TRINIDAD/TOB. VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	717	43	22	+ 695
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	698	10	205	+ 492
Measles	3	662	76	0	+ 662
Malaria	4	629	72	0	+ 629
Road Traffic Accidents	5	498	15	130	+ 367
HIV/AIDS	6	497	12	196	+ 301
Coronary Heart Disease	7	488	1	1,476	- 987
Low Birth Weight	8	428	23	83	+ 345
Birth Trauma	9	415	40	25	+ 390
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	412	45	18	+ 394
Stroke	11	409	3	822	- 413
Maternal Conditions	12	225	50	10	+ 215
Liver Disease	13	222	14	136	+ 86
Congenital Anomalies	14	216	22	93	+ 123
Diabetes Mellitus	15	168	2	1,275	- 1,107
Kidney Disease	16	158	5	439	- 282
Meningitis	17	143	52	9	+ 134
Violence	18	124	4	549	- 426
Cervical Cancer	19	123	21	97	+ 26
Liver Cancer	20	114	28	66	+ 48
Syphilis	21	102	61	0	+ 102
Other Injuries	22	99	30	61	+ 38
Hypertension	23	96	11	201	- 105
Malnutrition	24	92	47	17	+ 75
Prostate Cancer	25	77	6	330	- 253
Lung Disease	26	76	16	129	- 53
Breast Cancer	27	64	7	258	- 195
Endocrine Disorders	28	64	18	119	- 56
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	61	9	215	- 154
Suicide	30	57	17	121	- 64
Asthma	31	52	35	40	+ 11
Pertussis	32	51	67	0	+ 51
Falls	33	40	33	43	- 3
Fires	34	40	48	16	+ 23
Drownings	35	33	39	31	+ 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	33	31	52	- 19
Stomach Cancer	37	32	26	69	- 38
Inflammatory/Heart	38	30	25	72	- 42
Lymphomas	39	24	20	111	- 87
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	23	13	196	- 172
Poisonings	41	21	59	1	+ 20
Epilepsy	42	21	37	32	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	43	19	32	51	- 33
Lung Cancers	44	17	8	217	- 200
Schistosomiasis	45	13	71	0	+ 13
Skin Cancers	46	13	57	4	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	47	13	24	80	- 67
Oral Cancer	48	13	38	31	- 18
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	13	49	11	+ 2
Drug Use	50	11	44	19	- 8
Skin Disease	51	11	36	39	- 28
Hepatitis B	52	10	60	0	+ 10
Pancreas Cancer	53	10	19	114	- 104
Tetanus	54	8	65	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	55	7	27	68	- 60
Encephalitis	56	7	54	6	+ 1
Alcohol	57	7	42	23	- 17
Leukemia	58	6	29	62	- 56
Bladder Cancer	59	5	34	41	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	60	4	41	24	- 20
Appendicitis	61	3	56	4	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	1	51	10	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	1	58	2	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	1	53	8	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	+ 0
War	70	0	46	17	- 17
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	55	5	- 5
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Liberia

Trinidad/Tob.

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.