LIBERIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,556	2	2,693	- 137
Coronary Heart Disease	2	2,296	7	1,885	+ 412
Stroke	3	1,288	11	1,578	- 290
Kidney Disease	4	1,207	16	609	+ 598
Liver Disease	5	1,063	13	858	+ 205
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	969	29	235	+ 735
Stomach Cancer	7	846	37	122	+ 724
Diabetes Mellitus	8	740	15	650	+ 90
Road Traffic Accidents	9	736	5	1,920	- 1,184
Lung Cancers	10	528	44	66	+ 463
Prostate Cancer	11	528	25	297	+ 231
Violence	12	502	18	477	+ 26
Other Injuries	13	480	22	380	+ 99
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	441	40	90	+ 351
Lung Disease	15	420	26	294	+ 126
Liver Cancer	16	413	20	439	- 26
Tuberculosis	17	396	1	2,766	- 2,370
Lymphomas	18	376	39	93	+ 282
Congenital Anomalies	19	333	14	833	- 500
Breast Cancer	20	328	27	246	+ 83
Cervical Cancer	21	321	19	474	- 153
Leukemia	22	309	58	23	+ 285
Pancreas Cancer	23	268	53	38	+ 230
Low Birth Weight	24	246	8	1,652	- 1,406
Falls	25	214	33	155	+ 59
Parkinson's Disease	26	212	43	72	+ 140
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	185	10	1,592	- 1,407
Hypertension	28	177	23	371	- 194
Malnutrition	29	168	24	353	- 186
Suicide	30	151	30	220	- 69
HIV/AIDS	31	142	6	1,919	- 1,777
Skin Cancers	32	131	46	51	+ 80
Ovary Cancer	33	119	47	50	+ 69
Drug Use	34	106	50	42	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	102	36	126	- 25
Drownings	36	97	35	127	- 29
Birth Trauma	37	90	9	1,601	- 1,512
Oral Cancer	38	87	48	50	+ 36
Inflammatory/Heart	39	82	38	115	- 33
Endocrine Disorders	40	79	28	245	- 166
Bladder Cancer	41	77	59	19	+ 58
Oesophagus Cancer	42	66	60	16	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	43	58	12	870	- 812
Alcohol	44	54	57	25	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	45	51	55	28	+ 22
Encephalitis	46	47	56	27	+ 19
Epilepsy	47	44	42	81	- 37
Pertussis	48	43	32	197	- 154
Fires	49	40	34	153	- 113
Asthma	50	35	31	200	- 165
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	33	49	50	- 17
Syphilis	52	30	21	394	- 364
Appendicitis	53	28	61	12	+ 16
Skin Disease	54	26	51	41	- 15
Poisonings	55	21	41	82	- 61
Meningitis	56	20	17	552	- 532
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	18	64	4	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	58	9	62	6	+ 3
Chagas disease	59	8	78	0	+ 8
Tetanus	60	8	54	31	- 23
Malaria	61	6	4	2,428	- 2,422
Multiple Sclerosis	62	6	63	4	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	63	2	67	3	- 1
Hepatitis B	64	2	52	39	- 37
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	4	- 3
Dengue	66	1	72	0	+ 1
War	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	69	0	66	4	- 3
Diphtheria	70	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	51	- 51
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

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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.