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Maldives
COUNTRY #1
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MALDIVES VS SIERRA LEONE

Compare Maldives and Sierra Leone health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Sierra Leone
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Maldives Population Pyramid
586,102
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Sierra Leone Population Pyramid
12,944,875
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.1
42.6
43.9
111
140
124
  
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
1970
51.5
48.9
50.2
109
132
120
  
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
1980
57.4
54.8
56.1
110
132
123
  
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
1990
61.8
59.2
60.5
112
138
128
  
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
2000
68.9
70.4
69.6
71
108
96
  
38.4
39.5
39.0
183
183
183
2010
75.6
78.0
76.7
34
53
36
  
47.4
48.7
48.1
182
182
182
2019
78.6
80.8
79.6
28
41
33
  
59.6
61.9
60.8
171
178
174
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.6
80.8
28
41
59.6
61.9
171
178
Age
78.6
80.8
28
41
59.6
61.9
171
178
Age 5
79.3
81.3
27
43
67.3
68.9
148
167
Age 10
79.4
81.4
27
43
68.1
69.7
145
165
Age 15
79.5
81.5
26
43
68.6
70.1
145
164
Age 20
79.6
81.6
26
43
69.0
70.5
143
164
Age 25
79.7
81.7
28
44
69.5
71.0
143
163
Age 30
79.8
81.8
28
44
70.0
71.5
143
163
Age 35
79.9
81.9
29
45
70.7
72.2
143
164
Age 40
80.0
81.9
31
46
71.4
73.0
138
164
Age 45
80.1
82.1
31
46
72.4
73.8
138
164
Age 50
80.4
82.2
34
48
73.5
74.8
135
165
Age 55
80.7
82.5
39
52
74.9
76.0
136
167
Age 60
81.4
83.1
40
55
76.4
77.4
135
166
Age 65
82.2
83.7
41
59
78.4
79.2
135
165
Age 70
83.5
84.5
48
67
80.6
81.3
130
162
Age 75
85.5
86.3
47
61
83.3
83.9
123
152
Age 80
87.7
88.3
54
60
86.3
86.7
120
138
Age 85
90.4
91.0
57
56
89.7
90.1
102
123
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
103.55
102
139.43
58
2. Stroke
52.95
123
120.14
40
3. Lung Disease
34.69
38
27.43
66
4. Kidney Disease
29.04
65
30.17
59
5. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
28.09
16
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.30
78
19.29
62
7. Diabetes Mellitus
17.38
114
37.99
62
8. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
13.10
66
9. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
2.37
169
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
11.61
151
131.43
9
11. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
10.33
29
12. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
25.99
38
13. Liver Disease
7.83
143
33.30
49
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
5.44
145
15. Endocrine Disorders
6.80
39
9.40
23
16. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.62
125
17. Hypertension
6.22
151
20.30
81
18. Falls
5.80
86
8.98
33
19. Parkinson's Disease
4.42
73
5.12
48
20. Tuberculosis
4.39
87
43.58
23
21. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.18
125
22. Other Injuries
4.22
145
15.78
17
23. Diarrhoeal diseases
4.20
83
91.13
8
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.18
130
10.44
6
25. Asthma
3.60
99
17.26
27
26. Drownings
3.18
70
3.97
47
27. Skin Disease
3.03
27
2.01
67
28. Low Birth Weight
2.91
126
12.61
15
29. Leukemia
2.87
126
0.73
177
30. Suicide
2.76
165
11.25
56
31. Lymphomas
2.62
159
3.11
143
32. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
2.29
77
33. Violence
1.95
133
8.04
61
34. Road Traffic Accidents
1.85
177
41.61
21
35. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.66
