LIBYA VS LESOTHO: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LESOTHO		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	15,755	21	224	+ 15,531
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	10,622	9	744	+ 9,878
Stroke	3	9,309	2	2,603	+ 6,706
Diarrhoeal diseases	4	7,780	40	92	+ 7,688
Coronary Heart Disease	5	6,943	1	6,610	+ 333
Diabetes Mellitus	6	6,608	8	803	+ 5,805
Suicide	7	5,087	19	304	+ 4,784
Tuberculosis	8	3,993	7	812	+ 3,181
Lung Disease	9	3,641	12	607	+ 3,034
Kidney Disease	10	3,353	4	1,186	+ 2,167
Hypertension	11	3,271	6	915	+ 2,357
Low Birth Weight	12	3,162	18	359	+ 2,803
Violence	13	3,053	30	145	+ 2,908
Liver Disease	14	2,617	11	630	+ 1,987
Birth Trauma	15	2,370	34	132	+ 2,238
Road Traffic Accidents	16	2,242	3	1,444	+ 799
Asthma	17	2,240	20	297	+ 1,943
Other Injuries	18	1,761	15	432	+ 1,328
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,287	14	493	+ 794
Cervical Cancer	20	1,231	32	135	+ 1,096
Malnutrition	21	1,180	57	11	+ 1,170
Meningitis	22	1,050	47	41	+ 1,009
Inflammatory/Heart	23	1,008	37	107	+ 901
Maternal Conditions	24	966	35	124	+ 842
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	921	38	99	+ 822
Fires	26	888	36	115	+ 773
Endocrine Disorders	27	776	29	153	+ 624
Drownings	28	661	43	74	+ 587
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	642	10	743	- 101
Epilepsy	30	474	44	67	+ 407
Falls	31	422	24	204	+ 219
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	415	46	49	+ 365
Poisonings	33	367	45	56	+ 311
Breast Cancer	34	321	25	190	+ 131
Prostate Cancer	35	266	39	96	+ 171
Lymphomas	36	257	26	189	+ 68
Oesophagus Cancer	37	243	49	33	+ 210
Alcohol	38	234	50	22	+ 212
Liver Cancer	39	234	28	153	+ 81
Skin Disease	40	231	54	17	+ 214
Parkinson's Disease	41	181	27	159	+ 22
Oral Cancer	42	171	41	81	+ 90
Lung Cancers	43	169	13	592	- 423
Pertussis	44	169	55	17	+ 152
Syphilis	45	167	61	6	+ 161
Skin Cancers	46	153	51	20	+ 133
Tetanus	47	149	64	1	+ 148
Colon-Rectum Cancers	48	131	16	427	- 296
Leukemia	49	128	22	217	- 88
Drug Use	50	104	17	371	- 267
Hepatitis B	51	88	48	34	+ 54
Appendicitis	52	82	56	15	+ 67
Ovary Cancer	53	81	42	75	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	54	78	60	8	+ 69
Upper Respiratory	55	60	67	0	+ 60
Rheumatoid Arthritis	56	60	62	4	+ 55
Encephalitis	57	45	53	19	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	58	40	23	209	- 168
Measles	59	39	72	0	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	60	36	33	134	- 98
Bladder Cancer	61	32	31	136	- 104
Other Neoplasms	62	30	58	10	+ 20
Multiple Sclerosis	63	20	52	20	- 0
Hepatitis C	64	8	65	1	+ 8
Chlamydia	65	5	69	0	+ 5
Otitis Media	66	4	70	0	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	2	66	0	+ 2
War	68	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Dengue	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	75	0	63	2	- 2
Schistosomiasis	76	0	59	9	- 9
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	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

Lesotho

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.