NEW ZEALAND VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,626	52	17	+ 2,609
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,556	7	920	+ 1,636
Measles	3	2,425	82	0	+ 2,425
Malaria	4	2,304	78	0	+ 2,304
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,823	16	458	+ 1,365
HIV/AIDS	6	1,822	57	10	+ 1,811
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,789	1	5,095	- 3,306
Low Birth Weight	8	1,568	38	78	+ 1,490
Birth Trauma	9	1,520	54	15	+ 1,506
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,511	37	81	+ 1,430
Stroke	11	1,498	3	2,378	- 880
Maternal Conditions	12	825	63	5	+ 821
Liver Disease	13	815	32	158	+ 657
Congenital Anomalies	14	791	30	176	+ 615
Diabetes Mellitus	15	617	8	769	- 152
Kidney Disease	16	578	17	432	+ 146
Meningitis	17	524	59	9	+ 515
Violence	18	453	42	57	+ 395
Cervical Cancer	19	450	41	61	+ 389
Liver Cancer	20	417	24	288	+ 129
Syphilis	21	374	70	0	+ 374
Other Injuries	22	361	28	218	+ 143
Hypertension	23	352	20	327	+ 25
Malnutrition	24	335	55	14	+ 321
Prostate Cancer	25	282	9	739	- 457
Lung Disease	26	279	5	1,815	- 1,536
Breast Cancer	27	233	10	737	- 504
Endocrine Disorders	28	233	21	325	- 92
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	223	2	3,032	- 2,809
Suicide	30	208	15	528	- 320
Asthma	31	189	36	91	+ 99
Pertussis	32	187	65	1	+ 187
Falls	33	148	11	627	- 479
Fires	34	146	53	17	+ 129
Drownings	35	120	44	54	+ 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	120	39	70	+ 49
Stomach Cancer	37	115	22	323	- 207
Inflammatory/Heart	38	109	23	313	- 204
Lymphomas	39	89	13	608	- 519
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	85	6	1,495	- 1,410
Poisonings	41	78	58	9	+ 68
Epilepsy	42	77	43	55	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	43	69	19	353	- 284
Lung Cancers	44	63	4	1,873	- 1,811
Schistosomiasis	45	49	77	0	+ 49
Skin Cancers	46	48	12	612	- 563
Ovary Cancer	47	48	29	207	- 159
Oral Cancer	48	48	31	164	- 116
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	48	35	113	- 65
Drug Use	50	40	40	69	- 29
Skin Disease	51	39	34	118	- 79
Hepatitis B	52	37	56	14	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	53	36	14	543	- 507
Tetanus	54	30	69	0	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	55	27	33	145	- 117
Encephalitis	56	26	66	1	+ 25
Alcohol	57	24	45	51	- 27
Leukemia	58	22	18	391	- 369
Bladder Cancer	59	18	26	267	- 249
Oesophagus Cancer	60	15	25	279	- 264
Appendicitis	61	12	62	6	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	62	5	27	245	- 240
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	47	43	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	46	47	- 43
Hepatitis C	65	4	48	30	- 26
Ascariasis	66	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	64	4	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	83	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
War	70	0	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	60	8	- 8
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Liberia

New Zealand

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.