LIBERIA VS TANZANIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	TANZANIA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	2,208	6	1,919	+ 289
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,098	2	2,693	- 595
Malaria	3	1,754	4	2,428	- 674
Tuberculosis	4	1,634	1	2,766	- 1,133
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,455	5	1,920	- 465
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,417	10	1,592	- 174
Stroke	7	1,362	11	1,578	- 217
Birth Trauma	8	1,216	9	1,601	- 386
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,065	7	1,885	- 820
Low Birth Weight	10	981	8	1,652	- 671
Congenital Anomalies	11	789	14	833	- 44
Maternal Conditions	12	551	12	870	- 319
Liver Disease	13	531	13	858	- 328
Cervical Cancer	14	518	19	474	+ 44
Diabetes Mellitus	15	503	15	650	- 147
Malnutrition	16	449	24	353	+ 96
Hypertension	17	420	23	371	+ 49
Violence	18	380	18	477	- 97
Kidney Disease	19	366	16	609	- 242
Other Injuries	20	344	22	380	- 36
Meningitis	21	257	17	552	- 295
Lung Disease	22	246	26	294	- 48
Pertussis	23	224	32	197	+ 26
Suicide	24	199	30	220	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	25	181	60	16	+ 166
Syphilis	26	170	21	394	- 224
Alzheimers & Dementia	27	165	29	235	- 70
Prostate Cancer	28	147	25	297	- 151
Endocrine Disorders	29	143	28	245	- 102
Asthma	30	137	31	200	- 63
Oral Cancer	31	133	48	50	+ 82
Drownings	32	132	35	127	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	33	126	40	90	+ 37
Falls	34	124	33	155	- 32
Fires	35	115	34	153	- 38
Liver Cancer	36	114	20	439	- 325
Breast Cancer	37	104	27	246	- 142
Inflammatory/Heart	38	99	38	115	- 16
Stomach Cancer	39	96	37	122	- 26
Poisonings	40	94	41	82	+ 12
Lymphomas	41	65	39	93	- 29
Skin Cancers	42	60	46	51	+ 9
Epilepsy	43	57	42	81	- 24
Bladder Cancer	44	54	59	19	+ 35
Parkinson's Disease	45	41	43	72	- 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	37	36	126	- 89
Leukemia	47	34	58	23	+ 10
Drug Use	48	33	50	42	- 10
Tetanus	49	32	54	31	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	32	49	50	- 18
Schistosomiasis	51	30	45	51	- 22
Skin Disease	52	29	51	41	- 12
Ovary Cancer	53	27	47	50	- 23
Upper Respiratory	54	24	67	3	+ 21
Measles	55	24	3	2,554	- 2,531
Alcohol	56	22	57	25	- 4
Uterin Cancer	57	18	55	28	- 11
Appendicitis	58	18	61	12	+ 5
Encephalitis	59	16	56	27	- 11
Hepatitis B	60	14	52	39	- 25
Lung Cancers	61	13	44	66	- 53
Pancreas Cancer	62	13	53	38	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	7	64	4	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	64	5	62	6	- 1
Ascariasis	65	4	66	4	+ 1
Hepatitis C	66	3	65	4	- 1
War	67	2	70	1	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	2	63	4	- 2
Otitis Media	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	68	1	- 0
Chlamydia	71	1	69	1	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

Tanzania

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.