COMOROS VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	458	19	79	+ 379
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	446	1	594	- 149
Measles	3	423	78	0	+ 423
Malaria	4	402	29	29	+ 373
Road Traffic Accidents	5	318	6	226	+ 92
HIV/AIDS	6	318	76	0	+ 318
Coronary Heart Disease	7	312	4	349	- 37
Low Birth Weight	8	273	5	328	- 55
Birth Trauma	9	265	7	211	+ 54
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	264	2	363	- 100
Stroke	11	261	3	356	- 94
Maternal Conditions	12	144	22	47	+ 97
Liver Disease	13	142	8	160	- 18
Congenital Anomalies	14	138	10	131	+ 7
Diabetes Mellitus	15	108	9	136	- 29
Kidney Disease	16	101	14	101	- 1
Meningitis	17	91	11	115	- 24
Violence	18	79	20	63	+ 16
Cervical Cancer	19	78	13	104	- 26
Liver Cancer	20	73	28	29	+ 44
Syphilis	21	65	38	19	+ 46
Other Injuries	22	63	16	90	- 27
Hypertension	23	61	12	115	- 54
Malnutrition	24	59	15	96	- 37
Prostate Cancer	25	49	27	33	+ 16
Lung Disease	26	49	17	83	- 35
Breast Cancer	27	41	33	23	+ 18
Endocrine Disorders	28	41	36	19	+ 21
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	39	23	46	- 8
Suicide	30	36	24	46	- 9
Asthma	31	33	21	49	- 16
Pertussis	32	33	18	80	- 47
Falls	33	26	32	26	- 0
Fires	34	25	30	27	- 2
Drownings	35	21	25	35	- 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	21	34	21	- 0
Stomach Cancer	37	20	45	11	+ 9
Inflammatory/Heart	38	19	31	26	- 7
Lymphomas	39	15	37	19	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	15	39	19	- 4
Poisonings	41	14	35	20	- 7
Epilepsy	42	13	40	17	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	43	12	44	11	+ 0
Lung Cancers	44	11	60	1	+ 10
Schistosomiasis	45	9	75	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	8	42	12	- 4
Ovary Cancer	47	8	56	3	+ 5
Oral Cancer	48	8	41	15	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	8	47	10	- 2
Drug Use	50	7	49	7	+ 0
Skin Disease	51	7	48	9	- 2
Hepatitis B	52	6	52	5	+ 1
Pancreas Cancer	53	6	82	0	+ 6
Tetanus	54	5	43	12	- 7
Uterin Cancer	55	5	55	3	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	5	54	4	+ 0
Alcohol	57	4	51	6	- 2
Leukemia	58	4	57	3	+ 1
Bladder Cancer	59	3	46	10	- 7
Oesophagus Cancer	60	3	26	34	- 31
Appendicitis	61	2	50	6	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	59	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	1	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	53	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
War	70	0	67	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	64	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	79	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

Liberia

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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.