JAMAICA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,437	54	8	+ 1,429
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,398	15	393	+ 1,006
Measles	3	1,327	77	0	+ 1,327
Malaria	4	1,261	72	0	+ 1,261
Road Traffic Accidents	5	997	12	444	+ 553
HIV/AIDS	6	997	7	757	+ 239
Coronary Heart Disease	7	979	3	1,726	- 747
Low Birth Weight	8	858	18	241	+ 617
Birth Trauma	9	832	37	65	+ 767
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	827	42	35	+ 792
Stroke	11	820	1	2,415	- 1,595
Maternal Conditions	12	452	43	35	+ 417
Liver Disease	13	446	21	155	+ 291
Congenital Anomalies	14	433	23	139	+ 294
Diabetes Mellitus	15	338	2	2,077	- 1,739
Kidney Disease	16	316	6	793	- 477
Meningitis	17	287	47	16	+ 271
Violence	18	248	4	1,484	- 1,237
Cervical Cancer	19	246	16	358	- 112
Liver Cancer	20	228	29	101	+ 127
Syphilis	21	205	60	1	+ 204
Other Injuries	22	197	31	91	+ 107
Hypertension	23	192	8	651	- 458
Malnutrition	24	184	40	48	+ 136
Prostate Cancer	25	154	5	883	- 729
Lung Disease	26	152	11	452	- 299
Breast Cancer	27	128	14	413	- 286
Endocrine Disorders	28	127	20	176	- 49
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	122	9	587	- 465
Suicide	30	114	35	70	+ 44
Asthma	31	104	36	65	+ 38
Pertussis	32	102	67	0	+ 102
Falls	33	81	33	82	- 1
Fires	34	80	46	16	+ 64
Drownings	35	66	51	10	+ 56
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	65	32	82	- 17
Stomach Cancer	37	63	19	231	- 167
Inflammatory/Heart	38	60	24	133	- 73
Lymphomas	39	49	17	251	- 202
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	47	13	436	- 390
Poisonings	41	42	57	2	+ 40
Epilepsy	42	42	41	46	- 4
Parkinson's Disease	43	38	25	132	- 95
Lung Cancers	44	34	10	472	- 438
Schistosomiasis	45	27	74	0	+ 27
Skin Cancers	46	27	52	10	+ 17
Ovary Cancer	47	26	30	97	- 71
Oral Cancer	48	26	39	59	- 33
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	26	44	27	- 1
Drug Use	50	22	48	13	+ 9
Skin Disease	51	21	22	145	- 124
Hepatitis B	52	20	59	1	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	53	20	27	119	- 99
Tetanus	54	16	63	0	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	55	15	28	106	- 91
Encephalitis	56	14	49	13	+ 1
Alcohol	57	13	55	7	+ 6
Leukemia	58	12	26	129	- 117
Bladder Cancer	59	10	38	60	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	60	8	34	74	- 66
Appendicitis	61	6	53	9	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	3	45	19	- 16
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	56	3	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	50	11	- 9
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	2	66	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
War	70	0	61	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

Liberia

Jamaica

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.