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Sierra Leone
COUNTRY #1
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SIERRA LEONE VS JAPAN

Compare Sierra Leone and Japan 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.

Japan
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Sierra Leone Population Pyramid
12,944,875
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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
38.4
39.5
39.0
183
183
183
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
47.4
48.7
48.1
182
182
182
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
59.6
61.9
60.8
171
178
174
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.6
61.9
171
178
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
59.6
61.9
171
178
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
67.3
68.9
148
167
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
68.1
69.7
145
165
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
68.6
70.1
145
164
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
69.0
70.5
143
164
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
69.5
71.0
143
163
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
70.0
71.5
143
163
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
70.7
72.2
143
164
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
71.4
73.0
138
164
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
72.4
73.8
138
164
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
73.5
74.8
135
165
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
74.9
76.0
136
167
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
76.4
77.4
135
166
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
78.4
79.2
135
165
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
80.6
81.3
130
162
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
83.3
83.9
123
152
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
86.3
86.7
120
138
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
89.7
90.1
102
123
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
139.43
58
30.62
181
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
131.43
9
16.56
129
3. Stroke
120.14
40
23.21
161
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
91.13
8
0.53
161
5. Malaria
61.60
1
0.00
120
6. Tuberculosis
43.58
23
0.53
140
7. Road Traffic Accidents
41.61
21
2.21
175
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.99
62
1.35
182
9. HIV/AIDS
34.17
30
0.03
164
10. Liver Disease
33.30
49
4.78
164
11. Kidney Disease
30.17
59
7.61
154
12. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
10.31
155
13. Lung Disease
27.43
66
12.69
156
14. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
6.05
157
15. Hypertension
20.30
81
1.07
183
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.29
62
7.87
159
17. Meningitis
18.76
7
0.09
180
18. Asthma
17.26
27
0.36
174
19. Other Injuries
15.78
17
4.92
133
20. Birth Trauma
13.12
8
0.17
180
21. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
2.73
152
22. Low Birth Weight
12.61
15
0.32
183
23. Maternal Conditions
12.40
23
0.04
175
24. Suicide
11.25
56
12.24
49
25. Malnutrition
11.15
27
0.41
118
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.44
6
2.49
167
27. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
6.62
62
28. Endocrine Disorders
9.40
23
2.36
135
29. Falls
8.98
33
1.98
173
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.40
20
0.61
169
31. Violence
8.04
61
0.19
183
32. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
11.47
28
33. Inflammatory/Heart
6.88
51
2.08
163
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
13.59
37
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.12
48
2.33
156
36. Fires
4.26
23
0.33
161
37. Drownings
3.97
47
2.12
109
38. Pertussis
3.69
19
0.00
149
39. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
3.30
136
40. Epilepsy
3.49
16
0.51
176
41. Drug Use
3.17
24
0.33
177
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.14
39
0.40
162
43. Lymphomas
3.11
143
4.22
111
44. Poisonings
2.88
19
0.14
160
45. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
0.42
167
46. Schistosomiasis
2.53
14
0.00
125
47. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
18.06
66
48. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
1.86
104
49. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
2.19
124
50. Skin Disease
2.01
67
0.47
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,420
12.24
107,899
9.77
2. Malaria
6,824
11.25
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,275
8.70
2,731
0.25
4. Coronary Heart Disease
4,027
6.64
163,905
14.84
5. Stroke
3,769
6.22
121,823
11.03
6. Birth Trauma
2,888
4.76
104
0.01
7. Low Birth Weight
2,791
4.60
202
0.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
2,581
4.26
4,566
0.41
9. HIV/AIDS
2,546
4.20
48
0.00
10. Tuberculosis
2,414
3.98
3,459
0.31
11. Congenital Anomalies
1,532
2.53
2,473
0.22
12. Meningitis
1,415
2.33
308
0.03
13. Liver Disease
1,312
2.16
14,195
1.29
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,190
1.96
5,433
0.49
15. Kidney Disease
1,082
1.78
44,779
4.05
16. Other Injuries
1,040
1.72
22,068
2.00
17. Malnutrition
924
1.52
1,910
0.17
18. Maternal Conditions
880
1.45
39
0.00
19. Endocrine Disorders
798
1.32
11,486
1.04
20. Lung Disease
791
1.30
78,169
7.08
21. Hypertension
623
1.03
6,673
0.60
22. Violence
618
1.02
266
0.02
23. Breast Cancer
615
1.01
15,805
1.43
24. Asthma
613
1.01
1,922
0.17
25. Suicide
521
0.86
19,466
1.76
26. Pertussis
469
0.77
1
0.00
27. Liver Cancer
400
0.66
29,384
2.66
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
373
0.62
56,937
5.15
29. Drownings
366
0.60
8,409
0.76
30. Falls
324
0.53
9,736
0.88
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
308
0.51
2,922
0.26
32. Inflammatory/Heart
288
0.47
8,232
0.75
33. Fires
275
0.45
1,007
0.09
34. Prostate Cancer
274
0.45
13,515
1.22
35. Cervical Cancer
264
0.44
3,799
0.34
36. Stomach Cancer
232
0.38
50,433
4.57
37. Epilepsy
230
0.38
1,558
0.14
38. Poisonings
218
0.36
255
0.02
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
192
0.32
57,340
5.19
40. Drug Use
185
0.31
732
0.07
41. Syphilis
180
0.30
16
0.00
42. Lymphomas
132
0.22
19,273
1.74
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
127
0.21
2,555
0.23
44. Parkinson's Disease
117
0.19
14,007
1.27
45. Tetanus
103
0.17
9
0.00
46. Schistosomiasis
101
0.17
0
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
92
0.15
1,423
0.13
48. Skin Cancers
86
0.14
1,843
0.17
49. Lung Cancers
85
0.14
79,688
7.21
50. Oral Cancer
82
0.14
8,333
0.75
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
10.31
155
2. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
6.05
157
3. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
2.73
152
4. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
6.62
62
5. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
11.47
28
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
13.59
37
7. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
3.30
136
8. Lymphomas
3.11
143
4.22
111
9. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
0.42
167
10. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
18.06
66
11. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
1.86
104
12. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
2.19
124
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.68
150
8.87
10
14. Uterin Cancer
1.66
130
2.02
106
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.92
159
3.28
61
16. Leukemia
0.73
177
2.76
133
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.