LIBERIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,808	2	2,693	+ 116
Stroke	2	2,198	11	1,578	+ 619
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	1,964	10	1,592	+ 373
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,846	7	1,885	- 39
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,137	5	1,920	- 784
Liver Disease	6	1,041	13	858	+ 183
Diabetes Mellitus	7	809	15	650	+ 159
Hypertension	8	793	23	371	+ 423
Lung Disease	9	567	26	294	+ 274
Malnutrition	10	565	24	353	+ 212
Birth Trauma	11	528	9	1,601	- 1,073
Kidney Disease	12	495	16	609	- 113
Maternal Conditions	13	466	12	870	- 404
Tuberculosis	14	466	1	2,766	- 2,300
Other Injuries	15	463	22	380	+ 83
Low Birth Weight	16	455	8	1,652	- 1,197
Malaria	17	375	4	2,428	- 2,053
Congenital Anomalies	18	370	14	833	- 463
Meningitis	19	347	17	552	- 205
Violence	20	329	18	477	- 148
Suicide	21	327	30	220	+ 108
Asthma	22	279	31	200	+ 80
Breast Cancer	23	267	27	246	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	265	29	235	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	25	264	6	1,919	- 1,655
Falls	26	144	33	155	- 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	126	36	126	- 0
Lymphomas	28	126	39	93	+ 32
Leukemia	29	123	58	23	+ 100
Cervical Cancer	30	114	19	474	- 360
Fires	31	113	34	153	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	32	105	38	115	- 10
Drownings	33	101	35	127	- 26
Poisonings	34	98	41	82	+ 16
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	97	40	90	+ 7
Pertussis	36	77	32	197	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	37	73	43	72	+ 0
Epilepsy	38	70	42	81	- 11
Oesophagus Cancer	39	69	60	16	+ 54
Ovary Cancer	40	68	47	50	+ 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	66	49	50	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	42	62	45	51	+ 11
Endocrine Disorders	43	61	28	245	- 184
Oral Cancer	44	61	48	50	+ 11
Liver Cancer	45	59	20	439	- 380
Lung Cancers	46	53	44	66	- 13
Prostate Cancer	47	46	25	297	- 251
Stomach Cancer	48	41	37	122	- 80
Alcohol	49	39	57	25	+ 14
Skin Disease	50	38	51	41	- 3
Bladder Cancer	51	36	59	19	+ 17
Tetanus	52	32	54	31	+ 1
Drug Use	53	31	50	42	- 11
Syphilis	54	30	21	394	- 364
Appendicitis	55	27	61	12	+ 14
Skin Cancers	56	26	46	51	- 26
Hepatitis B	57	24	52	39	- 15
Pancreas Cancer	58	17	53	38	- 21
Leishmaniasis	59	16	77	0	+ 16
Upper Respiratory	60	15	67	3	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	61	15	55	28	- 13
Encephalitis	62	13	56	27	- 14
Measles	63	11	3	2,554	- 2,544
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	10	64	4	+ 6
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	4	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	66	5	62	6	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	67	3	63	4	- 1
Ascariasis	68	2	66	4	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	1	+ 0
War	71	0	70	1	- 0
Diphtheria	72	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Eritrea

Liberia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.