LIBERIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	6,094	11	1,578	+ 4,516
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,813	7	1,885	+ 2,928
Diabetes Mellitus	3	4,518	15	650	+ 3,868
Kidney Disease	4	2,579	16	609	+ 1,970
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	2,125	2	2,693	- 568
Prostate Cancer	6	1,821	25	297	+ 1,523
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,765	5	1,920	- 155
Lung Disease	8	1,709	26	294	+ 1,416
Hypertension	9	1,698	23	371	+ 1,327
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,540	29	235	+ 1,305
Violence	11	1,197	18	477	+ 720
Liver Disease	12	1,127	13	858	+ 269
Inflammatory/Heart	13	1,019	38	115	+ 904
Breast Cancer	14	824	27	246	+ 578
Stomach Cancer	15	709	37	122	+ 587
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	683	40	90	+ 593
Endocrine Disorders	17	653	28	245	+ 407
Lung Cancers	18	605	44	66	+ 539
Low Birth Weight	19	556	8	1,652	- 1,096
Skin Disease	20	523	51	41	+ 482
Other Injuries	21	477	22	380	+ 97
Suicide	22	466	30	220	+ 246
Parkinson's Disease	23	449	43	72	+ 377
Lymphomas	24	423	39	93	+ 330
Cervical Cancer	25	384	19	474	- 90
Falls	26	341	33	155	+ 185
Asthma	27	310	31	200	+ 111
Drownings	28	302	35	127	+ 175
Alcohol	29	299	57	25	+ 274
Congenital Anomalies	30	262	14	833	- 571
Pancreas Cancer	31	261	53	38	+ 223
Epilepsy	32	230	42	81	+ 149
Malnutrition	33	213	24	353	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	174	36	126	+ 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	148	10	1,592	- 1,444
Leukemia	36	143	58	23	+ 120
Liver Cancer	37	131	20	439	- 308
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	127	49	50	+ 77
Fires	39	107	34	153	- 46
Oesophagus Cancer	40	102	60	16	+ 86
Ovary Cancer	41	101	47	50	+ 51
Birth Trauma	42	100	9	1,601	- 1,501
Oral Cancer	43	100	48	50	+ 49
Tuberculosis	44	94	1	2,766	- 2,672
Uterin Cancer	45	66	55	28	+ 37
Drug Use	46	62	50	42	+ 20
Maternal Conditions	47	60	12	870	- 810
Other Neoplasms	48	59	62	6	+ 53
Meningitis	49	47	17	552	- 505
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	42	64	4	+ 38
Appendicitis	51	36	61	12	+ 24
Encephalitis	52	36	56	27	+ 8
Dengue	53	19	72	0	+ 19
Multiple Sclerosis	54	14	63	4	+ 10
Poisonings	55	8	41	82	- 73
Tetanus	56	7	54	31	- 24
Syphilis	57	6	21	394	- 388
War	58	5	70	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	59	4	67	3	+ 1
Hepatitis B	60	2	52	39	- 37
Schistosomiasis	61	2	45	51	- 50
Chlamydia	62	1	69	1	+ 1
Pertussis	63	1	32	197	- 196
Ascariasis	64	0	66	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	4	- 4
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	67	0	68	1	- 1
Skin Cancers	68	0	46	51	- 51
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	81	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	59	19	- 19
Schizophrenia	73	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Leishmaniasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	6	1,919	- 1,919
Trichuriasis	85	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	74	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Saint Lucia

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.