LIBERIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,107	2	2,693	- 586
Stroke	2	2,020	11	1,578	+ 441
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,484	5	1,920	- 436
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,439	7	1,885	- 446
Malaria	5	1,316	4	2,428	- 1,111
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,246	10	1,592	- 346
HIV/AIDS	7	1,128	6	1,919	- 791
Liver Disease	8	1,017	13	858	+ 159
Low Birth Weight	9	875	8	1,652	- 777
Birth Trauma	10	754	9	1,601	- 848
Diabetes Mellitus	11	742	15	650	+ 92
Congenital Anomalies	12	709	14	833	- 124
Lung Disease	13	620	26	294	+ 327
Hypertension	14	542	23	371	+ 171
Kidney Disease	15	481	16	609	- 127
Malnutrition	16	466	24	353	+ 113
Other Injuries	17	377	22	380	- 3
Cervical Cancer	18	375	19	474	- 98
Meningitis	19	338	17	552	- 214
Stomach Cancer	20	311	37	122	+ 190
Maternal Conditions	21	288	12	870	- 581
Asthma	22	286	31	200	+ 87
Liver Cancer	23	282	20	439	- 157
Suicide	24	281	30	220	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	262	29	235	+ 28
Tuberculosis	26	249	1	2,766	- 2,517
Breast Cancer	27	239	27	246	- 6
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	236	40	90	+ 146
Violence	29	219	18	477	- 258
Lymphomas	30	179	39	93	+ 86
Falls	31	165	33	155	+ 9
Prostate Cancer	32	158	25	297	- 139
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	145	36	126	+ 18
Inflammatory/Heart	34	138	38	115	+ 23
Leukemia	35	126	58	23	+ 103
Drownings	36	114	35	127	- 13
Oral Cancer	37	109	48	50	+ 58
Fires	38	108	34	153	- 46
Lung Cancers	39	93	44	66	+ 27
Poisonings	40	88	41	82	+ 6
Endocrine Disorders	41	88	28	245	- 158
Pertussis	42	87	32	197	- 110
Pancreas Cancer	43	85	53	38	+ 48
Oesophagus Cancer	44	85	60	16	+ 70
Epilepsy	45	76	42	81	- 5
Syphilis	46	69	21	394	- 325
Parkinson's Disease	47	58	43	72	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	54	49	50	+ 4
Alcohol	49	50	57	25	+ 25
Skin Cancers	50	45	46	51	- 6
Schistosomiasis	51	44	45	51	- 7
Skin Disease	52	41	51	41	- 0
Ovary Cancer	53	37	47	50	- 14
Appendicitis	54	28	61	12	+ 16
Hepatitis B	55	27	52	39	- 12
Uterin Cancer	56	23	55	28	- 5
Upper Respiratory	57	23	67	3	+ 21
Tetanus	58	21	54	31	- 10
Measles	59	21	3	2,554	- 2,534
Drug Use	60	18	50	42	- 25
Encephalitis	61	16	56	27	- 12
Bladder Cancer	62	14	59	19	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	64	4	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	64	6	62	6	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	5	65	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	63	4	- 1
Ascariasis	67	2	66	4	- 2
Otitis Media	68	1	71	0	+ 1
War	69	1	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	71	0	68	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	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.