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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
31.0
33.7
32.3
172
170
171
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
33.5
36.3
34.9
173
172
173
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
36.4
39.2
37.8
175
174
175
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
37.6
40.4
39.0
182
182
182
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
38.9
42.3
40.6
183
182
182
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
53.3
58.2
55.7
161
158
160
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
53.3
58.2
161
158
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
60.9
62.3
173
180
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
62.0
63.4
171
179
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
62.5
64.1
170
179
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
62.8
64.9
171
179
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
63.6
66.2
170
177
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
64.7
67.6
170
177
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
66.0
69.0
171
177
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
67.5
70.4
171
178
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
69.0
71.7
172
181
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
70.7
73.0
174
185
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
72.6
74.5
176
187
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
74.7
76.3
177
187
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
77.0
78.2
180
188
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
79.6
80.5
184
190
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
82.6
83.3
189
189
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
86.0
86.5
189
190
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
89.8
90.1
187
191
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
93.8
94.0
189
188
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.1
98.3
189
179
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.6
102.7
190
189
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Tuberculosis
225.24
1
  
0.41
170
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
207.97
6
  
23.69
125
3 Stroke
134.83
46
  
36.89
160
4 Malaria
132.55
1
  
0.01
104
5 Diarrhoeal diseases
128.18
12
  
1.95
119
6 Coronary Heart Disease
113.68
90
  
68.80
155
7 HIV/AIDS
56.02
34
  
0.40
137
8 Diabetes Mellitus
52.34
55
  
5.04
185
9 Maternal Conditions
41.92
7
  
0.15
151
10 Lung Disease
40.44
49
  
21.47
98
11 Low Birth Weight
33.96
2
  
3.39
144
12 Road Traffic Accidents
30.21
32
  
4.77
180
13 Meningitis
25.88
6
  
0.41
149
14 Birth Trauma
25.54
6
  
0.64
166
15 Kidney Disease
23.69
56
  
3.23
185
16 Hypertension
23.27
113
  
3.67
183
17 Measles
19.08
3
  
0.00
97
18 Cervical Cancer
18.91
12
  
1.38
161
19 Violence
17.98
46
  
1.14
160
20 Other Injuries
17.56
59
  
5.54
170
21 Liver Cancer
16.93
17
  
3.07
164
22 Endocrine Disorders
16.91
36
  
3.13
147
23 Prostate Cancer
16.56
15
  
8.21
58
24 Malnutrition
16.04
7
  
0.07
172
25 Asthma
15.59
36
  
1.09
153
26 Inflammatory/Heart
13.72
43
  
2.97
152
27 Breast Cancer
13.72
123
  
23.62
20
28 Pertussis
9.81
7
  
0.02
106
29 Epilepsy
8.96
23
  
1.57
104
30 Alzheimers/Dementia
7.65
73
  
17.08
14
31 Liver Disease
7.44
119
  
9.48
96
32 Schistosomiasis
6.95
27
  
0.00
64
33 Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.94
43
  
2.54
123
34 Congenital Anomalies
6.72
76
  
3.68
164
35 Suicide
6.55
106
  
6.90
101
36 Poisonings
5.91
35
  
2.81
89
37 Fires
5.86
21
  
0.45
158
38 Stomach Cancer
5.85
112
  
4.81
130
39 Lymphomas
4.31
123
  
7.35
36
40 Falls
4.29
84
  
3.51
109
41 Skin Disease
4.27
56
  
1.50
104
42 Other Neoplasms
4.15
54
  
2.95
92
43 Drownings
3.92
87
  
0.35
187
44 Vitamin A Deficiency
3.86
4
  
0.00
192
45 Lung Cancers
3.85
149
  
30.98
18
46 Anaemia
3.65
73
  
0.15
171
47 Upper Respiratory
3.63
13
  
0.07
144
48 Syphilis
3.27
17
  
0.00
147
49 Hepatitis B
2.64
29
  
0.07
177
50 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
182
  
15.49
33
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Malaria
13,262
17.77
  
