LIBYA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,199	1	6,610	- 3,411
Stroke	2	1,916	2	2,603	- 687
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,131	3	1,444	- 312
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,109	8	803	+ 306
Hypertension	5	1,009	6	915	+ 94
Kidney Disease	6	984	4	1,186	- 202
Lung Cancers	7	697	13	592	+ 105
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	618	9	744	- 126
Congenital Anomalies	9	615	14	493	+ 123
Low Birth Weight	10	565	18	359	+ 206
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	465	10	743	- 278
Breast Cancer	12	452	25	190	+ 262
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	406	16	427	- 20
Liver Disease	14	325	11	630	- 305
Lung Disease	15	293	12	607	- 315
Leukemia	16	244	22	217	+ 27
Stomach Cancer	17	241	33	134	+ 107
Lymphomas	18	213	26	189	+ 24
Other Injuries	19	194	15	432	- 239
Birth Trauma	20	178	34	132	+ 46
Violence	21	177	30	145	+ 32
Pancreas Cancer	22	162	23	209	- 47
Bladder Cancer	23	140	31	136	+ 4
Falls	24	126	24	204	- 78
Liver Cancer	25	122	28	153	- 30
Endocrine Disorders	26	119	29	153	- 34
Parkinson's Disease	27	111	27	159	- 48
Suicide	28	109	19	304	- 195
Fires	29	101	36	115	- 15
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	100	40	92	+ 9
Oral Cancer	31	94	41	81	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	32	92	42	75	+ 17
Prostate Cancer	33	86	39	96	- 9
Drug Use	34	76	17	371	- 295
Asthma	35	75	20	297	- 222
Drownings	36	70	43	74	- 3
Meningitis	37	52	47	41	+ 10
Inflammatory/Heart	38	49	37	107	- 58
Uterin Cancer	39	49	60	8	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	44	38	99	- 55
Cervical Cancer	41	42	32	135	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	42	42	49	33	+ 9
Pertussis	43	36	55	17	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	44	35	35	124	- 89
Syphilis	45	34	61	6	+ 28
Epilepsy	46	32	44	67	- 34
Poisonings	47	31	45	56	- 25
Skin Disease	48	28	54	17	+ 11
Skin Cancers	49	25	51	20	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	15	46	49	- 35
Malnutrition	51	10	57	11	- 1
Encephalitis	52	9	53	19	- 10
Tuberculosis	53	8	7	812	- 804
Multiple Sclerosis	54	8	52	20	- 12
Alcohol	55	7	50	22	- 15
Tetanus	56	7	64	1	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	57	6	58	10	- 4
Appendicitis	58	5	56	15	- 10
War	59	4	5	1,055	- 1,051
Hepatitis B	60	3	48	34	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	3	62	4	- 2
Schistosomiasis	62	2	59	9	- 7
HIV/AIDS	63	1	21	224	- 223
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	1	+ 0
Measles	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	68	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	69	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	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

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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.