LIBYA VS AUSTRALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AUSTRALIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,926	1	6,610	- 685
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,287	10	743	+ 3,544
Stroke	3	2,841	2	2,603	+ 238
Lung Cancers	4	2,411	13	592	+ 1,819
Lung Disease	5	2,334	12	607	+ 1,727
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	1,707	16	427	+ 1,281
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,230	8	803	+ 426
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	1,223	9	744	+ 479
Prostate Cancer	9	1,036	39	96	+ 940
Breast Cancer	10	936	25	190	+ 747
Suicide	11	866	19	304	+ 563
Kidney Disease	12	863	4	1,186	- 323
Pancreas Cancer	13	857	23	209	+ 649
Falls	14	857	24	204	+ 653
Lymphomas	15	836	26	189	+ 647
Endocrine Disorders	16	640	29	153	+ 488
Skin Cancers	17	638	51	20	+ 617
Leukemia	18	585	22	217	+ 368
Parkinson's Disease	19	560	27	159	+ 401
Liver Cancer	20	560	28	153	+ 407
Drug Use	21	490	17	371	+ 119
Other Injuries	22	452	15	432	+ 19
Hypertension	23	449	6	915	- 466
Inflammatory/Heart	24	432	37	107	+ 325
Oesophagus Cancer	25	411	49	33	+ 378
Liver Disease	26	391	11	630	- 239
Stomach Cancer	27	354	33	134	+ 220
Other Neoplasms	28	344	58	10	+ 334
Road Traffic Accidents	29	342	3	1,444	- 1,101
Bladder Cancer	30	327	31	136	+ 191
Ovary Cancer	31	276	42	75	+ 201
Oral Cancer	32	267	41	81	+ 187
Congenital Anomalies	33	195	14	493	- 298
Skin Disease	34	163	54	17	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	35	144	60	8	+ 136
Asthma	36	125	20	297	- 172
Alcohol	37	104	50	22	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	104	46	49	+ 55
Cervical Cancer	39	94	32	135	- 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	81	40	92	- 10
Epilepsy	41	78	44	67	+ 12
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	76	38	99	- 23
Low Birth Weight	43	68	18	359	- 291
Violence	44	67	30	145	- 78
Rheumatoid Arthritis	45	63	62	4	+ 59
Multiple Sclerosis	46	52	52	20	+ 32
Drownings	47	49	43	74	- 25
Hepatitis C	48	48	65	1	+ 47
Anemia	49	43	84	0	+ 43
Birth Trauma	50	39	34	132	- 94
Malnutrition	51	32	57	11	+ 22
Osteoarthritis	52	31	81	0	+ 31
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	20	80	0	+ 20
Schizophrenia	54	18	86	0	+ 18
Fires	55	15	36	115	- 100
Tuberculosis	56	14	7	812	- 798
HIV/AIDS	57	14	21	224	- 210
Hepatitis B	58	11	48	34	- 23
Oral conditions	59	11	82	0	+ 11
Meningitis	60	10	47	41	- 31
Poisonings	61	10	45	56	- 46
Appendicitis	62	7	56	15	- 7
Maternal Conditions	63	6	35	124	- 118
Upper Respiratory	64	5	67	0	+ 4
War	65	2	5	1,055	- 1,052
Otitis Media	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Syphilis	67	1	61	6	- 5
Encephalitis	68	1	53	19	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	55	17	- 16
Tetanus	70	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	75	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	77	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	72	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	59	9	- 9
Chagas disease	80	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	63	2	- 2
Malaria	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Australia

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.