TANZANIA VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	34,322	4	20,269	+ 14,053
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	33,411	2	26,028	+ 7,383
Measles	3	31,693	55	295	+ 31,399
Malaria	4	30,121	3	21,758	+ 8,363
Road Traffic Accidents	5	23,827	5	18,054	+ 5,773
HIV/AIDS	6	23,810	1	27,402	- 3,591
Coronary Heart Disease	7	23,384	9	13,215	+ 10,170
Low Birth Weight	8	20,495	10	12,173	+ 8,322
Birth Trauma	9	19,870	8	15,086	+ 4,784
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	19,749	6	17,587	+ 2,163
Stroke	11	19,581	7	16,894	+ 2,687
Maternal Conditions	12	10,790	12	6,835	+ 3,955
Liver Disease	13	10,651	13	6,586	+ 4,065
Congenital Anomalies	14	10,336	11	9,791	+ 545
Diabetes Mellitus	15	8,065	15	6,247	+ 1,819
Kidney Disease	16	7,551	19	4,547	+ 3,004
Meningitis	17	6,849	21	3,188	+ 3,661
Violence	18	5,917	18	4,713	+ 1,204
Cervical Cancer	19	5,876	14	6,424	- 547
Liver Cancer	20	5,449	36	1,413	+ 4,036
Syphilis	21	4,892	26	2,115	+ 2,777
Other Injuries	22	4,717	20	4,270	+ 447
Hypertension	23	4,599	17	5,209	- 610
Malnutrition	24	4,385	16	5,574	- 1,190
Prostate Cancer	25	3,690	28	1,819	+ 1,870
Lung Disease	26	3,642	22	3,051	+ 591
Breast Cancer	27	3,046	37	1,285	+ 1,762
Endocrine Disorders	28	3,045	29	1,778	+ 1,267
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	2,911	27	2,048	+ 863
Suicide	30	2,724	24	2,474	+ 250
Asthma	31	2,476	30	1,700	+ 776
Pertussis	32	2,449	23	2,774	- 325
Falls	33	1,928	34	1,533	+ 395
Fires	34	1,902	35	1,424	+ 478
Drownings	35	1,574	32	1,642	- 68
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	1,565	46	462	+ 1,103
Stomach Cancer	37	1,508	39	1,190	+ 318
Inflammatory/Heart	38	1,430	38	1,227	+ 203
Lymphomas	39	1,160	41	805	+ 355
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	1,112	33	1,567	- 455
Poisonings	41	1,015	40	1,170	- 155
Epilepsy	42	1,003	43	707	+ 297
Parkinson's Disease	43	897	45	513	+ 383
Lung Cancers	44	818	61	159	+ 660
Schistosomiasis	45	638	51	371	+ 268
Skin Cancers	46	634	42	744	- 111
Ovary Cancer	47	624	53	337	+ 287
Oral Cancer	48	623	31	1,646	- 1,023
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	621	50	401	+ 221
Drug Use	50	526	48	404	+ 122
Skin Disease	51	512	52	359	+ 152
Hepatitis B	52	485	60	168	+ 316
Pancreas Cancer	53	468	62	158	+ 310
Tetanus	54	386	49	402	- 16
Uterin Cancer	55	353	57	218	+ 135
Encephalitis	56	341	59	199	+ 142
Alcohol	57	316	56	270	+ 45
Leukemia	58	287	47	416	- 129
Bladder Cancer	59	236	44	667	- 431
Oesophagus Cancer	60	192	25	2,247	- 2,055
Appendicitis	61	153	58	218	- 64
Other Neoplasms	62	70	64	58	+ 12
Multiple Sclerosis	63	52	68	27	+ 26
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	50	63	81	- 31
Hepatitis C	65	47	66	40	+ 7
Ascariasis	66	46	65	56	- 9
Upper Respiratory	67	33	54	299	- 266
Diphtheria	68	11	70	11	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	6	71	9	- 2
War	70	6	67	30	- 23
Otitis Media	71	1	69	17	- 16
Dengue	72	0	73	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	72	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

Liberia

Tanzania

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.