LIBYA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,375	1	6,610	+ 764
War	2	4,701	5	1,055	+ 3,646
Stroke	3	3,497	2	2,603	+ 894
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,688	9	744	+ 1,944
Low Birth Weight	5	2,317	18	359	+ 1,958
Birth Trauma	6	1,967	34	132	+ 1,835
Tuberculosis	7	1,805	7	812	+ 993
Hypertension	8	1,467	6	915	+ 552
Maternal Conditions	9	1,432	35	124	+ 1,309
Kidney Disease	10	1,209	4	1,186	+ 23
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,107	3	1,444	- 337
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,055	8	803	+ 252
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	1,019	40	92	+ 928
Congenital Anomalies	14	918	14	493	+ 425
Lung Disease	15	853	12	607	+ 246
Liver Disease	16	844	11	630	+ 214
Asthma	17	624	20	297	+ 327
Other Injuries	18	595	15	432	+ 162
Violence	19	590	30	145	+ 445
Meningitis	20	482	47	41	+ 440
Pertussis	21	387	55	17	+ 370
Breast Cancer	22	334	25	190	+ 144
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	324	10	743	- 419
Suicide	24	289	19	304	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	276	38	99	+ 177
Stomach Cancer	26	275	33	134	+ 141
Oral Cancer	27	269	41	81	+ 189
Endocrine Disorders	28	250	29	153	+ 98
Oesophagus Cancer	29	241	49	33	+ 208
Tetanus	30	230	64	1	+ 229
Encephalitis	31	218	53	19	+ 199
Lung Cancers	32	197	13	592	- 395
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	191	46	49	+ 142
Drownings	34	183	43	74	+ 109
Epilepsy	35	182	44	67	+ 116
Lymphomas	36	174	26	189	- 15
Falls	37	166	24	204	- 37
Hepatitis B	38	158	48	34	+ 124
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	136	16	427	- 291
Liver Cancer	40	121	28	153	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	41	115	27	159	- 44
Leukemia	42	112	22	217	- 105
Malnutrition	43	108	57	11	+ 98
Cervical Cancer	44	99	32	135	- 35
Inflammatory/Heart	45	97	37	107	- 11
HIV/AIDS	46	85	21	224	- 139
Poisonings	47	70	45	56	+ 15
Ovary Cancer	48	68	42	75	- 7
Measles	49	64	72	0	+ 64
Fires	50	64	36	115	- 51
Drug Use	51	60	17	371	- 311
Appendicitis	52	55	56	15	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	53	53	60	8	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	54	50	31	136	- 86
Prostate Cancer	55	47	39	96	- 48
Pancreas Cancer	56	42	23	209	- 167
Malaria	57	34	76	0	+ 34
Alcohol	58	28	50	22	+ 6
Skin Cancers	59	27	51	20	+ 6
Syphilis	60	17	61	6	+ 12
Skin Disease	61	17	54	17	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	15	52	20	- 4
Other Neoplasms	63	5	58	10	- 5
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	1	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	5	62	4	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	3	66	0	+ 3
Diphtheria	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	68	2	67	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	0	63	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	9	- 9
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Afghanistan

Libya

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.