MAURITIUS VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	667	45	17	+ 649
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	649	7	346	+ 303
Measles	3	616	77	0	+ 616
Malaria	4	585	70	0	+ 585
Road Traffic Accidents	5	463	11	155	+ 308
HIV/AIDS	6	463	13	141	+ 322
Coronary Heart Disease	7	454	2	1,805	- 1,351
Low Birth Weight	8	398	35	37	+ 361
Birth Trauma	9	386	36	37	+ 349
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	384	42	23	+ 361
Stroke	11	380	3	985	- 605
Maternal Conditions	12	210	48	11	+ 199
Liver Disease	13	207	12	145	+ 61
Congenital Anomalies	14	201	25	57	+ 144
Diabetes Mellitus	15	157	1	1,873	- 1,717
Kidney Disease	16	147	4	724	- 578
Meningitis	17	133	57	2	+ 131
Violence	18	115	41	30	+ 85
Cervical Cancer	19	114	30	49	+ 65
Liver Cancer	20	106	27	56	+ 50
Syphilis	21	95	67	0	+ 95
Other Injuries	22	92	21	66	+ 26
Hypertension	23	89	6	592	- 502
Malnutrition	24	85	54	4	+ 81
Prostate Cancer	25	72	15	115	- 43
Lung Disease	26	71	5	646	- 576
Breast Cancer	27	59	8	232	- 173
Endocrine Disorders	28	59	19	101	- 42
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	57	34	42	+ 15
Suicide	30	53	14	120	- 67
Asthma	31	48	17	107	- 59
Pertussis	32	48	66	0	+ 48
Falls	33	37	26	57	- 19
Fires	34	37	50	10	+ 27
Drownings	35	31	33	43	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	30	43	22	+ 8
Stomach Cancer	37	29	18	104	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	38	28	16	108	- 80
Lymphomas	39	23	24	57	- 34
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	22	10	182	- 161
Poisonings	41	20	49	11	+ 9
Epilepsy	42	19	38	35	- 15
Parkinson's Disease	43	17	47	12	+ 6
Lung Cancers	44	16	9	182	- 166
Schistosomiasis	45	12	69	0	+ 12
Skin Cancers	46	12	53	5	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	47	12	32	46	- 34
Oral Cancer	48	12	23	63	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	12	56	3	+ 9
Drug Use	50	10	46	16	- 6
Skin Disease	51	10	22	64	- 55
Hepatitis B	52	9	65	0	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	53	9	28	55	- 45
Tetanus	54	7	76	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	55	7	40	32	- 25
Encephalitis	56	7	61	1	+ 6
Alcohol	57	6	29	53	- 47
Leukemia	58	6	31	48	- 43
Bladder Cancer	59	5	44	21	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	60	4	37	35	- 32
Appendicitis	61	3	59	1	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	62	1	20	77	- 75
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	84	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	60	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	51	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
War	70	0	62	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	52	5	- 5
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	58	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

Liberia

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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.