Sierra Leone - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 74.63
2010 67.88
2015 65.29
2019 56.68

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.71
2010 6.62
2015 7.51
2019 9.25

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 18.67
2010 25.50
2015 27.20
2019 34.07

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Sierra Leone was 24.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.50 in 2010, while its lowest value was 22.00 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 22.00
2001 22.70
2002 23.30
2003 23.80
2004 23.70
2005 23.90
2006 25.00
2007 25.40
2008 25.90
2009 26.20
2010 26.50
2011 26.20
2012 26.20
2013 25.60
2014 24.60
2015 24.60
2016 25.10
2017 25.00
2018 25.00
2019 24.90

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Sierra Leone was 22.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.50 in 2006, while its lowest value was 22.10 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 24.20
2001 24.50
2002 24.80
2003 25.00
2004 25.00
2005 24.80
2006 25.50
2007 25.30
2008 25.30
2009 25.10
2010 25.00
2011 24.40
2012 24.20
2013 23.30
2014 22.50
2015 22.10
2016 22.20
2017 22.20
2018 22.30
2019 22.10

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Sierra Leone was 23.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.80 in 2010, while its lowest value was 23.00 in 2000.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.00
2001 23.50
2002 24.00
2003 24.30
2004 24.30
2005 24.30
2006 25.30
2007 25.40
2008 25.60
2009 25.70
2010 25.80
2011 25.40
2012 25.20
2013 24.50
2014 23.60
2015 23.40
2016 23.70
2017 23.70
2018 23.70
2019 23.50

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 333.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 314.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 324.10

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Sierra Leone was 2.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.40 in 2004 and a minimum value of 2.70 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.00
2001 3.30
2002 3.30
2003 3.30
2004 3.40
2005 3.20
2006 3.10
2007 3.10
2008 3.10
2009 2.90
2010 3.00
2011 2.90
2012 3.00
2013 3.10
2014 3.10
2015 3.10
2016 2.90
2017 2.70
2018 2.90
2019 2.80

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Sierra Leone was 2.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.60 in 2004 and a minimum value of 2.10 in 2009.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.20
2001 2.40
2002 2.50
2003 2.40
2004 2.60
2005 2.40
2006 2.30
2007 2.20
2008 2.30
2009 2.10
2010 2.20
2011 2.20
2012 2.30
2013 2.50
2014 2.50
2015 2.50
2016 2.40
2017 2.20
2018 2.30
2019 2.30

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Sierra Leone was 3.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.30 in 2004 and a minimum value of 3.20 in 2017.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.80
2001 4.20
2002 4.20
2003 4.10
2004 4.30
2005 4.00
2006 4.00
2007 3.90
2008 3.80
2009 3.60
2010 3.70
2011 3.60
2012 3.70
2013 3.70
2014 3.70
2015 3.70
2016 3.50
2017 3.20
2018 3.40
2019 3.30

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Sierra Leone was 5.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.10 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3.70 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.70
2001 3.90
2002 4.10
2003 4.20
2004 4.10
2005 4.10
2006 4.40
2007 4.40
2008 4.50
2009 4.60
2010 4.80
2011 4.70
2012 4.80
2013 4.60
2014 4.40
2015 4.20
2016 4.50
2017 4.70
2018 4.90
2019 5.10

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Sierra Leone was 8.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.70 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7.60 in 2015.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 7.70
2001 7.90
2002 8.00
2003 8.10
2004 8.10
2005 8.00
2006 8.60
2007 8.50
2008 8.60
2009 8.60
2010 8.70
2011 8.30
2012 8.50
2013 8.10
2014 8.00
2015 7.60
2016 7.80
2017 7.90
2018 8.20
2019 8.30

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Sierra Leone was 6.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.80 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5.70 in 2000.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 5.70
2001 5.90
2002 6.00
2003 6.10
2004 6.10
2005 6.00
2006 6.50
2007 6.40
2008 6.50
2009 6.60
2010 6.80
2011 6.50
2012 6.60
2013 6.30
2014 6.20
2015 5.90
2016 6.20
2017 6.30
2018 6.60
2019 6.70

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Sierra Leone was 33.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 28.40 in 2013.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 31.20
2001 32.30
2002 31.30
2003 31.30
2004 31.20
2005 31.50
2006 31.20
2007 30.70
2008 30.50
2009 30.50
2010 30.00
2011 30.00
2012 29.30
2013 28.40
2014 28.70
2015 30.40
2016 30.50
2017 31.30
2018 32.20
2019 33.00

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 81.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors