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Sierra Leone Population Pyramid
 


Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
        World Rank
  Male Female All M F All
1960
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
1970
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
1980
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
1990
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
2000
38.9
42.3
40.6
183
182
182
2010
53.3
58.2
55.7
161
158
160
 
 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
      World Rank
  Male Female M F
At Birth
53.3
58.2
161
158
Age 5
59.9
61.3
173
180
Age 10
61.0
62.4
171
179
Age 15
61.5
63.1
170
179
Age 20
61.8
63.9
171
179
Age 25
62.6
65.2
170
177
Age 30
63.7
66.6
170
177
Age 35
65.0
68.0
171
177
Age 40
66.5
69.4
171
178
Age 45
68.0
70.7
172
181
Age 50
69.7
72.0
174
185
Age 55
71.6
73.5
176
187
Age 60
73.7
75.3
177
187
Age 65
76.0
77.2
180
188
Age 70
78.6
79.5
184
190
Age 75
81.6
82.3
189
189
Age 80
85.0
85.5
189
190
Age 85
88.8
89.1
187
191
Age 90
92.8
93.0
189
188
Age 95
97.1
97.3
189
179
Age 100
101.6
101.7
190
189
 
 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Deaths %
1 Malaria
13,262
17.77
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
10,761
14.42
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
8,673
11.62
4 Tuberculosis
7,143
9.57
5 Low Birth Weight
3,654
4.90
6 HIV/AIDS
2,775
3.72
7 Birth Trauma
2,748
3.68
8 Maternal Conditions
2,191
2.94
9 Stroke
2,143
2.87
10 Measles
2,047
2.74
11 Coronary Heart Disease
1,788
2.40
12 Meningitis
1,712
2.29
13 Road Traffic Accidents
1,311
1.76
14 Malnutrition
1,176
1.58
15 Pertussis
1,053
1.41
16 Other Injuries
1,016
1.36
17 Diabetes Mellitus
907
1.22
18 Violence
837
1.12
19 Lung Disease
650
0.87
20 Congenital Anomalies
645
0.86
21 Kidney Disease
500
0.67
22 Cervical Cancer
466
0.62
23 Liver Cancer
435
0.58
24 Endocrine Disorders
422
0.57
25 Vitamin A Deficiency
414
0.55
  Deaths %
26 Fires
394
0.53
27 Asthma
365
0.49
28 Hypertension
362
0.49
29 Anaemia
314
0.42
30 Inflammatory/Heart
313
0.42
31 Epilepsy
311
0.42
32 Syphilis
276
0.37
33 Poisonings
235
0.31
34 Suicide
228
0.31
35 Drownings
224
0.30
36 Upper Respiratory
223
0.30
37 Schistosomiasis
199
0.27
38 Breast Cancer
184
0.25
39 Liver Disease
176
0.24
40 Tetanus
176
0.24
41 Hepatitis B
162
0.22
42 Prostate Cancer
159
0.21
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
146
0.20
44 Lymphomas
143
0.19
45 Falls
127
0.17
46 Stomach Cancer
113
0.15
47 Other Neoplasms
107
0.14
48 Lung Cancers
94
0.13
49 Trypanosomiasis
90
0.12
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
73
0.10
 
 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
1 Tuberculosis
225.24
1
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
207.97
6
3 Stroke
134.83
46
4 Malaria
132.55
1
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
128.18
12
6 Coronary Heart Disease
113.68
90
7 HIV/AIDS
56.02
34
8 Diabetes Mellitus
52.34
55
9 Maternal Conditions
41.92
7
10 Lung Disease
40.44
49
11 Low Birth Weight
33.96
2
12 Road Traffic Accidents
30.21
32
13 Meningitis
25.88
6
14 Birth Trauma
25.54
6
15 Kidney Disease
23.69
56
16 Hypertension
23.27
113
17 Measles
19.08
3
18 Cervical Cancer
18.91
12
19 Violence
17.98
46
20 Other Injuries
17.56
59
21 Liver Cancer
16.93
17
22 Endocrine Disorders
16.91
36
23 Prostate Cancer
16.56
15
24 Malnutrition
16.04
7
25 Asthma
15.59
36
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
26 Inflammatory/Heart
13.72
43
27 Breast Cancer
13.72
123
28 Pertussis
9.81
7
29 Epilepsy
8.96
23
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
7.65
73
31 Liver Disease
7.44
119
32 Schistosomiasis
6.95
27
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.94
43
34 Congenital Anomalies
6.72
76
35 Suicide
6.55
106
36 Poisonings
5.91
35
37 Fires
5.86
21
38 Stomach Cancer
5.85
112
39 Lymphomas
4.31
123
40 Falls
4.29
84
41 Skin Disease
4.27
56
42 Other Neoplasms
4.15
54
43 Drownings
3.92
87
44 Vitamin A Deficiency
3.86
4
45 Lung Cancers
3.85
149
46 Anaemia
3.65
73
47 Upper Respiratory
3.63
13
48 Syphilis
3.27
17
49 Hepatitis B
2.64
29
50 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
182
 
 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
18.91
12
2 Liver Cancer
16.93
17
3 Prostate Cancer
16.56
15
4 Breast Cancer
13.72
123
5 Stomach Cancer
5.85
112
6 Lymphomas
4.31
123
7 Other Neoplasms
4.15
54
8 Lung Cancers
3.85
149
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
182
  Rate World Rank
10 Oral Cancer
2.19
125
11 Ovary Cancer
1.60
145
12 Leukemia
1.52
177
13 Bladder Cancer
1.16
151
14 Skin Cancers
0.96
115
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
177
16 Pancreas Cancer
0.72
178
17 Uterin Cancer
0.50
144
 
 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE HEALTH RISK FACTORS
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
ALCOHOL LITERS
Total Rank
9.0
56
SMOKING PERCENT
M F Rank
N/A
N/A
OBESITY PERCENT
M F Rank
3.6
16.8
138
123
HAPPINESS SCORE
Total Rank
167
139

 
Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Value World Rank
Population Total
6,440,053
100
Sex Ratio M / F
0.94
172
Population 0-14
44.5 %
17
Population 15-64
52.2 %
179
Population 65 +
3.2 %
151
Birth Rate / 1000
44.73
5
Death Rate / 1000
21.91
4
Fertulity Rate
5.88
12
Infant Mortality
154.43
2
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
0.96
192
  Value World Rank
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.92
184
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
Net Migrattion
N/A
67
Population Growth
2.28
33
Literacy Total
35.1
183
Literacy Male
46.9
176
Literacy Female
24.4
175
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
55.7
160
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
35.0
191
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$700
186
 
 
 

Latest WHO data (2010), Death Rates are age-standardized, total deaths are % of population

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