FINLAND VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,863	46	32	+ 2,830
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,786	21	436	+ 2,350
Measles	3	2,643	72	0	+ 2,643
Malaria	4	2,512	74	0	+ 2,512
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,987	33	215	+ 1,772
HIV/AIDS	6	1,986	59	6	+ 1,980
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,950	2	9,831	- 7,881
Low Birth Weight	8	1,709	48	26	+ 1,683
Birth Trauma	9	1,657	56	8	+ 1,649
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,647	52	15	+ 1,632
Stroke	11	1,633	3	4,115	- 2,482
Maternal Conditions	12	900	64	2	+ 898
Liver Disease	13	888	10	1,068	- 180
Congenital Anomalies	14	862	35	192	+ 670
Diabetes Mellitus	15	673	22	418	+ 255
Kidney Disease	16	630	26	342	+ 288
Meningitis	17	571	55	9	+ 562
Violence	18	493	43	64	+ 429
Cervical Cancer	19	490	44	62	+ 428
Liver Cancer	20	454	16	545	- 91
Syphilis	21	408	67	0	+ 408
Other Injuries	22	393	20	437	- 43
Hypertension	23	384	5	2,030	- 1,647
Malnutrition	24	366	57	7	+ 359
Prostate Cancer	25	308	11	970	- 662
Lung Disease	26	304	8	1,289	- 986
Breast Cancer	27	254	12	948	- 694
Endocrine Disorders	28	254	31	257	- 3
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	243	1	11,120	- 10,877
Suicide	30	227	15	846	- 619
Asthma	31	206	40	85	+ 122
Pertussis	32	204	69	0	+ 204
Falls	33	161	7	1,325	- 1,164
Fires	34	159	45	62	+ 97
Drownings	35	131	37	106	+ 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	130	36	151	- 21
Stomach Cancer	37	126	19	447	- 321
Inflammatory/Heart	38	119	17	518	- 399
Lymphomas	39	97	14	851	- 754
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	93	6	1,433	- 1,341
Poisonings	41	85	49	25	+ 60
Epilepsy	42	84	38	104	- 20
Parkinson's Disease	43	75	13	853	- 778
Lung Cancers	44	68	4	2,312	- 2,244
Schistosomiasis	45	53	77	0	+ 53
Skin Cancers	46	53	29	297	- 244
Ovary Cancer	47	52	25	344	- 292
Oral Cancer	48	52	34	207	- 155
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	52	50	19	+ 33
Drug Use	50	44	30	269	- 225
Skin Disease	51	43	47	27	+ 16
Hepatitis B	52	40	63	2	+ 39
Pancreas Cancer	53	39	9	1,247	- 1,208
Tetanus	54	32	70	0	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	55	29	32	225	- 196
Encephalitis	56	28	66	0	+ 28
Alcohol	57	26	18	464	- 438
Leukemia	58	24	24	371	- 347
Bladder Cancer	59	20	28	308	- 289
Oesophagus Cancer	60	16	27	320	- 304
Appendicitis	61	13	54	10	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	62	6	23	377	- 371
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	42	80	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	41	83	- 79
Hepatitis C	65	4	60	5	- 1
Ascariasis	66	4	81	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	2	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
War	70	1	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	39	93	- 93
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Liberia

Finland

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.