BENIN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,198	5	5,397	+ 7,800
Stroke	2	5,197	4	5,855	- 658
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,882	8	3,162	- 280
Kidney Disease	4	2,368	13	1,929	+ 439
War	5	2,106	69	2	+ 2,103
Hypertension	6	1,826	19	1,088	+ 738
Tuberculosis	7	1,622	23	919	+ 703
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,604	14	1,912	- 308
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,484	1	10,205	- 8,720
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,483	29	715	+ 768
Liver Disease	11	1,258	9	2,447	- 1,188
Lung Disease	12	1,212	17	1,220	- 8
Lung Cancers	13	1,182	59	66	+ 1,116
Congenital Anomalies	14	984	10	2,265	- 1,281
Other Injuries	15	863	15	1,532	- 669
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	852	41	311	+ 540
Drug Use	17	741	44	197	+ 543
Low Birth Weight	18	717	6	4,908	- 4,191
Suicide	19	606	22	922	- 316
Asthma	20	593	24	891	- 298
HIV/AIDS	21	447	11	2,263	- 1,815
Leukemia	22	433	46	196	+ 237
Pancreas Cancer	23	417	48	177	+ 240
Falls	24	406	32	543	- 137
Breast Cancer	25	379	27	784	- 405
Lymphomas	26	377	36	387	- 9
Parkinson's Disease	27	318	43	212	+ 107
Liver Cancer	28	305	40	322	- 17
Endocrine Disorders	29	305	16	1,454	- 1,149
Violence	30	290	28	726	- 436
Bladder Cancer	31	271	61	43	+ 228
Cervical Cancer	32	269	30	669	- 400
Stomach Cancer	33	267	38	361	- 93
Birth Trauma	34	264	7	3,950	- 3,685
Maternal Conditions	35	247	20	1,039	- 792
Fires	36	230	35	431	- 201
Inflammatory/Heart	37	214	33	457	- 243
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	197	34	442	- 245
Prostate Cancer	39	191	25	867	- 676
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	183	3	6,830	- 6,648
Oral Cancer	41	161	49	156	+ 5
Ovary Cancer	42	150	56	86	+ 64
Drownings	43	148	31	570	- 422
Epilepsy	44	133	37	369	- 236
Poisonings	45	111	42	307	- 196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	99	45	197	- 98
Meningitis	47	83	12	1,967	- 1,884
Hepatitis B	48	68	53	143	- 75
Oesophagus Cancer	49	66	39	326	- 260
Alcohol	50	43	58	85	- 42
Skin Cancers	51	40	54	102	- 61
Multiple Sclerosis	52	40	66	16	+ 24
Encephalitis	53	39	57	85	- 46
Skin Disease	54	34	52	144	- 110
Pertussis	55	34	18	1,168	- 1,134
Appendicitis	56	29	60	45	- 16
Malnutrition	57	21	21	928	- 907
Other Neoplasms	58	20	63	20	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	17	47	183	- 166
Uterin Cancer	60	17	55	99	- 83
Syphilis	61	11	51	150	- 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	67	11	- 3
Leishmaniasis	63	4	79	0	+ 4
Tetanus	64	2	50	156	- 154
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	17	- 16
Ascariasis	66	0	62	40	- 40
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	17	- 17
Diphtheria	68	0	68	10	- 10
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	26	788	- 788
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	7,037	- 7,037
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Libya

Benin

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.