BELGIUM VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,756	1	15,281	- 4,525
Stroke	2	4,235	3	7,408	- 3,172
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,349	29	666	+ 1,683
Kidney Disease	4	1,930	8	2,952	- 1,022
War	5	1,716	67	1	+ 1,715
Hypertension	6	1,488	27	740	+ 749
Tuberculosis	7	1,322	54	46	+ 1,276
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,307	20	1,269	+ 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,210	6	5,677	- 4,467
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,209	2	9,416	- 8,207
Liver Disease	11	1,025	17	1,433	- 407
Lung Disease	12	988	5	6,438	- 5,450
Lung Cancers	13	964	4	6,777	- 5,813
Congenital Anomalies	14	802	40	282	+ 520
Other Injuries	15	704	11	2,006	- 1,303
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	694	7	3,329	- 2,635
Drug Use	17	604	39	287	+ 316
Low Birth Weight	18	584	50	70	+ 514
Suicide	19	494	10	2,111	- 1,617
Asthma	20	483	46	128	+ 356
HIV/AIDS	21	364	57	36	+ 328
Leukemia	22	353	21	1,199	- 847
Pancreas Cancer	23	340	14	1,809	- 1,470
Falls	24	331	15	1,756	- 1,424
Breast Cancer	25	309	9	2,587	- 2,278
Lymphomas	26	307	16	1,552	- 1,245
Parkinson's Disease	27	259	19	1,378	- 1,118
Liver Cancer	28	248	24	976	- 727
Endocrine Disorders	29	248	18	1,432	- 1,183
Violence	30	236	44	149	+ 87
Bladder Cancer	31	221	22	1,078	- 858
Cervical Cancer	32	219	41	243	- 24
Stomach Cancer	33	218	26	863	- 645
Birth Trauma	34	215	53	47	+ 168
Maternal Conditions	35	201	64	6	+ 195
Fires	36	188	48	75	+ 113
Inflammatory/Heart	37	175	23	1,060	- 886
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	161	42	213	- 52
Prostate Cancer	39	155	13	1,824	- 1,669
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	149	33	418	- 269
Oral Cancer	41	131	28	675	- 543
Ovary Cancer	42	122	30	653	- 530
Drownings	43	120	47	79	+ 42
Epilepsy	44	108	36	348	- 240
Poisonings	45	91	55	41	+ 50
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	80	37	293	- 212
Meningitis	47	67	58	28	+ 39
Hepatitis B	48	56	63	17	+ 39
Oesophagus Cancer	49	54	25	898	- 845
Alcohol	50	35	32	500	- 465
Skin Cancers	51	33	31	522	- 490
Multiple Sclerosis	52	32	45	147	- 115
Encephalitis	53	32	66	1	+ 30
Skin Disease	54	28	35	380	- 352
Pertussis	55	27	68	1	+ 27
Appendicitis	56	24	62	17	+ 7
Malnutrition	57	17	38	291	- 274
Other Neoplasms	58	16	12	1,828	- 1,811
Schistosomiasis	59	14	76	0	+ 14
Uterin Cancer	60	13	34	384	- 371
Syphilis	61	9	70	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	49	73	- 66
Leishmaniasis	63	3	73	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	2	78	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	1	52	53	- 52
Ascariasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	22	- 22
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	82	0	61	19	- 19
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	43	199	- 199
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Libya

Belgium

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.