LIBYA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,393	1	6,610	- 217
Violence	2	2,860	30	145	+ 2,715
Stroke	3	2,460	2	2,603	- 143
Lung Disease	4	2,364	12	607	+ 1,757
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,599	9	744	+ 856
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,153	3	1,444	- 291
Kidney Disease	7	1,014	4	1,186	- 171
Hypertension	8	950	6	915	+ 35
Stomach Cancer	9	907	33	134	+ 773
Lung Cancers	10	779	13	592	+ 187
Diabetes Mellitus	11	746	8	803	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	649	16	427	+ 222
Breast Cancer	13	545	25	190	+ 355
Prostate Cancer	14	532	39	96	+ 437
Other Neoplasms	15	476	58	10	+ 466
Congenital Anomalies	16	440	14	493	- 53
HIV/AIDS	17	398	21	224	+ 174
Lymphomas	18	386	26	189	+ 197
Liver Disease	19	360	11	630	- 270
Cervical Cancer	20	336	32	135	+ 202
Leukemia	21	328	22	217	+ 111
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	320	10	743	- 423
Low Birth Weight	23	311	18	359	- 48
Liver Cancer	24	307	28	153	+ 154
Pancreas Cancer	25	300	23	209	+ 91
Suicide	26	292	19	304	- 12
Malnutrition	27	279	57	11	+ 268
Other Injuries	28	236	15	432	- 196
Falls	29	225	24	204	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	30	203	29	153	+ 50
Inflammatory/Heart	31	197	37	107	+ 90
Tuberculosis	32	189	7	812	- 623
Ovary Cancer	33	167	42	75	+ 92
Skin Disease	34	164	54	17	+ 146
Skin Cancers	35	153	51	20	+ 133
Oesophagus Cancer	36	124	49	33	+ 91
Oral Cancer	37	120	41	81	+ 39
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	111	40	92	+ 19
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	104	38	99	+ 5
Drownings	40	102	43	74	+ 28
Birth Trauma	41	96	34	132	- 36
Bladder Cancer	42	90	31	136	- 45
Epilepsy	43	89	44	67	+ 22
Drug Use	44	73	17	371	- 298
Uterin Cancer	45	63	60	8	+ 55
Maternal Conditions	46	58	35	124	- 65
Parkinson's Disease	47	57	27	159	- 102
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	49	80	0	+ 49
War	49	39	5	1,055	- 1,016
Meningitis	50	36	47	41	- 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	36	62	4	+ 32
Appendicitis	52	32	56	15	+ 17
Chagas disease	53	30	77	0	+ 30
Asthma	54	28	20	297	- 269
Dengue	55	20	74	0	+ 20
Fires	56	19	36	115	- 97
Anemia	57	15	84	0	+ 15
Osteoarthritis	58	10	81	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	59	10	65	1	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	60	9	52	20	- 11
Poisonings	61	9	45	56	- 47
Hepatitis B	62	7	48	34	- 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	6	46	49	- 44
Encephalitis	64	6	53	19	- 14
Syphilis	65	4	61	6	- 1
Upper Respiratory	66	4	67	0	+ 4
Malaria	67	4	76	0	+ 4
Alcohol	68	3	50	22	- 18
Pertussis	69	3	55	17	- 14
Schizophrenia	70	3	86	0	+ 3
Tetanus	71	2	64	1	+ 1
Leprosy	72	1	71	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	63	2	- 1
Oral conditions	75	1	82	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	66	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	9	- 9
Measles	78	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Colombia

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.