SIERRA LEONE VS VENEZUELA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VENEZUELA		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,853	4	4,027	+ 3,826
Violence	2	5,292	22	618	+ 4,675
Stroke	3	3,541	5	3,769	- 228
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,262	14	1,190	+ 2,072
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,248	8	2,581	+ 666
HIV/AIDS	6	2,186	9	2,546	- 360
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,098	1	7,420	- 5,322
Kidney Disease	8	1,731	15	1,082	+ 649
Hypertension	9	1,516	21	623	+ 893
Lung Disease	10	1,503	20	791	+ 712
Lung Cancers	11	1,138	49	85	+ 1,053
Low Birth Weight	12	901	7	2,791	- 1,890
Prostate Cancer	13	831	34	274	+ 558
Congenital Anomalies	14	831	11	1,532	- 702
Breast Cancer	15	748	23	615	+ 133
Liver Disease	16	683	13	1,312	- 629
Stomach Cancer	17	635	36	232	+ 403
Other Neoplasms	18	633	66	10	+ 622
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	595	39	192	+ 402
Cervical Cancer	20	580	35	264	+ 316
Other Injuries	21	494	16	1,040	- 546
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	397	3	5,275	- 4,878
Lymphomas	23	364	42	132	+ 232
Birth Trauma	24	317	6	2,888	- 2,571
Pancreas Cancer	25	316	54	62	+ 254
Liver Cancer	26	300	27	400	- 100
Leukemia	27	294	59	37	+ 257
Falls	28	253	30	324	- 71
Chagas disease	29	241	77	0	+ 241
Endocrine Disorders	30	222	19	798	- 576
Tuberculosis	31	218	10	2,414	- 2,196
Malnutrition	32	184	17	924	- 740
Inflammatory/Heart	33	175	32	288	- 113
Suicide	34	171	25	521	- 350
Alzheimers & Dementia	35	167	28	373	- 206
Ovary Cancer	36	164	53	77	+ 87
Skin Cancers	37	161	48	86	+ 76
Oral Cancer	38	159	50	82	+ 76
Maternal Conditions	39	123	18	880	- 757
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	122	31	308	- 186
Epilepsy	41	120	37	230	- 111
Malaria	42	117	2	6,824	- 6,707
Drownings	43	113	29	366	- 253
Oesophagus Cancer	44	108	57	37	+ 71
Bladder Cancer	45	106	52	78	+ 28
Asthma	46	91	24	613	- 522
Uterin Cancer	47	90	60	31	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	48	73	44	117	- 43
Meningitis	49	73	12	1,415	- 1,342
Drug Use	50	66	40	185	- 120
War	51	54	67	8	+ 45
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	53	68	7	+ 45
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	44	81	0	+ 44
Fires	54	42	33	275	- 233
Anemia	55	37	85	0	+ 37
Appendicitis	56	28	61	27	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	57	23	43	127	- 103
Poisonings	58	20	38	218	- 199
Dengue	59	19	72	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	60	15	65	10	+ 4
Encephalitis	61	11	56	50	- 40
Alcohol	62	10	55	52	- 42
Hepatitis B	63	9	47	92	- 83
Pertussis	64	7	26	469	- 461
Hepatitis C	65	6	63	13	- 7
Skin Disease	66	5	51	81	- 75
Syphilis	67	4	41	180	- 175
Tetanus	68	2	45	103	- 100
Schizophrenia	69	2	84	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	70	1	62	15	- 13
Leprosy	71	1	75	0	+ 1
Osteoarthritis	72	1	80	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	73	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	74	0	64	10	- 10
Otitis Media	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	46	101	- 101
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	78	0	69	4	- 4
Measles	79	0	58	37	- 37
Hookworm Disease	80	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	70	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Venezuela

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.