5
0.00
2 Influenza & Pneumonia
10,761
14.42
  
37,348
8.00
3 Diarrhoeal diseases
8,673
11.62
  
3,081
0.66
4 Tuberculosis
7,143
9.57
  
443
0.09
5 Low Birth Weight
3,654
4.90
  
1,386
0.30
6 HIV/AIDS
2,775
3.72
  
266
0.06
7 Birth Trauma
2,748
3.68
  
262
0.06
8 Maternal Conditions
2,191
2.94
  
81
0.02
9 Stroke
2,143
2.87
  
55,919
11.98
10 Measles
2,047
2.74
  
2
0.00
11 Coronary Heart Disease
1,788
2.40
  
92,299
19.77
12 Meningitis
1,712
2.29
  
278
0.06
13 Road Traffic Accidents
1,311
1.76
  
3,073
0.66
14 Malnutrition
1,176
1.58
  
85
0.02
15 Pertussis
1,053
1.41
  
6
0.00
16 Other Injuries
1,016
1.36
  
6,029
1.29
17 Diabetes Mellitus
907
1.22
  
6,682
1.43
18 Violence
837
1.12
  
703
0.15
19 Lung Disease
650
0.87
  
29,069
6.23
20 Congenital Anomalies
645
0.86
  
1,950
0.42
21 Kidney Disease
500
0.67
  
4,804
1.03
22 Cervical Cancer
466
0.62
  
1,322
0.28
23 Liver Cancer
435
0.58
  
3,470
0.74
24 Endocrine Disorders
422
0.57
  
3,056
0.65
25 Vitamin A Deficiency
414
0.55
  
0
0.00
26 Fires
394
0.53
  
380
0.08
27 Asthma
365
0.49
  
1,260
0.27
28 Hypertension
362
0.49
  
5,191
1.11
29 Anaemia
314
0.42
  
260
0.06
30 Inflammatory/Heart
313
0.42
  
3,014
0.65
31 Epilepsy
311
0.42
  
1,201
0.26
32 Syphilis
276
0.37
  
3
0.00
33 Poisonings
235
0.31
  
1,805
0.39
34 Suicide
228
0.31
  
4,660
1.00
35 Drownings
224
0.30
  
233
0.05
36 Upper Respiratory
223
0.30
  
56
0.01
37 Schistosomiasis
199
0.27
  
1
0.00
38 Breast Cancer
184
0.25
  
14,343
3.07
39 Liver Disease
176
0.24
  
7,767
1.66
40 Tetanus
176
0.24
  
0
0.00
41 Hepatitis B
162
0.22
  
57
0.01
42 Prostate Cancer
159
0.21
  
11,508
2.46
43 Peptic Ulcer Disease
146
0.20
  
3,294
0.71
44 Lymphomas
143
0.19
  
8,744
1.87
45 Falls
127
0.17
  
4,450
0.95
46 Stomach Cancer
113
0.15
  
6,006
1.29
47 Other Neoplasms
107
0.14
  
3,829
0.82
48 Lung Cancers
94
0.13
  
35,845
7.68
49 Trypanosomiasis
90
0.12
  
0
0.00
50 Rheumatic Heart Disease
73
0.10
  
1,204
0.26
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Cervical Cancer
18.91
12
  
1.38
161
2 Liver Cancer
16.93
17
  
3.07
164
3 Prostate Cancer
16.56
15
  
8.21
58
4 Breast Cancer
13.72
123
  
23.62
20
5 Stomach Cancer
5.85
112
  
4.81
130
6 Lymphomas
4.31
123
  
7.35
36
7 Other Neoplasms
4.15
54
  
2.95
92
8 Lung Cancers
3.85
149
  
30.98
18
9 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.55
182
  
15.49
33
10 Oral Cancer
2.19
125
  
2.39
113
11 Ovary Cancer
1.60
145
  
3.96
20
12 Leukemia
1.52
177
  
4.39
63
13 Bladder Cancer
1.16
151
  
4.27
28
14 Skin Cancers
0.96
115
  
2.74
32
15 Oesophagus Cancer
0.75
177
  
7.62
30
16 Pancreas Cancer
0.72
178
  
6.81
39
17 Uterin Cancer
0.50
144
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Sierra Leone
SIERRA LEONE		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
6,440,053
100
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.94
172
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
44.5 %
17
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
52.2 %
179
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
3.2 %
151
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
44.73
5
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
21.91
4
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
5.88
12
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
154.43
2
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.03
185
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
0.96
192
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
0.92
184
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.84
58
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
N/A
67
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
2.28
33
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
35.1
183
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
46.9
176
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
24.4
175
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
N/A
N/A
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
55.7
160
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
35.0
191
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$700
186
  
$36,600
23
 

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