LIBERIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	8,176	11	1,578	+ 6,598
Coronary Heart Disease	2	4,727	7	1,885	+ 2,842
Lung Disease	3	1,844	26	294	+ 1,551
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,741	15	650	+ 1,091
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,515	5	1,920	- 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,507	29	235	+ 1,272
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,431	2	2,693	- 1,262
Kidney Disease	8	1,298	16	609	+ 690
Liver Cancer	9	1,285	20	439	+ 846
Liver Disease	10	1,229	13	858	+ 370
Lung Cancers	11	1,095	44	66	+ 1,029
Hypertension	12	1,022	23	371	+ 651
Falls	13	793	33	155	+ 638
Stomach Cancer	14	778	37	122	+ 656
Tuberculosis	15	486	1	2,766	- 2,281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	425	40	90	+ 335
Asthma	17	419	31	200	+ 219
Suicide	18	373	30	220	+ 153
Low Birth Weight	19	367	8	1,652	- 1,285
Oral Cancer	20	364	48	50	+ 314
Congenital Anomalies	21	363	14	833	- 470
Breast Cancer	22	318	27	246	+ 73
Other Injuries	23	285	22	380	- 95
Inflammatory/Heart	24	275	38	115	+ 160
Parkinson's Disease	25	274	43	72	+ 202
Drownings	26	262	35	127	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	27	257	6	1,919	- 1,662
Leukemia	28	252	58	23	+ 229
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	226	10	1,592	- 1,366
Lymphomas	30	152	39	93	+ 59
Cervical Cancer	31	123	19	474	- 351
Birth Trauma	32	120	9	1,601	- 1,481
Oesophagus Cancer	33	116	60	16	+ 101
Endocrine Disorders	34	107	28	245	- 138
Prostate Cancer	35	98	25	297	- 199
Violence	36	92	18	477	- 385
Measles	37	92	3	2,554	- 2,463
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	88	49	50	+ 38
Encephalitis	39	80	56	27	+ 53
Skin Disease	40	78	51	41	+ 37
Drug Use	41	70	50	42	+ 28
Uterin Cancer	42	60	55	28	+ 31
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	49	36	126	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	44	48	53	38	+ 10
Bladder Cancer	45	46	59	19	+ 27
Alcohol	46	45	57	25	+ 19
Ovary Cancer	47	44	47	50	- 6
Poisonings	48	43	41	82	- 39
Maternal Conditions	49	40	12	870	- 830
Pertussis	50	36	32	197	- 161
Meningitis	51	32	17	552	- 520
Fires	52	31	34	153	- 123
Epilepsy	53	30	42	81	- 51
Skin Cancers	54	24	46	51	- 27
Hepatitis B	55	19	52	39	- 20
Syphilis	56	17	21	394	- 377
Other Neoplasms	57	17	62	6	+ 11
Tetanus	58	15	54	31	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	11	64	4	+ 7
Appendicitis	60	10	61	12	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	61	7	63	4	+ 3
Dengue	62	7	72	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	63	6	24	353	- 347
Hepatitis C	64	4	65	4	+ 0
War	65	2	70	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	67	3	- 1
Malaria	67	1	4	2,428	- 2,427
Ascariasis	68	0	66	4	- 3
Diphtheria	69	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	70	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	45	51	- 51
Leishmaniasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	81	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

Viet Nam

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.