LESOTHO VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	1,133	8	1,208	- 75
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	1,103	2	3,214	- 2,111
Measles	3	1,046	59	12	+ 1,035
Malaria	4	995	79	0	+ 995
Road Traffic Accidents	5	787	16	678	+ 108
HIV/AIDS	6	786	1	4,767	- 3,981
Coronary Heart Disease	7	772	5	2,101	- 1,329
Low Birth Weight	8	677	12	957	- 280
Birth Trauma	9	656	15	717	- 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	652	4	2,354	- 1,702
Stroke	11	647	3	2,817	- 2,170
Maternal Conditions	12	356	24	292	+ 64
Liver Disease	13	352	14	792	- 440
Congenital Anomalies	14	341	19	389	- 48
Diabetes Mellitus	15	266	6	2,000	- 1,733
Kidney Disease	16	249	10	1,015	- 765
Meningitis	17	226	22	318	- 92
Violence	18	195	13	924	- 729
Cervical Cancer	19	194	20	372	- 178
Liver Cancer	20	180	39	71	+ 109
Syphilis	21	162	45	50	+ 111
Other Injuries	22	156	18	533	- 377
Hypertension	23	152	11	990	- 838
Malnutrition	24	145	21	357	- 212
Prostate Cancer	25	122	35	81	+ 41
Lung Disease	26	120	9	1,102	- 982
Breast Cancer	27	101	34	97	+ 3
Endocrine Disorders	28	101	27	235	- 134
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	96	29	194	- 98
Suicide	30	90	7	1,539	- 1,449
Asthma	31	82	17	678	- 596
Pertussis	32	81	44	51	+ 30
Falls	33	64	31	128	- 64
Fires	34	63	26	269	- 206
Drownings	35	52	28	200	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	52	25	279	- 227
Stomach Cancer	37	50	60	11	+ 39
Inflammatory/Heart	38	47	23	305	- 258
Lymphomas	39	38	36	78	- 40
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	37	48	40	- 3
Poisonings	41	34	33	111	- 78
Epilepsy	42	33	30	143	- 110
Parkinson's Disease	43	30	41	55	- 25
Lung Cancers	44	27	43	51	- 24
Schistosomiasis	45	21	76	0	+ 21
Skin Cancers	46	21	46	46	- 25
Ovary Cancer	47	21	53	24	- 4
Oral Cancer	48	21	42	52	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	21	32	126	- 105
Drug Use	50	17	50	32	- 14
Skin Disease	51	17	40	70	- 53
Hepatitis B	52	16	51	27	- 11
Pancreas Cancer	53	15	58	12	+ 3
Tetanus	54	13	47	45	- 32
Uterin Cancer	55	12	54	23	- 12
Encephalitis	56	11	57	14	- 2
Alcohol	57	10	38	71	- 60
Leukemia	58	9	49	39	- 29
Bladder Cancer	59	8	61	10	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	60	6	37	73	- 67
Appendicitis	61	5	52	25	- 20
Other Neoplasms	62	2	62	9	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	63	2	63	6	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	2	56	18	- 16
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	2	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	55	18	- 17
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
War	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Liberia

Lesotho

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.