NORWAY VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,803	56	15	+ 2,788
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,729	6	1,797	+ 932
Measles	3	2,588	72	0	+ 2,588
Malaria	4	2,460	84	0	+ 2,460
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,946	42	114	+ 1,832
HIV/AIDS	6	1,945	61	10	+ 1,934
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,910	1	5,321	- 3,411
Low Birth Weight	8	1,674	52	23	+ 1,650
Birth Trauma	9	1,623	54	17	+ 1,605
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,613	37	128	+ 1,485
Stroke	11	1,599	4	2,475	- 876
Maternal Conditions	12	881	66	1	+ 880
Liver Disease	13	870	30	214	+ 656
Congenital Anomalies	14	844	34	136	+ 708
Diabetes Mellitus	15	659	16	560	+ 99
Kidney Disease	16	617	14	611	+ 6
Meningitis	17	559	58	14	+ 546
Violence	18	483	50	32	+ 451
Cervical Cancer	19	480	39	125	+ 355
Liver Cancer	20	445	26	259	+ 186
Syphilis	21	400	67	1	+ 399
Other Injuries	22	385	15	583	- 198
Hypertension	23	376	28	230	+ 146
Malnutrition	24	358	35	135	+ 223
Prostate Cancer	25	301	8	1,172	- 871
Lung Disease	26	297	3	2,723	- 2,425
Breast Cancer	27	249	11	698	- 449
Endocrine Disorders	28	249	19	359	- 110
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	238	2	4,464	- 4,226
Suicide	30	222	13	633	- 411
Asthma	31	202	43	85	+ 118
Pertussis	32	200	64	1	+ 199
Falls	33	157	9	777	- 620
Fires	34	155	48	45	+ 111
Drownings	35	129	45	65	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	128	33	160	- 32
Stomach Cancer	37	123	22	343	- 220
Inflammatory/Heart	38	117	29	221	- 104
Lymphomas	39	95	12	646	- 551
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	91	7	1,787	- 1,696
Poisonings	41	83	57	14	+ 69
Epilepsy	42	82	40	119	- 37
Parkinson's Disease	43	73	17	554	- 481
Lung Cancers	44	67	5	2,320	- 2,253
Schistosomiasis	45	52	83	0	+ 52
Skin Cancers	46	52	18	407	- 356
Ovary Cancer	47	51	24	309	- 258
Oral Cancer	48	51	32	168	- 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	51	46	61	- 11
Drug Use	50	43	25	264	- 221
Skin Disease	51	42	38	128	- 86
Hepatitis B	52	40	63	3	+ 36
Pancreas Cancer	53	38	10	770	- 732
Tetanus	54	32	69	0	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	55	29	36	134	- 105
Encephalitis	56	28	70	0	+ 28
Alcohol	57	26	31	205	- 179
Leukemia	58	23	21	354	- 330
Bladder Cancer	59	19	20	356	- 337
Oesophagus Cancer	60	16	27	248	- 232
Appendicitis	61	13	59	12	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	6	23	324	- 319
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	41	119	- 115
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	47	60	- 56
Hepatitis C	65	4	55	17	- 13
Ascariasis	66	4	76	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	60	12	- 9
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
War	70	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	82	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	53	23	- 23
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Liberia

Norway

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.