LIBYA VS ALGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ALGERIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,539	1	6,610	+ 1,929
Stroke	2	3,662	2	2,603	+ 1,059
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,408	3	1,444	- 35
Hypertension	4	1,310	6	915	+ 396
Kidney Disease	5	1,179	4	1,186	- 7
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	1,141	9	744	+ 398
Alzheimers & Dementia	7	882	10	743	+ 139
Low Birth Weight	8	852	18	359	+ 493
Diabetes Mellitus	9	732	8	803	- 71
Lung Disease	10	731	12	607	+ 124
Congenital Anomalies	11	682	14	493	+ 189
Lung Cancers	12	615	13	592	+ 23
Birth Trauma	13	595	34	132	+ 463
Breast Cancer	14	542	25	190	+ 352
Liver Disease	15	542	11	630	- 88
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	491	16	427	+ 65
Tuberculosis	17	445	7	812	- 368
Asthma	18	319	20	297	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	19	318	33	134	+ 184
Lymphomas	20	287	26	189	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	21	223	31	136	+ 87
Other Injuries	22	219	15	432	- 213
Falls	23	206	24	204	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	24	195	27	159	+ 36
Leukemia	25	181	22	217	- 35
Diarrhoeal diseases	26	174	40	92	+ 82
Cervical Cancer	27	170	32	135	+ 36
Suicide	28	168	19	304	- 136
Prostate Cancer	29	167	39	96	+ 72
Drug Use	30	154	17	371	- 217
Pancreas Cancer	31	152	23	209	- 56
Endocrine Disorders	32	145	29	153	- 8
Maternal Conditions	33	144	35	124	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	34	129	37	107	+ 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	113	38	99	+ 14
Violence	36	112	30	145	- 34
Skin Cancers	37	111	51	20	+ 91
Oral Cancer	38	109	41	81	+ 28
Fires	39	100	36	115	- 16
Ovary Cancer	40	96	42	75	+ 21
Liver Cancer	41	86	28	153	- 66
Drownings	42	71	43	74	- 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	57	46	49	+ 7
Epilepsy	44	56	44	67	- 11
Meningitis	45	50	47	41	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	46	49	49	33	+ 16
Poisonings	47	45	45	56	- 11
HIV/AIDS	48	30	21	224	- 194
Pertussis	49	26	55	17	+ 10
Hepatitis B	50	26	48	34	- 8
Encephalitis	51	23	53	19	+ 3
Skin Disease	52	17	54	17	+ 0
Malnutrition	53	13	57	11	+ 2
Alcohol	54	13	50	22	- 9
Appendicitis	55	13	56	15	- 2
Uterin Cancer	56	12	60	8	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	57	12	52	20	- 8
Other Neoplasms	58	9	58	10	- 1
Measles	59	9	72	0	+ 9
Tetanus	60	8	64	1	+ 7
Syphilis	61	6	61	6	+ 1
War	62	6	5	1,055	- 1,048
Schistosomiasis	63	3	59	9	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	3	62	4	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	1	63	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Malaria	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Algeria

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.