LIBERIA VS GUINEA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUINEA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	4,972	2	2,693	+ 2,279
Malaria	2	3,180	4	2,428	+ 752
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,639	10	1,592	+ 1,047
Measles	4	2,342	3	2,554	- 212
Stroke	5	2,246	11	1,578	+ 668
Coronary Heart Disease	6	2,202	7	1,885	+ 318
Birth Trauma	7	1,865	9	1,601	+ 263
Low Birth Weight	8	1,679	8	1,652	+ 27
Road Traffic Accidents	9	1,473	5	1,920	- 448
HIV/AIDS	10	1,174	6	1,919	- 745
Meningitis	11	1,024	17	552	+ 472
Liver Disease	12	991	13	858	+ 133
Tuberculosis	13	921	1	2,766	- 1,845
Congenital Anomalies	14	848	14	833	+ 15
Diabetes Mellitus	15	831	15	650	+ 181
Kidney Disease	16	754	16	609	+ 145
Maternal Conditions	17	697	12	870	- 173
Other Injuries	18	585	22	380	+ 204
Cervical Cancer	19	580	19	474	+ 106
Lung Disease	20	534	26	294	+ 240
Hypertension	21	524	23	371	+ 153
Asthma	22	458	31	200	+ 259
Liver Cancer	23	454	20	439	+ 15
Pertussis	24	453	32	197	+ 256
Endocrine Disorders	25	443	28	245	+ 198
Violence	26	439	18	477	- 38
Trypanosomiasis	27	417	76	0	+ 417
Malnutrition	28	401	24	353	+ 48
Suicide	29	347	30	220	+ 127
Alzheimers & Dementia	30	225	29	235	- 10
Drownings	31	205	35	127	+ 79
Prostate Cancer	32	204	25	297	- 93
Falls	33	186	33	155	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	174	36	126	+ 48
Inflammatory/Heart	35	171	38	115	+ 56
Fires	36	159	34	153	+ 6
Epilepsy	37	136	42	81	+ 55
Breast Cancer	38	134	27	246	- 111
Syphilis	39	128	21	394	- 267
Poisonings	40	115	41	82	+ 33
Stomach Cancer	41	95	37	122	- 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	42	92	49	50	+ 42
Schistosomiasis	43	90	45	51	+ 39
Parkinson's Disease	44	82	43	72	+ 10
Tetanus	45	66	54	31	+ 35
Drug Use	46	66	50	42	+ 23
Hepatitis B	47	63	52	39	+ 24
Lymphomas	48	61	39	93	- 32
Skin Cancers	49	59	46	51	+ 8
Lung Cancers	50	50	44	66	- 16
Skin Disease	51	49	51	41	+ 8
Oral Cancer	52	47	48	50	- 3
Colon-Rectum Cancers	53	39	40	90	- 51
Ovary Cancer	54	36	47	50	- 14
Alcohol	55	32	57	25	+ 7
Encephalitis	56	31	56	27	+ 4
Appendicitis	57	16	61	12	+ 4
Diphtheria	58	15	68	1	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	59	15	55	28	- 14
Bladder Cancer	60	12	59	19	- 7
Hepatitis C	61	9	65	4	+ 5
Ascariasis	62	9	66	4	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	63	8	60	16	- 8
War	64	8	70	1	+ 7
Pancreas Cancer	65	7	53	38	- 30
Multiple Sclerosis	66	7	63	4	+ 3
Leukemia	67	7	58	23	- 16
Other Neoplasms	68	6	62	6	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	69	6	67	3	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	70	5	64	4	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	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

Guinea

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.