15	1,726	21	623	+ 1,103
Road Traffic Accidents	16	1,362	8	2,581	- 1,219
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,297	19	798	+ 499
Stomach Cancer	18	1,279	36	232	+ 1,047
Other Neoplasms	19	1,235	66	10	+ 1,224
Lymphomas	20	1,218	42	132	+ 1,086
Parkinson's Disease	21	853	44	117	+ 736
Inflammatory/Heart	22	837	32	288	+ 549
Violence	23	786	22	618	+ 168
Oesophagus Cancer	24	762	57	37	+ 725
Leukemia	25	746	59	37	+ 710
Bladder Cancer	26	735	52	78	+ 657
Liver Disease	27	548	13	1,312	- 764
HIV/AIDS	28	520	9	2,546	- 2,026
Cervical Cancer	29	458	35	264	+ 194
Congenital Anomalies	30	453	11	1,532	- 1,079
Oral Cancer	31	445	50	82	+ 363
Ovary Cancer	32	427	53	77	+ 350
Skin Cancers	33	397	48	86	+ 311
Liver Cancer	34	392	27	400	- 8
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	358	3	5,275	- 4,917
Skin Disease	36	346	51	81	+ 265
Asthma	37	338	24	613	- 275
Uterin Cancer	38	307	60	31	+ 276
Alcohol	39	278	55	52	+ 226
Epilepsy	40	229	37	230	- 2
Tuberculosis	41	214	10	2,414	- 2,200
Low Birth Weight	42	196	7	2,791	- 2,595
Malnutrition	43	194	17	924	- 729
Anemia	44	188	85	0	+ 188
Drownings	45	172	29	366	- 194
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	151	31	308	- 157
Falls	47	146	30	324	- 177
Fires	48	145	33	275	- 130
Drug Use	49	108	40	185	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	104	43	127	- 23
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	92	68	7	+ 85
Osteoarthritis	52	86	80	0	+ 86
Birth Trauma	53	59	6	2,888	- 2,829
Schizophrenia	54	48	84	0	+ 48
Poisonings	55	44	38	218	- 174
Multiple Sclerosis	56	35	65	10	+ 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	33	81	0	+ 33
Meningitis	58	27	12	1,415	- 1,387
Appendicitis	59	24	61	27	- 3
Maternal Conditions	60	24	18	880	- 856
Chagas disease	61	13	77	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	62	13	64	10	+ 3
Hepatitis B	63	11	47	92	- 81
Encephalitis	64	10	56	50	- 40
Hepatitis C	65	9	63	13	- 4
Syphilis	66	8	41	180	- 172
Otitis Media	67	4	71	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	3	82	0	+ 3
Leprosy	69	1	75	0	+ 1
War	70	1	67	8	- 8
Tetanus	71	1	45	103	- 102
Pertussis	72	1	26	469	- 468
Diphtheria	73	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	74	0	58	37	- 37
Chlamydia	75	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	101	- 101
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	6,824	- 6,824
Ascariasis	80	0	62	15	- 15
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Uruguay

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.