LIBYA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,546	1	6,610	- 1,064
Stroke	2	4,122	2	2,603	+ 1,519
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	3,168	9	744	+ 2,425
Violence	4	2,301	30	145	+ 2,156
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,994	8	803	+ 1,191
Lung Disease	6	1,986	12	607	+ 1,379
Kidney Disease	7	1,261	4	1,186	+ 75
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,133	3	1,444	- 311
Lung Cancers	9	1,059	13	592	+ 467
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,028	10	743	+ 285
Hypertension	11	964	6	915	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	775	16	427	+ 348
Liver Disease	13	717	11	630	+ 86
Breast Cancer	14	694	25	190	+ 504
Prostate Cancer	15	636	39	96	+ 540
Falls	16	630	24	204	+ 427
Stomach Cancer	17	602	33	134	+ 468
Inflammatory/Heart	18	586	37	107	+ 478
Endocrine Disorders	19	566	29	153	+ 414
Suicide	20	486	19	304	+ 183
Other Injuries	21	462	15	432	+ 29
HIV/AIDS	22	420	21	224	+ 196
Congenital Anomalies	23	412	14	493	- 81
Pancreas Cancer	24	401	23	209	+ 193
Liver Cancer	25	385	28	153	+ 232
Oesophagus Cancer	26	350	49	33	+ 317
Lymphomas	27	347	26	189	+ 158
Oral Cancer	28	333	41	81	+ 252
Cervical Cancer	29	318	32	135	+ 183
Leukemia	30	285	22	217	+ 69
Skin Disease	31	240	54	17	+ 223
Alcohol	32	238	50	22	+ 217
Low Birth Weight	33	230	18	359	- 129
Malnutrition	34	224	57	11	+ 213
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	189	40	92	+ 98
Bladder Cancer	36	177	31	136	+ 42
Chagas disease	37	169	77	0	+ 169
Skin Cancers	38	168	51	20	+ 148
Drownings	39	165	43	74	+ 91
Tuberculosis	40	164	7	812	- 648
Parkinson's Disease	41	160	27	159	+ 0
Other Neoplasms	42	156	58	10	+ 146
Ovary Cancer	43	146	42	75	+ 71
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	142	38	99	+ 44
Birth Trauma	45	126	34	132	- 6
Epilepsy	46	109	44	67	+ 43
Uterin Cancer	47	93	60	8	+ 85
Asthma	48	87	20	297	- 210
Drug Use	49	83	17	371	- 288
Anemia	50	81	84	0	+ 81
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	73	46	49	+ 24
Hepatitis C	52	65	65	1	+ 65
Maternal Conditions	53	50	35	124	- 73
Meningitis	54	45	47	41	+ 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	37	80	0	+ 37
War	56	36	5	1,055	- 1,018
Appendicitis	57	36	56	15	+ 21
Fires	58	34	36	115	- 81
Hepatitis B	59	26	48	34	- 8
Schizophrenia	60	22	86	0	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	20	62	4	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	62	20	59	9	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	63	14	63	2	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	64	12	52	20	- 8
Osteoarthritis	65	11	81	0	+ 11
Poisonings	66	11	45	56	- 45
Upper Respiratory	67	9	67	0	+ 9
Syphilis	68	7	61	6	+ 2
Leprosy	69	6	71	0	+ 6
Otitis Media	70	3	70	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	3	64	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	72	2	53	19	- 17
Oral conditions	73	2	82	0	+ 2
Malaria	74	1	76	0	+ 1
Pertussis	75	1	55	17	- 16
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	79	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	81	0	72	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

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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.