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Sierra Leone
COUNTRY #1
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SIERRA LEONE VS UNITED STATES

Compare Sierra Leone and United States 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.

United States
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
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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United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
       
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
  
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
  
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
  
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
  
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
38.4
39.5
39.0
183
183
183
  
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
47.4
48.7
48.1
182
182
182
  
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
59.6
61.9
60.8
171
178
174
  
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.6
61.9
171
178
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age
59.6
61.9
171
178
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
67.3
68.9
148
167
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
68.1
69.7
145
165
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
68.6
70.1
145
164
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
69.0
70.5
143
164
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
69.5
71.0
143
163
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
70.0
71.5
143
163
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
70.7
72.2
143
164
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
71.4
73.0
138
164
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
72.4
73.8
138
164
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
73.5
74.8
135
165
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
74.9
76.0
136
167
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
76.4
77.4
135
166
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
78.4
79.2
135
165
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
80.6
81.3
130
162
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
83.3
83.9
123
152
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
86.3
86.7
120
138
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.7
90.1
102
123
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
139.43
58
73.49
142
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
131.43
9
8.86
163
3. Stroke
120.14
40
22.27
164
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
91.13
8
1.55
114
5. Malaria
61.60
1
0.00
180
6. Tuberculosis
43.58
23
0.09
178
7. Road Traffic Accidents
41.61
21
11.10
120
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.99
62
10.58
144
9. HIV/AIDS
34.17
30
1.37
113
10. Liver Disease
33.30
49
8.98
134
11. Kidney Disease
30.17
59
13.08
127
12. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
15.93
105
13. Lung Disease
27.43
66
28.49
60
14. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
11.64
126
15. Hypertension
20.30
81
10.26
133
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.29
62
33.26
8
17. Meningitis
18.76
7
0.15
166
18. Asthma
17.26
27
0.84
141
19. Other Injuries
15.78
17
5.11
130
20. Birth Trauma
13.12
8
0.42
157
21. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
2.77
151
22. Low Birth Weight
12.61
15
2.37
138
23. Maternal Conditions
12.40
23
0.26
129
24. Suicide
11.25
56
14.51
31
25. Malnutrition
11.15
27
0.90
104
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.44
6
3.78
140
27. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
4.69
110
28. Endocrine Disorders
9.40
23
8.22
28
29. Falls
8.98
33
5.68
90
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.40
20
0.55
170
31. Violence
8.04
61
6.00
81
32. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
2.24
173
33. Inflammatory/Heart
6.88
51
5.64
73
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
10.28
71
35. Parkinson's Disease
5.12
48
4.55
68
36. Fires
4.26
23
0.73
124
37. Drownings
3.97
47
1.19
140
38. Pertussis
3.69
19
0.01
135
39. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
4.70
79
40. Epilepsy
3.49
16
0.78
159
41. Drug Use
3.17
24
21.28
1
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.14
39
0.55
152
43. Lymphomas
3.11
143
6.36
31
44. Poisonings
2.88
19
0.46
102
45. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
2.36
57
46. Schistosomiasis
2.53
14
0.00
179
47. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
25.54
24
48. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
2.84
61
49. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
2.01
132
50. Skin Disease
2.01
67
0.86
115
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,420
12.24
60,317
2.41
2. Malaria
6,824
11.25
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,275
8.70
9,955
0.40
4. Coronary Heart Disease
4,027
6.64
504,904
20.15
5. Stroke
3,769
6.22
158,520
6.33
6. Birth Trauma
2,888
4.76
1,233
0.05
7. Low Birth Weight
2,791
4.60
6,924
0.28
8. Road Traffic Accidents
2,581
4.26
41,694
1.66
9. HIV/AIDS
2,546
4.20
5,660
0.23
10. Tuberculosis
2,414
3.98
546
0.02
11. Congenital Anomalies
1,532
2.53
11,762
0.47
12. Meningitis
1,415
2.33
606
0.02
13. Liver Disease
1,312
2.16
43,402
1.73
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,190
1.96
61,418
2.45
15. Kidney Disease
1,082
1.78
85,861
3.43
16. Other Injuries
1,040
1.72
25,997
1.04
17. Malnutrition
924
1.52
6,762
0.27
18. Maternal Conditions
880
1.45
779
0.03
19. Endocrine Disorders
798
1.32
46,985
1.87
20. Lung Disease
791
1.30
195,387
7.80
21. Hypertension
623
1.03
65,960
2.63
22. Violence
618
1.02
18,976
0.76
23. Breast Cancer
615
1.01
48,671
1.94
24. Asthma
613
1.01
3,818
0.15
25. Suicide
521
0.86
53,099
2.12
26. Pertussis
469
0.77
16
0.00
27. Liver Cancer
400
0.66
27,064
1.08
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
373
0.62
287,198
11.46
29. Drownings
366
0.60
4,070
0.16
30. Falls
324
0.53
40,418
1.61
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
308
0.51
3,461
0.14
32. Inflammatory/Heart
288
0.47
32,529
1.30
33. Fires
275
0.45
3,183
0.13
34. Prostate Cancer
274
0.45
35,612
1.42
35. Cervical Cancer
264
0.44
6,984
0.28
36. Stomach Cancer
232
0.38
13,077
0.52
37. Epilepsy
230
0.38
3,162
0.13
38. Poisonings
218
0.36
1,674
0.07
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
192
0.32
61,827
2.47
40. Drug Use
185
0.31
74,435
2.97
41. Syphilis
180
0.30
49
0.00
42. Lymphomas
132
0.22
40,281
1.61
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
127
0.21
3,646
0.15
44. Parkinson's Disease
117
0.19
34,491
1.38
45. Tetanus
103
0.17
2
0.00
46. Schistosomiasis
101
0.17
1
0.00
47. Hepatitis B
92
0.15
608
0.02
48. Skin Cancers
86
0.14
14,311
0.57
49. Lung Cancers
85
0.14
155,533
6.21
50. Oral Cancer
82
0.14
11,555
0.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone SIERRA LEONE   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
28.09
16
15.93
105
2. Prostate Cancer
25.99
38
11.64
126
3. Cervical Cancer
13.10
66
2.77
151
4. Liver Cancer
10.33
29
4.69
110
5. Stomach Cancer
6.96
78
2.24
173
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.44
145
10.28
71
7. Ovary Cancer
3.62
125
4.70
79
8. Lymphomas
3.11
143
6.36
31
9. Skin Cancers
2.64
45
2.36
57
10. Lung Cancers
2.37
169
25.54
24
11. Bladder Cancer
2.29
77
2.84
61
12. Oral Cancer
2.18
125
2.01
132
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.68
150
7.26
36
14. Uterin Cancer
1.66
130
3.11
50
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.92
159
3.04
71
16. Leukemia
0.73
177
4.43
49
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.