SIERRA LEONE VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SIERRA LEONE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	13,716	5	3,769	+ 9,947
Coronary Heart Disease	2	7,929	4	4,027	+ 3,902
Lung Disease	3	3,094	20	791	+ 2,303
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,920	14	1,190	+ 1,731
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,542	8	2,581	- 39
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,528	28	373	+ 2,154
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,401	1	7,420	- 5,019
Kidney Disease	8	2,178	15	1,082	+ 1,095
Liver Cancer	9	2,156	27	400	+ 1,756
Liver Disease	10	2,061	13	1,312	+ 749
Lung Cancers	11	1,836	49	85	+ 1,751
Hypertension	12	1,714	21	623	+ 1,091
Falls	13	1,330	30	324	+ 1,007
Stomach Cancer	14	1,305	36	232	+ 1,073
Tuberculosis	15	815	10	2,414	- 1,600
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	712	39	192	+ 520
Asthma	17	703	24	613	+ 90
Suicide	18	625	25	521	+ 104
Low Birth Weight	19	615	7	2,791	- 2,176
Oral Cancer	20	611	50	82	+ 529
Congenital Anomalies	21	609	11	1,532	- 923
Breast Cancer	22	534	23	615	- 82
Other Injuries	23	478	16	1,040	- 563
Inflammatory/Heart	24	462	32	288	+ 174
Parkinson's Disease	25	460	44	117	+ 344
Drownings	26	440	29	366	+ 73
HIV/AIDS	27	431	9	2,546	- 2,115
Leukemia	28	423	59	37	+ 386
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	379	3	5,275	- 4,896
Lymphomas	30	256	42	132	+ 124
Cervical Cancer	31	206	35	264	- 57
Birth Trauma	32	202	6	2,888	- 2,686
Oesophagus Cancer	33	195	57	37	+ 158
Endocrine Disorders	34	180	19	798	- 618
Prostate Cancer	35	165	34	274	- 109
Violence	36	154	22	618	- 464
Measles	37	154	58	37	+ 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	147	43	127	+ 21
Encephalitis	39	134	56	50	+ 84
Skin Disease	40	131	51	81	+ 50
Drug Use	41	118	40	185	- 68
Uterin Cancer	42	100	60	31	+ 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	83	31	308	- 225
Pancreas Cancer	44	80	54	62	+ 19
Bladder Cancer	45	77	52	78	- 1
Alcohol	46	75	55	52	+ 23
Ovary Cancer	47	74	53	77	- 2
Poisonings	48	72	38	218	- 146
Maternal Conditions	49	67	18	880	- 813
Pertussis	50	61	26	469	- 408
Meningitis	51	54	12	1,415	- 1,361
Fires	52	51	33	275	- 224
Epilepsy	53	50	37	230	- 180
Skin Cancers	54	40	48	86	- 45
Hepatitis B	55	33	47	92	- 59
Syphilis	56	28	41	180	- 152
Other Neoplasms	57	28	66	10	+ 18
Tetanus	58	25	45	103	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	19	68	7	+ 12
Appendicitis	60	17	61	27	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	61	12	65	10	+ 1
Dengue	62	11	72	0	+ 11
Malnutrition	63	10	17	924	- 913
Hepatitis C	64	7	63	13	- 7
War	65	3	67	8	- 6
Upper Respiratory	66	3	64	10	- 8
Malaria	67	1	2	6,824	- 6,823
Ascariasis	68	1	62	15	- 14
Diphtheria	69	0	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	46	101	- 101
Leishmaniasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SIERRA LEONE

Viet Nam

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.