LIBYA VS KENYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	KENYA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,853	9	744	+ 2,109
HIV/AIDS	2	2,639	21	224	+ 2,415
Tuberculosis	3	2,484	7	812	+ 1,672
Stroke	4	2,009	2	2,603	- 594
Diarrhoeal diseases	5	1,949	40	92	+ 1,857
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,881	3	1,444	+ 437
Liver Disease	7	1,694	11	630	+ 1,064
Malaria	8	1,599	76	0	+ 1,599
Coronary Heart Disease	9	1,513	1	6,610	- 5,097
Birth Trauma	10	1,258	34	132	+ 1,126
Low Birth Weight	11	1,208	18	359	+ 850
Congenital Anomalies	12	773	14	493	+ 280
Maternal Conditions	13	714	35	124	+ 590
Diabetes Mellitus	14	714	8	803	- 89
Meningitis	15	678	47	41	+ 636
Kidney Disease	16	564	4	1,186	- 622
Hypertension	17	558	6	915	- 356
Oesophagus Cancer	18	553	49	33	+ 520
Other Injuries	19	548	15	432	+ 116
Lung Disease	20	541	12	607	- 66
Malnutrition	21	532	57	11	+ 522
Cervical Cancer	22	428	32	135	+ 294
Suicide	23	406	19	304	+ 103
Violence	24	372	30	145	+ 227
Breast Cancer	25	336	25	190	+ 146
Asthma	26	291	20	297	- 6
Tetanus	27	269	64	1	+ 268
Stomach Cancer	28	254	33	134	+ 120
Lymphomas	29	244	26	189	+ 55
Oral Cancer	30	233	41	81	+ 152
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	231	10	743	- 512
Colon-Rectum Cancers	32	187	16	427	- 240
Falls	33	185	24	204	- 18
Liver Cancer	34	171	28	153	+ 18
Leukemia	35	168	22	217	- 49
Fires	36	166	36	115	+ 51
Prostate Cancer	37	163	39	96	+ 68
Poisonings	38	160	45	56	+ 105
Drownings	39	152	43	74	+ 78
Inflammatory/Heart	40	142	37	107	+ 34
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	138	38	99	+ 39
Pertussis	42	128	55	17	+ 111
Epilepsy	43	105	44	67	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	44	105	29	153	- 48
Ovary Cancer	45	100	42	75	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	46	91	23	209	- 118
Lung Cancers	47	84	13	592	- 508
Skin Cancers	48	81	51	20	+ 61
Hepatitis B	49	66	48	34	+ 32
Parkinson's Disease	50	59	27	159	- 100
Skin Disease	51	58	54	17	+ 40
Syphilis	52	57	61	6	+ 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	52	46	49	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	54	47	59	9	+ 38
Alcohol	55	45	50	22	+ 23
Uterin Cancer	56	41	60	8	+ 32
Bladder Cancer	57	40	31	136	- 96
Appendicitis	58	30	56	15	+ 16
Leishmaniasis	59	25	63	2	+ 23
Encephalitis	60	24	53	19	+ 4
Hepatitis C	61	19	65	1	+ 19
Drug Use	62	14	17	371	- 357
Measles	63	13	72	0	+ 13
Upper Respiratory	64	12	67	0	+ 12
War	65	11	5	1,055	- 1,043
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	11	62	4	+ 6
Other Neoplasms	67	8	58	10	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	68	5	52	20	- 15
Diphtheria	69	2	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	71	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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

Kenya

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.