SOLOMON ISL. VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		SOLOMON ISL.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	370	23	45	+ 325
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	360	3	371	- 11
Measles	3	341	75	0	+ 341
Malaria	4	325	7	146	+ 179
Road Traffic Accidents	5	257	8	111	+ 146
HIV/AIDS	6	257	80	0	+ 257
Coronary Heart Disease	7	252	1	975	- 723
Low Birth Weight	8	221	14	65	+ 156
Birth Trauma	9	214	21	51	+ 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	213	5	218	- 5
Stroke	11	211	2	670	- 459
Maternal Conditions	12	116	22	46	+ 70
Liver Disease	13	115	10	89	+ 26
Congenital Anomalies	14	111	16	63	+ 48
Diabetes Mellitus	15	87	4	322	- 235
Kidney Disease	16	81	15	64	+ 18
Meningitis	17	74	43	13	+ 61
Violence	18	64	30	26	+ 38
Cervical Cancer	19	63	25	41	+ 22
Liver Cancer	20	59	18	60	- 1
Syphilis	21	53	29	28	+ 25
Other Injuries	22	51	17	60	- 9
Hypertension	23	50	13	76	- 27
Malnutrition	24	47	36	19	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	25	40	41	13	+ 27
Lung Disease	26	39	6	209	- 169
Breast Cancer	27	33	26	34	- 1
Endocrine Disorders	28	33	39	15	+ 18
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	31	28	32	- 0
Suicide	30	29	9	98	- 69
Asthma	31	27	12	78	- 52
Pertussis	32	26	50	7	+ 19
Falls	33	21	20	55	- 34
Fires	34	20	40	14	+ 6
Drownings	35	17	11	80	- 63
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	17	32	22	- 5
Stomach Cancer	37	16	44	12	+ 5
Inflammatory/Heart	38	15	37	17	- 2
Lymphomas	39	12	42	13	- 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	12	31	23	- 11
Poisonings	41	11	38	15	- 4
Epilepsy	42	11	45	11	+ 0
Parkinson's Disease	43	10	34	21	- 11
Lung Cancers	44	9	27	33	- 25
Schistosomiasis	45	7	77	0	+ 7
Skin Cancers	46	7	69	0	+ 7
Ovary Cancer	47	7	33	21	- 15
Oral Cancer	48	7	49	8	- 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	7	19	59	- 52
Drug Use	50	6	58	1	+ 5
Skin Disease	51	6	46	10	- 5
Hepatitis B	52	5	53	3	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	5	51	4	+ 1
Tetanus	54	4	59	1	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	55	4	47	9	- 5
Encephalitis	56	4	54	2	+ 2
Alcohol	57	3	48	9	- 5
Leukemia	58	3	35	20	- 17
Bladder Cancer	59	3	52	4	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	60	2	57	1	+ 1
Appendicitis	61	2	55	1	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	62	1	56	1	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	61	0	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
War	70	0	65	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	24	41	- 41
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	73	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	71	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	72	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 SOLOMON ISL.

Liberia

Solomon Isl.

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.