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Country fact sheet: Sierra Leone
- Total population: | 7 977 000 |
- Female population: | 3 996 000 |
- Male population: | 3 981 000 |
Health Expenditure
- Total per capita (US$): | 85.8 |
- Out-of-pocket (% of total expenditure on health): | 44.8 |
Human Development Index
- HDI: | 0.452 |
- Category: | Low |
Geography
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Life Expectancy at Birth
- Total population (years): | 60.8 |
- Female population (years): | 61.9 |
- Male population (years): | 59.6 |
Cancer Burden
- Overall cancer incidence (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | 102.1 |
- Overall cancer mortality (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | 76.9 |
- Most common cancer site by incidence for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Breast (37.8) |
- Most common cancer site by mortality for females (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Breast (23.0) |
- Most common cancer site by incidence for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Prostate (27.4) |
- Most common cancer site by mortality for males (rate per 100 000 persons per year): | Prostate (17.7) |
- GLOBOCAN 2020 population fact sheet |
Check also the following factsheets: Breast, Cervical, Colorectal