FIJI VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		FIJI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	484	27	39	+ 445
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	471	5	228	+ 243
Measles	3	447	63	0	+ 447
Malaria	4	425	75	0	+ 425
Road Traffic Accidents	5	336	11	120	+ 216
HIV/AIDS	6	336	31	30	+ 306
Coronary Heart Disease	7	330	2	1,481	- 1,151
Low Birth Weight	8	289	14	86	+ 203
Birth Trauma	9	280	28	36	+ 244
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	279	12	96	+ 182
Stroke	11	276	3	583	- 306
Maternal Conditions	12	152	49	9	+ 144
Liver Disease	13	150	15	82	+ 69
Congenital Anomalies	14	146	10	129	+ 16
Diabetes Mellitus	15	114	1	1,628	- 1,514
Kidney Disease	16	107	4	277	- 170
Meningitis	17	97	43	17	+ 79
Violence	18	83	40	19	+ 64
Cervical Cancer	19	83	13	86	- 3
Liver Cancer	20	77	18	68	+ 9
Syphilis	21	69	47	11	+ 58
Other Injuries	22	67	17	77	- 10
Hypertension	23	65	7	170	- 105
Malnutrition	24	62	45	14	+ 48
Prostate Cancer	25	52	25	41	+ 12
Lung Disease	26	51	9	141	- 89
Breast Cancer	27	43	8	162	- 119
Endocrine Disorders	28	43	34	28	+ 15
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	41	19	63	- 22
Suicide	30	38	16	80	- 41
Asthma	31	35	6	226	- 191
Pertussis	32	35	48	10	+ 25
Falls	33	27	36	27	+ 0
Fires	34	27	33	28	- 1
Drownings	35	22	21	60	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	22	29	34	- 12
Stomach Cancer	37	21	37	23	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	38	20	23	45	- 25
Lymphomas	39	16	35	27	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	16	24	45	- 30
Poisonings	41	14	56	2	+ 12
Epilepsy	42	14	44	16	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	43	13	26	40	- 28
Lung Cancers	44	12	22	48	- 36
Schistosomiasis	45	9	74	0	+ 9
Skin Cancers	46	9	61	1	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	47	9	32	29	- 20
Oral Cancer	48	9	46	13	- 4
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	9	20	62	- 53
Drug Use	50	7	52	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	51	7	41	19	- 12
Hepatitis B	52	7	59	1	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	53	7	38	21	- 14
Tetanus	54	5	58	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	55	5	39	20	- 15
Encephalitis	56	5	51	7	- 3
Alcohol	57	4	57	2	+ 3
Leukemia	58	4	30	31	- 27
Bladder Cancer	59	3	50	8	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	60	3	42	18	- 15
Appendicitis	61	2	54	3	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	1	53	3	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	60	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	62	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	64	0	- 0
War	70	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	3	- 3
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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 FIJI

Liberia

Fiji

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.