IRELAND VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,663	50	23	+ 2,640
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,592	6	1,298	+ 1,294
Measles	3	2,459	83	0	+ 2,459
Malaria	4	2,337	75	0	+ 2,337
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,848	33	153	+ 1,695
HIV/AIDS	6	1,847	57	9	+ 1,839
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,814	1	4,762	- 2,948
Low Birth Weight	8	1,590	44	56	+ 1,534
Birth Trauma	9	1,541	56	10	+ 1,531
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,532	45	53	+ 1,479
Stroke	11	1,519	5	1,770	- 251
Maternal Conditions	12	837	61	3	+ 834
Liver Disease	13	826	19	279	+ 547
Congenital Anomalies	14	802	32	153	+ 649
Diabetes Mellitus	15	626	16	414	+ 212
Kidney Disease	16	586	10	566	+ 19
Meningitis	17	531	58	7	+ 524
Violence	18	459	47	38	+ 421
Cervical Cancer	19	456	35	103	+ 353
Liver Cancer	20	423	18	318	+ 105
Syphilis	21	379	68	0	+ 379
Other Injuries	22	366	30	171	+ 195
Hypertension	23	357	29	175	+ 182
Malnutrition	24	340	63	2	+ 338
Prostate Cancer	25	286	9	585	- 299
Lung Disease	26	283	4	1,915	- 1,633
Breast Cancer	27	236	8	760	- 523
Endocrine Disorders	28	236	24	249	- 13
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	226	2	3,209	- 2,983
Suicide	30	211	14	470	- 259
Asthma	31	192	41	58	+ 134
Pertussis	32	190	67	0	+ 190
Falls	33	150	25	247	- 97
Fires	34	148	48	30	+ 118
Drownings	35	122	43	57	+ 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	121	38	67	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	37	117	17	357	- 240
Inflammatory/Heart	38	111	26	240	- 129
Lymphomas	39	90	13	513	- 423
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	86	7	1,095	- 1,009
Poisonings	41	79	53	14	+ 65
Epilepsy	42	78	36	85	- 7
Parkinson's Disease	43	70	12	530	- 460
Lung Cancers	44	63	3	1,916	- 1,852
Schistosomiasis	45	50	72	0	+ 50
Skin Cancers	46	49	23	252	- 203
Ovary Cancer	47	48	21	273	- 224
Oral Cancer	48	48	28	183	- 134
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	48	46	50	- 2
Drug Use	50	41	31	167	- 126
Skin Disease	51	40	42	58	- 18
Hepatitis B	52	38	59	6	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	11	530	- 494
Tetanus	54	30	81	0	+ 30
Uterin Cancer	55	27	34	126	- 99
Encephalitis	56	26	66	0	+ 26
Alcohol	57	24	39	64	- 40
Leukemia	58	22	20	274	- 252
Bladder Cancer	59	18	22	256	- 238
Oesophagus Cancer	60	15	15	419	- 404
Appendicitis	61	12	60	3	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	62	5	27	218	- 212
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	37	83	- 79
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	40	59	- 55
Hepatitis C	65	4	52	19	- 16
Ascariasis	66	4	77	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	64	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	82	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
War	70	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	55	12	- 12
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	54	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	20	- 20
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Liberia

Ireland

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.