LIBYA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,721	9	744	+ 2,978
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	2,755	40	92	+ 2,663
Stroke	3	2,444	2	2,603	- 159
Coronary Heart Disease	4	2,268	1	6,610	- 4,342
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,960	3	1,444	+ 516
Birth Trauma	6	1,932	34	132	+ 1,799
Low Birth Weight	7	1,740	18	359	+ 1,381
Liver Disease	8	1,693	11	630	+ 1,063
Tuberculosis	9	1,332	7	812	+ 520
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,010	8	803	+ 206
Congenital Anomalies	11	971	14	493	+ 478
Hypertension	12	836	6	915	- 78
Kidney Disease	13	752	4	1,186	- 434
Meningitis	14	746	47	41	+ 705
Lung Disease	15	737	12	607	+ 130
Other Injuries	16	729	15	432	+ 296
HIV/AIDS	17	712	21	224	+ 488
Maternal Conditions	18	552	35	124	+ 428
Malnutrition	19	537	57	11	+ 526
Breast Cancer	20	527	25	190	+ 337
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	513	10	743	- 230
Violence	22	501	30	145	+ 356
Pertussis	23	428	55	17	+ 411
Measles	24	393	72	0	+ 393
Suicide	25	374	19	304	+ 71
Malaria	26	349	76	0	+ 349
Cervical Cancer	27	312	32	135	+ 177
Falls	28	280	24	204	+ 77
Asthma	29	278	20	297	- 19
Leukemia	30	262	22	217	+ 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	233	16	427	- 193
Poisonings	32	228	45	56	+ 172
Lymphomas	33	223	26	189	+ 34
Fires	34	202	36	115	+ 87
Drownings	35	195	43	74	+ 121
Ovary Cancer	36	150	42	75	+ 75
Tetanus	37	137	64	1	+ 136
Lung Cancers	38	137	13	592	- 455
Inflammatory/Heart	39	135	37	107	+ 27
Oesophagus Cancer	40	114	49	33	+ 81
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	109	38	99	+ 10
Liver Cancer	42	107	28	153	- 45
Syphilis	43	106	61	6	+ 100
Epilepsy	44	101	44	67	+ 34
Endocrine Disorders	45	101	29	153	- 52
Parkinson's Disease	46	98	27	159	- 61
Stomach Cancer	47	94	33	134	- 40
Oral Cancer	48	92	41	81	+ 11
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	83	46	49	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	50	77	39	96	- 18
Bladder Cancer	51	67	31	136	- 69
Skin Cancers	52	62	51	20	+ 42
Skin Disease	53	56	54	17	+ 39
Schistosomiasis	54	52	59	9	+ 43
Alcohol	55	47	50	22	+ 25
Hepatitis B	56	46	48	34	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	57	44	67	0	+ 44
Appendicitis	58	42	56	15	+ 27
Leishmaniasis	59	36	63	2	+ 34
Drug Use	60	32	17	371	- 339
Pancreas Cancer	61	30	23	209	- 178
Uterin Cancer	62	26	60	8	+ 18
Encephalitis	63	24	53	19	+ 5
War	64	17	5	1,055	- 1,037
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	14	62	4	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	66	9	58	10	- 1
Diphtheria	67	9	68	0	+ 9
Ascariasis	68	8	66	0	+ 8
Hepatitis C	69	7	65	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	70	4	52	20	- 16
Otitis Media	71	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	72	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	1	74	0	+ 1
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	71	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Ethiopia

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.