ESTONIA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	607	47	16	+ 591
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	591	6	349	+ 242
Measles	3	561	84	0	+ 561
Malaria	4	533	73	0	+ 533
Road Traffic Accidents	5	422	35	59	+ 362
HIV/AIDS	6	421	39	40	+ 381
Coronary Heart Disease	7	414	1	3,009	- 2,595
Low Birth Weight	8	363	55	7	+ 356
Birth Trauma	9	352	57	5	+ 347
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	349	53	8	+ 341
Stroke	11	346	3	1,116	- 769
Maternal Conditions	12	191	61	1	+ 190
Liver Disease	13	188	7	328	- 140
Congenital Anomalies	14	183	43	25	+ 158
Diabetes Mellitus	15	143	19	146	- 3
Kidney Disease	16	134	17	176	- 43
Meningitis	17	121	54	7	+ 114
Violence	18	105	42	28	+ 76
Cervical Cancer	19	104	32	68	+ 36
Liver Cancer	20	96	26	107	- 11
Syphilis	21	87	62	1	+ 86
Other Injuries	22	83	20	141	- 58
Hypertension	23	81	2	2,700	- 2,619
Malnutrition	24	78	79	0	+ 78
Prostate Cancer	25	65	8	298	- 233
Lung Disease	26	64	13	229	- 164
Breast Cancer	27	54	11	260	- 206
Endocrine Disorders	28	54	33	66	- 12
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	52	12	229	- 178
Suicide	30	48	16	197	- 149
Asthma	31	44	44	24	+ 20
Pertussis	32	43	83	0	+ 43
Falls	33	34	24	119	- 84
Fires	34	34	38	41	- 7
Drownings	35	28	40	30	- 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	28	36	55	- 27
Stomach Cancer	37	27	9	290	- 263
Inflammatory/Heart	38	25	14	217	- 192
Lymphomas	39	21	15	213	- 192
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	20	5	527	- 507
Poisonings	41	18	52	8	+ 10
Epilepsy	42	18	37	45	- 27
Parkinson's Disease	43	16	29	82	- 66
Lung Cancers	44	14	4	657	- 643
Schistosomiasis	45	11	72	0	+ 11
Skin Cancers	46	11	30	79	- 68
Ovary Cancer	47	11	28	87	- 76
Oral Cancer	48	11	25	110	- 99
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	11	45	22	- 11
Drug Use	50	9	31	75	- 66
Skin Disease	51	9	41	29	- 19
Hepatitis B	52	9	65	0	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	10	268	- 260
Tetanus	54	7	81	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	55	6	34	60	- 54
Encephalitis	56	6	63	0	+ 6
Alcohol	57	6	18	148	- 143
Leukemia	58	5	22	126	- 121
Bladder Cancer	59	4	21	126	- 122
Oesophagus Cancer	60	3	27	99	- 95
Appendicitis	61	3	59	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	1	23	123	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	48	16	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	46	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
War	70	0	64	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	56	6	- 6
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	85	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.