LIBYA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	3,461	9	744	+ 2,717
Stroke	2	3,227	2	2,603	+ 624
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,001	1	6,610	- 3,609
HIV/AIDS	4	2,887	21	224	+ 2,663
Malaria	5	2,375	76	0	+ 2,375
Tuberculosis	6	2,174	7	812	+ 1,362
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,662	3	1,444	+ 218
Low Birth Weight	8	1,418	18	359	+ 1,059
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,391	40	92	+ 1,300
Birth Trauma	10	1,318	34	132	+ 1,186
Liver Disease	11	1,288	11	630	+ 658
Diabetes Mellitus	12	1,262	8	803	+ 459
Kidney Disease	13	886	4	1,186	- 300
Congenital Anomalies	14	838	14	493	+ 345
Lung Disease	15	664	12	607	+ 57
Meningitis	16	635	47	41	+ 593
Liver Cancer	17	607	28	153	+ 454
Other Injuries	18	518	15	432	+ 85
Hypertension	19	475	6	915	- 440
Cervical Cancer	20	460	32	135	+ 325
Suicide	21	424	19	304	+ 121
Maternal Conditions	22	424	35	124	+ 300
Asthma	23	421	20	297	+ 124
Endocrine Disorders	24	418	29	153	+ 266
Breast Cancer	25	412	25	190	+ 222
Malnutrition	26	398	57	11	+ 387
Violence	27	395	30	145	+ 250
Inflammatory/Heart	28	344	37	107	+ 236
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	275	10	743	- 468
Falls	30	248	24	204	+ 45
Prostate Cancer	31	219	39	96	+ 124
Lymphomas	32	186	26	189	- 3
Stomach Cancer	33	185	33	134	+ 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	171	16	427	- 256
Pertussis	35	158	55	17	+ 142
Drownings	36	158	43	74	+ 84
Fires	37	155	36	115	+ 40
Ovary Cancer	38	149	42	75	+ 74
Drug Use	39	134	17	371	- 237
Poisonings	40	111	45	56	+ 55
Syphilis	41	103	61	6	+ 97
Oral Cancer	42	103	41	81	+ 22
Parkinson's Disease	43	82	27	159	- 77
Encephalitis	44	76	53	19	+ 57
Leukemia	45	72	22	217	- 144
Pancreas Cancer	46	71	23	209	- 138
Epilepsy	47	70	44	67	+ 4
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	68	38	99	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	49	61	49	33	+ 28
Skin Disease	50	56	54	17	+ 39
Schistosomiasis	51	55	59	9	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	54	46	49	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	53	52	31	136	- 84
Alcohol	54	52	50	22	+ 30
Lung Cancers	55	51	13	592	- 542
Tetanus	56	47	64	1	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	57	47	60	8	+ 38
Skin Cancers	58	46	51	20	+ 26
Appendicitis	59	31	56	15	+ 16
Measles	60	29	72	0	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	24	52	20	+ 4
Hepatitis B	62	22	48	34	- 13
Other Neoplasms	63	10	58	10	+ 0
War	64	6	5	1,055	- 1,048
Hepatitis C	65	6	65	1	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	67	0	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	3	62	4	- 1
Ascariasis	68	3	66	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Ghana

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.