AFGHANISTAN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,028	1	40,195	- 4,167
Stroke	2	14,187	3	19,060	- 4,873
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,868	11	6,033	+ 1,835
Kidney Disease	4	6,463	10	6,590	- 127
War	5	5,748	2	25,620	- 19,871
Hypertension	6	4,985	8	7,995	- 3,010
Tuberculosis	7	4,427	7	9,839	- 5,412
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,378	12	5,750	- 1,371
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,052	4	14,649	- 10,597
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,049	23	1,765	+ 2,284
Liver Disease	11	3,435	16	4,600	- 1,165
Lung Disease	12	3,309	15	4,650	- 1,341
Lung Cancers	13	3,227	32	1,076	+ 2,152
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,687	14	5,001	- 2,314
Other Injuries	15	2,357	18	3,241	- 885
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,325	39	741	+ 1,584
Drug Use	17	2,022	51	328	+ 1,693
Low Birth Weight	18	1,956	5	12,631	- 10,674
Suicide	19	1,654	24	1,573	+ 82
Asthma	20	1,618	17	3,403	- 1,784
HIV/AIDS	21	1,221	46	464	+ 757
Leukemia	22	1,181	42	610	+ 571
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,138	56	229	+ 909
Falls	24	1,109	37	905	+ 204
Breast Cancer	25	1,035	22	1,822	- 787
Lymphomas	26	1,030	36	946	+ 84
Parkinson's Disease	27	868	41	628	+ 241
Liver Cancer	28	832	40	657	+ 175
Endocrine Disorders	29	831	28	1,364	- 532
Violence	30	792	19	3,217	- 2,425
Bladder Cancer	31	740	54	272	+ 468
Cervical Cancer	32	734	44	541	+ 193
Stomach Cancer	33	730	26	1,501	- 771
Birth Trauma	34	721	6	10,723	- 10,001
Maternal Conditions	35	675	9	7,807	- 7,132
Fires	36	629	50	348	+ 281
Inflammatory/Heart	37	585	45	527	+ 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	539	25	1,505	- 966
Prostate Cancer	39	521	55	258	+ 263
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	499	13	5,555	- 5,057
Oral Cancer	41	440	27	1,467	- 1,027
Ovary Cancer	42	409	48	369	+ 40
Drownings	43	403	34	996	- 593
Epilepsy	44	363	35	993	- 630
Poisonings	45	304	47	384	- 79
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	269	33	1,041	- 772
Meningitis	47	226	20	2,626	- 2,400
Hepatitis B	48	186	38	863	- 677
Oesophagus Cancer	49	179	29	1,314	- 1,135
Alcohol	50	117	58	150	- 33
Skin Cancers	51	110	59	145	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	52	108	62	84	+ 24
Encephalitis	53	106	31	1,190	- 1,084
Skin Disease	54	93	61	94	- 1
Pertussis	55	92	21	2,107	- 2,016
Appendicitis	56	80	52	298	- 218
Malnutrition	57	58	43	589	- 532
Other Neoplasms	58	54	63	29	+ 26
Schistosomiasis	59	47	79	0	+ 47
Uterin Cancer	60	45	53	289	- 243
Syphilis	61	31	60	94	- 63
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	23	65	25	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	10	70	1	+ 9
Tetanus	64	6	30	1,254	- 1,249
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	28	- 24
Ascariasis	66	1	66	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	68	1	67	16	- 16
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	350	- 350
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Libya

Afghanistan

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.