LIBYA VS ECUADOR: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ECUADOR		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,942	1	6,610	- 2,668
Kidney Disease	2	2,486	4	1,186	+ 1,300
Stroke	3	2,183	2	2,603	- 420
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,043	9	744	+ 1,300
Diabetes Mellitus	5	1,737	8	803	+ 934
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,403	3	1,444	- 40
Liver Disease	7	1,339	11	630	+ 709
Lung Disease	8	1,036	12	607	+ 429
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,031	10	743	+ 288
Hypertension	10	1,008	6	915	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	11	840	33	134	+ 706
Prostate Cancer	12	548	39	96	+ 452
Congenital Anomalies	13	537	14	493	+ 44
Suicide	14	533	19	304	+ 230
Violence	15	486	30	145	+ 341
Low Birth Weight	16	471	18	359	+ 112
Other Injuries	17	467	15	432	+ 34
Falls	18	448	24	204	+ 244
Colon-Rectum Cancers	19	446	16	427	+ 19
Lung Cancers	20	432	13	592	- 160
Liver Cancer	21	383	28	153	+ 231
Lymphomas	22	355	26	189	+ 166
Leukemia	23	354	22	217	+ 138
Cervical Cancer	24	338	32	135	+ 203
Breast Cancer	25	332	25	190	+ 142
Parkinson's Disease	26	265	27	159	+ 105
HIV/AIDS	27	245	21	224	+ 21
Malnutrition	28	233	57	11	+ 222
Tuberculosis	29	231	7	812	- 582
Pancreas Cancer	30	226	23	209	+ 17
Endocrine Disorders	31	204	29	153	+ 51
Drownings	32	189	43	74	+ 115
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	167	38	99	+ 69
Diarrhoeal diseases	34	165	40	92	+ 74
Ovary Cancer	35	130	42	75	+ 55
Inflammatory/Heart	36	124	37	107	+ 16
Skin Cancers	37	124	51	20	+ 104
Birth Trauma	38	122	34	132	- 11
Alcohol	39	113	50	22	+ 91
Epilepsy	40	110	44	67	+ 43
Drug Use	41	86	17	371	- 285
Oesophagus Cancer	42	72	49	33	+ 39
Fires	43	70	36	115	- 45
Bladder Cancer	44	68	31	136	- 68
Oral Cancer	45	67	41	81	- 14
Maternal Conditions	46	66	35	124	- 58
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	65	46	49	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	48	52	60	8	+ 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	50	62	4	+ 45
Appendicitis	50	44	56	15	+ 30
Skin Disease	51	41	54	17	+ 24
Meningitis	52	36	47	41	- 5
Asthma	53	34	20	297	- 263
Syphilis	54	34	61	6	+ 28
Encephalitis	55	33	53	19	+ 14
Pertussis	56	32	55	17	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	57	26	58	10	+ 16
Poisonings	58	24	45	56	- 32
Chagas disease	59	8	77	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	52	20	- 13
Dengue	61	4	74	0	+ 4
Tetanus	62	4	64	1	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	63	3	67	0	+ 3
Hepatitis B	64	1	48	34	- 33
Ascariasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
War	66	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Hepatitis C	67	0	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	74	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	75	0	59	9	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Ecuador

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.