LIBERIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,860	7	1,885	+ 4,975
Stroke	2	6,573	11	1,578	+ 4,995
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,831	29	235	+ 3,596
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,650	2	2,693	+ 957
Lung Cancers	5	2,347	44	66	+ 2,281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,338	40	90	+ 2,249
Lung Disease	7	2,283	26	294	+ 1,990
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,918	15	650	+ 1,268
Kidney Disease	9	1,493	16	609	+ 885
Stomach Cancer	10	1,349	37	122	+ 1,227
Prostate Cancer	11	1,131	25	297	+ 834
Breast Cancer	12	1,064	27	246	+ 818
Other Injuries	13	1,032	22	380	+ 652
Hypertension	14	1,001	23	371	+ 631
Pancreas Cancer	15	889	53	38	+ 851
Lymphomas	16	856	39	93	+ 763
Endocrine Disorders	17	824	28	245	+ 578
Liver Cancer	18	677	20	439	+ 238
Suicide	19	624	30	220	+ 405
Bladder Cancer	20	624	59	19	+ 605
Parkinson's Disease	21	607	43	72	+ 535
Liver Disease	22	600	13	858	- 259
Falls	23	550	33	155	+ 395
Leukemia	24	541	58	23	+ 518
Oral Cancer	25	486	48	50	+ 436
Inflammatory/Heart	26	484	38	115	+ 369
Road Traffic Accidents	27	446	5	1,920	- 1,474
Other Neoplasms	28	347	62	6	+ 342
Oesophagus Cancer	29	332	60	16	+ 316
Skin Cancers	30	279	46	51	+ 228
Epilepsy	31	221	42	81	+ 140
Uterin Cancer	32	216	55	28	+ 188
Ovary Cancer	33	212	47	50	+ 161
Cervical Cancer	34	175	19	474	- 298
HIV/AIDS	35	170	6	1,919	- 1,749
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	123	10	1,592	- 1,469
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	122	36	126	- 4
Tuberculosis	38	113	1	2,766	- 2,653
Skin Disease	39	108	51	41	+ 67
Congenital Anomalies	40	105	14	833	- 728
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	90	49	50	+ 40
Anemia	42	80	83	0	+ 80
Asthma	43	78	31	200	- 122
Drug Use	44	68	50	42	+ 26
Alcohol	45	59	57	25	+ 34
Fires	46	58	34	153	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	53	64	4	+ 49
Violence	48	51	18	477	- 426
Hepatitis C	49	46	65	4	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	44	84	0	+ 44
Drownings	51	42	35	127	- 85
Low Birth Weight	52	42	8	1,652	- 1,610
Malnutrition	53	42	24	353	- 312
Multiple Sclerosis	54	30	63	4	+ 26
Schizophrenia	55	26	80	0	+ 26
Meningitis	56	23	17	552	- 529
Poisonings	57	16	41	82	- 66
Osteoarthritis	58	15	85	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	14	52	39	- 25
Birth Trauma	60	13	9	1,601	- 1,589
Appendicitis	61	11	61	12	- 1
Upper Respiratory	62	8	67	3	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	63	4	12	870	- 866
Syphilis	64	2	21	394	- 393
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	1	71	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	56	27	- 27
Leishmaniasis	68	1	77	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	1	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Pertussis	72	0	32	197	- 197
Tetanus	73	0	54	31	- 31
Diphtheria	74	0	68	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	51	- 51
Malaria	78	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	4	- 4
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Portugal

Liberia

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.