AUSTRALIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	24,038	1	21,548	+ 2,489
Stroke	2	9,466	3	10,331	- 865
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,250	29	1,245	+ 4,005
Kidney Disease	4	4,312	12	3,139	+ 1,173
War	5	3,835	65	8	+ 3,827
Hypertension	6	3,326	23	1,631	+ 1,695
Tuberculosis	7	2,954	56	53	+ 2,901
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,921	7	4,471	- 1,550
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,704	8	4,446	- 1,742
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,702	2	15,588	- 12,887
Liver Disease	11	2,292	26	1,421	+ 870
Lung Disease	12	2,207	5	8,487	- 6,280
Lung Cancers	13	2,153	4	8,769	- 6,615
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,793	33	711	+ 1,082
Other Injuries	15	1,572	22	1,642	- 70
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,551	6	6,209	- 4,658
Drug Use	17	1,349	21	1,783	- 434
Low Birth Weight	18	1,305	43	248	+ 1,057
Suicide	19	1,104	11	3,150	- 2,046
Asthma	20	1,080	36	455	+ 624
HIV/AIDS	21	815	57	50	+ 765
Leukemia	22	788	18	2,126	- 1,338
Pancreas Cancer	23	759	13	3,118	- 2,358
Falls	24	740	14	3,116	- 2,376
Breast Cancer	25	691	10	3,405	- 2,715
Lymphomas	26	687	15	3,039	- 2,352
Parkinson's Disease	27	579	19	2,036	- 1,457
Liver Cancer	28	555	20	2,036	- 1,481
Endocrine Disorders	29	555	16	2,328	- 1,774
Violence	30	528	44	243	+ 285
Bladder Cancer	31	494	30	1,187	- 694
Cervical Cancer	32	490	39	342	+ 148
Stomach Cancer	33	487	27	1,288	- 801
Birth Trauma	34	481	50	140	+ 341
Maternal Conditions	35	450	63	20	+ 430
Fires	36	419	55	55	+ 365
Inflammatory/Heart	37	390	24	1,571	- 1,181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	360	42	276	+ 84
Prostate Cancer	39	347	9	3,766	- 3,419
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	333	40	296	+ 37
Oral Cancer	41	293	32	972	- 679
Ovary Cancer	42	273	31	1,003	- 730
Drownings	43	269	47	177	+ 92
Epilepsy	44	242	41	285	- 43
Poisonings	45	203	61	35	+ 168
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	180	38	379	- 199
Meningitis	47	151	60	37	+ 114
Hepatitis B	48	124	58	41	+ 83
Oesophagus Cancer	49	120	25	1,494	- 1,374
Alcohol	50	78	37	380	- 302
Skin Cancers	51	73	17	2,319	- 2,245
Multiple Sclerosis	52	72	46	188	- 115
Encephalitis	53	71	68	3	+ 68
Skin Disease	54	62	34	594	- 532
Pertussis	55	61	69	1	+ 60
Appendicitis	56	54	62	26	+ 27
Malnutrition	57	38	51	117	- 78
Other Neoplasms	58	36	28	1,252	- 1,216
Schistosomiasis	59	32	79	0	+ 32
Uterin Cancer	60	30	35	524	- 494
Syphilis	61	21	67	3	+ 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	45	229	- 213
Leishmaniasis	63	7	81	0	+ 7
Tetanus	64	4	70	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	2	48	173	- 171
Ascariasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	17	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	82	0	59	40	- 40
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	49	157	- 157
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	64	- 64
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Libya

Australia

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.