LIBYA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,802	9	744	+ 3,059
Stroke	2	2,975	2	2,603	+ 372
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	2,660	40	92	+ 2,568
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,499	1	6,610	- 4,111
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,539	3	1,444	+ 95
Liver Disease	6	1,410	11	630	+ 779
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,096	8	803	+ 293
Hypertension	8	1,074	6	915	+ 159
Lung Disease	9	768	12	607	+ 161
Malnutrition	10	765	57	11	+ 755
Birth Trauma	11	715	34	132	+ 583
Kidney Disease	12	670	4	1,186	- 516
Maternal Conditions	13	631	35	124	+ 507
Tuberculosis	14	631	7	812	- 182
Other Injuries	15	627	15	432	+ 194
Low Birth Weight	16	616	18	359	+ 257
Malaria	17	507	76	0	+ 507
Congenital Anomalies	18	501	14	493	+ 8
Meningitis	19	469	47	41	+ 428
Violence	20	446	30	145	+ 301
Suicide	21	443	19	304	+ 139
Asthma	22	378	20	297	+ 81
Breast Cancer	23	361	25	190	+ 171
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	359	10	743	- 384
HIV/AIDS	25	357	21	224	+ 133
Falls	26	195	24	204	- 8
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	171	38	99	+ 72
Lymphomas	28	170	26	189	- 19
Leukemia	29	167	22	217	- 49
Cervical Cancer	30	154	32	135	+ 19
Fires	31	153	36	115	+ 38
Inflammatory/Heart	32	143	37	107	+ 35
Drownings	33	137	43	74	+ 63
Poisonings	34	132	45	56	+ 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	131	16	427	- 295
Pertussis	36	104	55	17	+ 87
Parkinson's Disease	37	98	27	159	- 61
Epilepsy	38	95	44	67	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	39	94	49	33	+ 61
Ovary Cancer	40	92	42	75	+ 17
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	89	46	49	+ 40
Schistosomiasis	42	84	59	9	+ 76
Endocrine Disorders	43	83	29	153	- 70
Oral Cancer	44	82	41	81	+ 2
Liver Cancer	45	80	28	153	- 72
Lung Cancers	46	72	13	592	- 521
Prostate Cancer	47	63	39	96	- 33
Stomach Cancer	48	56	33	134	- 78
Alcohol	49	53	50	22	+ 31
Skin Disease	50	52	54	17	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	51	49	31	136	- 87
Tetanus	52	44	64	1	+ 42
Drug Use	53	42	17	371	- 329
Syphilis	54	40	61	6	+ 35
Appendicitis	55	36	56	15	+ 22
Skin Cancers	56	35	51	20	+ 14
Hepatitis B	57	32	48	34	- 2
Pancreas Cancer	58	23	23	209	- 186
Leishmaniasis	59	22	63	2	+ 20
Upper Respiratory	60	21	67	0	+ 21
Uterin Cancer	61	20	60	8	+ 12
Encephalitis	62	18	53	19	- 1
Measles	63	15	72	0	+ 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	14	62	4	+ 10
Hepatitis C	65	7	65	1	+ 7
Other Neoplasms	66	7	58	10	- 3
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	52	20	- 15
Ascariasis	68	2	66	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	69	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
War	71	0	5	1,055	- 1,054
Diphtheria	72	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Eritrea

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.