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Liberia
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Liberia and Belgium health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Belgium
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
 
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
1970
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
 
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
1980
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
 
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
1990
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
 
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
2000
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
 
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
2010
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
 
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
2019
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
 
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.2
65.0
149
163
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age
63.2
65.0
149
163
79.3
83.5
23
25
Age 5
69.4
70.4
131
154
79.6
83.8
24
27
Age 10
69.9
70.9
126
155
79.6
83.8
25
27
Age 15
70.3
71.3
123
155
79.7
83.8
25
27
Age 20
70.7
71.6
122
155
79.7
83.9
25
27
Age 25
71.1
72.0
121
155
79.9
83.9
26
27
Age 30
71.6
72.5
121
155
80.0
84.0
26
27
Age 35
72.2
73.1
120
155
80.2
84.1
26
27
Age 40
72.9
73.8
117
153
80.4
84.2
26
28
Age 45
73.7
74.6
112
154
80.7
84.4
27
28
Age 50
74.8
75.5
106
155
81.1
84.7
27
28
Age 55
76.0
76.7
103
154
81.5
85.0
29
28
Age 60
77.4
78.0
102
155
82.3
85.6
29
26
Age 65
79.2
79.7
98
151
83.4
86.3
29
23
Age 70
81.3
81.7
102
147
84.8
87.2
28
21
Age 75
83.8
84.1
89
139
86.4
88.2
28
20
Age 80
86.7
86.9
92
132
88.3
89.5
30
24
Age 85
89.9
90.1
85
115
90.6
91.3
49
43
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.87
112
44.62
167
2. Tuberculosis
89.99
7
0.18
165
3. Stroke
79.84
94
21.11
166
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
78.43
44
14.69
138
5. Road Traffic Accidents
55.89
4
5.10
154
6. Malaria
52.62
4
0.00
83
7. HIV/AIDS
50.98
23
0.26
139
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
47.97
37
1.14
131
9. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
13.32
117
10. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
2.23
163
11. Liver Disease
34.32
44
7.38
149
12. Diabetes Mellitus
31.63
86
4.21
177
13. Measles
31.33
2
0.00
109
14. Kidney Disease
27.80
69
7.64
153
15. Maternal Conditions
20.74
5
0.06
162
16. Hypertension
18.52
90
1.78
179
17. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
19.18
58
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.56
92
22.30
27
19. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
3.89
137
20. Lung Disease
15.39
139
20.24
104
21. Violence
13.13
34
1.19
147
22. Low Birth Weight
11.72
21
0.79
170
23. Meningitis
11.52
30
0.18
160
24. Birth Trauma
11.43
14
0.53
151
25. Malnutrition
10.21
29
0.71
108
26. Other Injuries
9.64
70
6.43
110
27. Asthma
8.98
68
0.46
166
28. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
37
2.57
165
29. Suicide
7.37
108
13.93
35
30. Falls
7.14
68
5.68
89
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.75
50
0.65
167
32. Endocrine Disorders
5.61
58
4.82
64
33. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
3.31
144
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.81
91
3.38
126
35. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
66
3.89
104
36. Syphilis
3.93
2
0.00
173
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
11.97
51
38. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
4.84
74
39. Fires
3.65
35
0.46
146
40. Lymphomas
3.62
132
5.59
61
41. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
28.49
16
42. Pertussis
2.42
33
0.00
139
43. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
2.39
88
44. Drownings
2.30
99
0.52
168
45. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
2.14
75
46. Epilepsy
2.16
56
1.63
89
47. Schistosomiasis
2.09
21
0.00
88
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.08
67
0.81
129
49. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
3.11
81
50. Poisonings
1.76
50
0.25
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Tuberculosis
2,766
8.21
46
0.05
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,693
7.99
5,677
6.13
3. Measles
2,554
7.58
0
0.00
4. Malaria
2,428
7.21
0
0.00
5. Road Traffic Accidents
1,920
5.70
666
0.72
6. HIV/AIDS
1,919
5.70
36
0.04
7. Coronary Heart Disease
1,885
5.60
15,281
16.50
8. Low Birth Weight
1,652
4.90
70
0.08
9. Birth Trauma
1,601
4.75
47
0.05
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,592
4.73
418
0.45
11. Stroke
1,578
4.68
7,408
8.00
12. Maternal Conditions
870
2.58
6
0.01
13. Liver Disease
858
2.55
1,433
1.55
14. Congenital Anomalies
833
2.47
282
0.30
15. Diabetes Mellitus
650
1.93
1,269
1.37
16. Kidney Disease
609
1.81
2,952
3.19
17. Meningitis
552
1.64
28
0.03
18. Violence
477
1.42
149
0.16
19. Cervical Cancer
474
1.41
243
0.26
20. Liver Cancer
439
1.30
976
1.05
21. Syphilis
394
1.17
0
0.00
22. Other Injuries
380
1.13
2,006
2.17
23. Hypertension
371
1.10
740
0.80
24. Malnutrition
353
1.05
291
0.31
25. Prostate Cancer
297
0.88
1,824
1.97
26. Lung Disease
294
0.87
6,438
6.95
27. Breast Cancer
246
0.73
2,587
2.79
28. Endocrine Disorders
245
0.73
1,432
1.55
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
235
0.70
9,416
10.17
30. Suicide
220
0.65
2,111
2.28
31. Asthma
200
0.59
128
0.14
32. Pertussis
197
0.58
1
0.00
33. Falls
155
0.46
1,756
1.90
34. Fires
153
0.45
75
0.08
35. Drownings
127
0.38
79
0.09
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
126
0.37
213
0.23
37. Stomach Cancer
122
0.36
863
0.93
38. Inflammatory/Heart
115
0.34
1,060
1.14
39. Lymphomas
93
0.28
1,552
1.68
40. Colon-Rectum Cancers
90
0.27
3,329
3.59
41. Poisonings
82
0.24
41
0.04
42. Epilepsy
81
0.24
348
0.38
43. Parkinson's Disease
72
0.21
1,378
1.49
44. Lung Cancers
66
0.20
6,777
7.32
45. Schistosomiasis
51
0.15
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
51
0.15
522
0.56
47. Oral Cancer
50
0.15
675
0.73
48. Ovary Cancer
50
0.15
653
0.71
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
50
0.15
293
0.32
50. Drug Use
42
0.12
287
0.31
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Liberia LIBERIA   Belgium BELGIUM
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
38.87
16
13.32
117
2. Cervical Cancer
35.18
16
2.23
163
3. Breast Cancer
17.79
81
19.18
58
4. Liver Cancer
17.19
11
3.89
137
5. Stomach Cancer
5.47
99
3.31
144
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.79
170
11.97
51
7. Ovary Cancer
3.65
123
4.84
74
8. Lymphomas
3.62
132
5.59
61
9. Lung Cancers
2.68
165
28.49
16
10. Uterin Cancer
2.31
91
2.39
88
11. Skin Cancers
2.29
61
2.14
75
12. Oral Cancer
2.01
131
3.11
81
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.56
152
7.06
43
14. Bladder Cancer
0.83
163
3.54
39
15. Leukemia
0.66
178
4.44
48
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.64
174
3.84
48
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.