SWAZILAND VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	579	13	256	+ 323
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	564	2	921	- 357
Measles	3	535	64	1	+ 534
Malaria	4	508	67	0	+ 508
Road Traffic Accidents	5	402	7	384	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	6	402	1	2,314	- 1,912
Coronary Heart Disease	7	394	5	755	- 360
Low Birth Weight	8	346	14	233	+ 113
Birth Trauma	9	335	18	166	+ 169
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	333	6	517	- 184
Stroke	11	330	4	800	- 470
Maternal Conditions	12	182	21	116	+ 66
Liver Disease	13	180	11	274	- 94
Congenital Anomalies	14	174	19	160	+ 14
Diabetes Mellitus	15	136	3	892	- 756
Kidney Disease	16	127	8	381	- 254
Meningitis	17	116	23	97	+ 18
Violence	18	100	16	212	- 112
Cervical Cancer	19	99	15	215	- 116
Liver Cancer	20	92	37	29	+ 63
Syphilis	21	83	45	17	+ 65
Other Injuries	22	80	17	190	- 111
Hypertension	23	78	10	292	- 215
Malnutrition	24	74	22	106	- 32
Prostate Cancer	25	62	31	45	+ 17
Lung Disease	26	61	12	264	- 203
Breast Cancer	27	51	35	37	+ 15
Endocrine Disorders	28	51	28	74	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	49	27	77	- 27
Suicide	30	46	9	338	- 292
Asthma	31	42	20	150	- 108
Pertussis	32	41	33	39	+ 3
Falls	33	33	32	41	- 9
Fires	34	32	26	84	- 52
Drownings	35	27	25	87	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	26	29	51	- 24
Stomach Cancer	37	25	53	7	+ 19
Inflammatory/Heart	38	24	24	94	- 70
Lymphomas	39	20	36	31	- 11
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	19	43	19	+ 0
Poisonings	41	17	34	37	- 20
Epilepsy	42	17	30	46	- 29
Parkinson's Disease	43	15	41	24	- 9
Lung Cancers	44	14	46	17	- 3
Schistosomiasis	45	11	49	13	- 2
Skin Cancers	46	11	42	20	- 9
Ovary Cancer	47	11	52	10	+ 1
Oral Cancer	48	11	51	10	+ 0
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	10	39	26	- 16
Drug Use	50	9	38	27	- 18
Skin Disease	51	9	40	25	- 17
Hepatitis B	52	8	57	6	+ 2
Pancreas Cancer	53	8	56	6	+ 2
Tetanus	54	7	62	4	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	55	6	50	11	- 5
Encephalitis	56	6	59	5	+ 1
Alcohol	57	5	48	16	- 11
Leukemia	58	5	47	16	- 11
Bladder Cancer	59	4	55	6	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	60	3	44	18	- 15
Appendicitis	61	3	54	7	- 4
Other Neoplasms	62	1	61	4	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	63	1	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	58	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
War	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Liberia

Swaziland

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.