130
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.71
170
6.88
51
37. Dengue
1.54
4
0.00
100
38. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
1.68
150
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.34
137
8.40
20
40. Epilepsy
1.14
126
3.49
16
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.04
114
3.14
39
42. Malnutrition
1.00
102
11.15
27
43. Birth Trauma
0.99
123
13.12
8
44. Fires
0.99
114
4.26
23
45. Encephalitis
0.76
43
0.86
33
46. Other Neoplasms
0.75
66
0.36
115
47. Maternal Conditions
0.75
98
12.40
23
48. Drug Use
0.46
161
3.17
24
49. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
6.96
78
50. Meningitis
0.30
137
18.76
7
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
279
23.13
4,027
6.64
2. Stroke
143
11.86
3,769
6.22
3. Lung Disease
91
7.55
791
1.30
4. Kidney Disease
80
6.63
1,082
1.78
5. Diabetes Mellitus
47
3.90
1,190
1.96
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
47
3.90
373
0.62
7. Lung Cancers
36
2.99
85
0.14
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
33
2.74
7,420
12.24
9. Breast Cancer
28
2.32
615
1.01
10. Liver Cancer
27
2.24
400
0.66
11. Liver Disease
24
1.99
1,312
2.16
12. Cervical Cancer
22
1.82
264
0.44
13. Endocrine Disorders
22
1.82
798
1.32
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21
1.74
192
0.32
15. Congenital Anomalies
19
1.58
1,532
2.53
16. Falls
19
1.58
324
0.53
17. Hypertension
16
1.33
623
1.03
18. Other Injuries
16
1.33
1,040
1.72
19. Low Birth Weight
15
1.24
2,791
4.60
20. Oral Cancer
15
1.24
82
0.14
21. Suicide
15
1.24
521
0.86
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
14
1.16
5,275
8.70
23. Drownings
14
1.16
366
0.60
24. Leukemia
13
1.08
37
0.06
25. Parkinson's Disease
12
1.00
117
0.19
26. Tuberculosis
11
0.91
2,414
3.98
27. Prostate Cancer
11
0.91
274
0.45
28. Asthma
10
0.83
613
1.01
29. Violence
10
0.83
618
1.02
30. Ovary Cancer
9
0.75
77
0.13
31. Road Traffic Accidents
9
0.75
2,581
4.26
32. Dengue
8
0.66
0
0.00
33. Skin Disease
8
0.66
81
0.13
34. Lymphomas
7
0.58
132
0.22
35. Maternal Conditions
5
0.41
880
1.45
36. Birth Trauma
5
0.41
2,888
4.76
37. Bladder Cancer
5
0.41
78
0.13
38. Epilepsy
5
0.41
230
0.38
39. Inflammatory/Heart
5
0.41
288
0.47
40. Pancreas Cancer
4
0.33
62
0.10
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4
0.33
308
0.51
42. Fires
4
0.33
275
0.45
43. Encephalitis
3
0.25
50
0.08
44. Malnutrition
3
0.25
924
1.52
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3
0.25
127
0.21
46. Uterin Cancer
2
0.17
31
0.05
47. Other Neoplasms
2
0.17
10
0.02
48. Drug Use
2
0.17
185
0.31
49. Meningitis
1
0.08
1,415
2.33
50. Stomach Cancer
1
0.08
232
0.38
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Maldives MALDIVES   Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
18.52
71
28.09
16
2. Cervical Cancer
15.15
53
13.10
66
3. Lung Cancers
13.06
89
2.37
169
4. Liver Cancer
9.20
35
10.33
29
5. Prostate Cancer
8.38
139
25.99
38
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.68
109
5.44
145
7. Ovary Cancer
6.77
18
3.62
125
8. Oral Cancer
4.34
52
2.18
125
9. Leukemia
2.87
126
0.73
177
10. Lymphomas
2.62
159
3.11
143
11. Bladder Cancer
2.01
95
2.29
77
12. Uterin Cancer
1.73
127
1.66
130
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.42
156
1.68
150
14. Stomach Cancer
0.39
183
6.96
78
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.03
182
0.92
159
16. Skin Cancers
0.01
178
2.64
45
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.