LIBERIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,661	7	1,885	+ 6,777
Stroke	2	5,586	11	1,578	+ 4,008
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,696	29	235	+ 3,462
Lung Cancers	4	3,046	44	66	+ 2,980
Lung Disease	5	2,888	26	294	+ 2,595
Hypertension	6	2,669	23	371	+ 2,299
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,896	40	90	+ 1,806
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,769	15	650	+ 1,119
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,457	2	2,693	- 1,236
Breast Cancer	10	1,237	27	246	+ 991
Kidney Disease	11	1,135	16	609	+ 526
Other Injuries	12	1,080	22	380	+ 700
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,079	53	38	+ 1,041
Stomach Cancer	14	914	37	122	+ 793
Other Neoplasms	15	890	62	6	+ 885
Lymphomas	16	862	39	93	+ 769
Liver Cancer	17	858	20	439	+ 419
Endocrine Disorders	18	752	28	245	+ 506
Parkinson's Disease	19	752	43	72	+ 679
Prostate Cancer	20	750	25	297	+ 453
Leukemia	21	600	58	23	+ 577
Bladder Cancer	22	598	59	19	+ 580
Liver Disease	23	496	13	858	- 363
Inflammatory/Heart	24	493	38	115	+ 378
Falls	25	377	33	155	+ 221
Suicide	26	360	30	220	+ 141
Oral Cancer	27	298	48	50	+ 248
Ovary Cancer	28	293	47	50	+ 242
Skin Cancers	29	289	46	51	+ 238
Road Traffic Accidents	30	287	5	1,920	- 1,633
Hepatitis C	31	219	65	4	+ 215
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	198	49	50	+ 148
Uterin Cancer	33	196	55	28	+ 168
Oesophagus Cancer	34	182	60	16	+ 167
Anemia	35	149	83	0	+ 149
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	145	10	1,592	- 1,447
Congenital Anomalies	37	129	14	833	- 704
Skin Disease	38	128	51	41	+ 87
Epilepsy	39	119	42	81	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	40	103	19	474	- 371
Malnutrition	41	69	24	353	- 284
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	63	64	4	+ 59
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	62	36	126	- 65
Multiple Sclerosis	44	60	63	4	+ 56
Drug Use	45	58	50	42	+ 16
HIV/AIDS	46	46	6	1,919	- 1,873
Asthma	47	44	31	200	- 156
Osteoarthritis	48	43	85	0	+ 43
Schizophrenia	49	38	80	0	+ 38
Violence	50	36	18	477	- 440
Low Birth Weight	51	32	8	1,652	- 1,620
Drownings	52	31	35	127	- 96
Tuberculosis	53	30	1	2,766	- 2,736
Hepatitis B	54	30	52	39	- 9
Alcohol	55	25	57	25	- 1
Fires	56	24	34	153	- 129
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	21	84	0	+ 21
Poisonings	58	14	41	82	- 68
Birth Trauma	59	13	9	1,601	- 1,589
Meningitis	60	11	17	552	- 541
Appendicitis	61	4	61	12	- 8
Oral conditions	62	4	86	0	+ 4
Tetanus	63	2	54	31	- 29
Upper Respiratory	64	2	67	3	- 1
Otitis Media	65	1	71	0	+ 1
War	66	1	70	1	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	67	1	12	870	- 869
Encephalitis	68	0	56	27	- 27
Syphilis	69	0	21	394	- 394
Leishmaniasis	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	32	197	- 197
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	79	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Ascariasis	80	0	66	4	- 4
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Italy

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.