LIBYA VS GUYANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GUYANA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,374	1	6,610	+ 5,764
Stroke	2	9,477	2	2,603	+ 6,874
Diabetes Mellitus	3	5,364	8	803	+ 4,561
Hypertension	4	2,966	6	915	+ 2,052
Suicide	5	2,923	19	304	+ 2,620
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,795	9	744	+ 2,051
HIV/AIDS	7	2,375	21	224	+ 2,151
Kidney Disease	8	2,163	4	1,186	+ 977
Liver Disease	9	1,825	11	630	+ 1,194
Violence	10	1,794	30	145	+ 1,649
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,621	3	1,444	+ 177
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,617	29	153	+ 1,464
Lung Disease	13	1,613	12	607	+ 1,006
Other Injuries	14	1,550	15	432	+ 1,117
Drownings	15	1,342	43	74	+ 1,268
Tuberculosis	16	1,270	7	812	+ 457
Prostate Cancer	17	1,143	39	96	+ 1,047
Anemia	18	917	84	0	+ 917
Breast Cancer	19	889	25	190	+ 699
Inflammatory/Heart	20	851	37	107	+ 743
Cervical Cancer	21	847	32	135	+ 712
Low Birth Weight	22	827	18	359	+ 469
Congenital Anomalies	23	637	14	493	+ 144
Birth Trauma	24	597	34	132	+ 465
Colon-Rectum Cancers	25	543	16	427	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	26	503	38	99	+ 405
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	440	40	92	+ 349
Other Neoplasms	28	372	58	10	+ 362
Lung Cancers	29	350	13	592	- 242
Malnutrition	30	346	57	11	+ 335
Stomach Cancer	31	315	33	134	+ 181
Lymphomas	32	298	26	189	+ 109
Malaria	33	278	76	0	+ 278
Liver Cancer	34	268	28	153	+ 115
Maternal Conditions	35	261	35	124	+ 137
Asthma	36	236	20	297	- 61
Epilepsy	37	219	44	67	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	38	212	10	743	- 531
Leukemia	39	197	22	217	- 20
Oral Cancer	40	186	41	81	+ 105
Fires	41	180	36	115	+ 65
Pancreas Cancer	42	176	23	209	- 33
Ovary Cancer	43	164	42	75	+ 89
Meningitis	44	161	47	41	+ 120
Drug Use	45	145	17	371	- 226
Uterin Cancer	46	120	60	8	+ 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	119	46	49	+ 70
Falls	48	103	24	204	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	49	84	27	159	- 76
Bladder Cancer	50	73	31	136	- 62
Oesophagus Cancer	51	72	49	33	+ 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	52	72	80	0	+ 72
Encephalitis	53	65	53	19	+ 46
Appendicitis	54	56	56	15	+ 41
Skin Cancers	55	45	51	20	+ 25
Skin Disease	56	30	54	17	+ 13
Alcohol	57	29	50	22	+ 7
Osteoarthritis	58	28	81	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	59	19	48	34	- 16
Dengue	60	17	74	0	+ 17
Multiple Sclerosis	61	11	52	20	- 8
Schizophrenia	62	9	86	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	62	4	+ 5
War	64	6	5	1,055	- 1,049
Poisonings	65	5	45	56	- 50
Upper Respiratory	66	5	67	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	67	4	82	0	+ 4
Leprosy	68	3	71	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	69	2	65	1	+ 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Syphilis	71	2	61	6	- 4
Tetanus	72	2	64	1	+ 1
Pertussis	73	1	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	74	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	76	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	77	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Chagas disease	81	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	84	0	59	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	85	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Guyana

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.