BOLIVIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BOLIVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,056	1	11,051	+ 5
Stroke	2	4,354	3	7,206	- 2,853
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,414	9	2,430	- 15
Kidney Disease	4	1,983	4	5,879	- 3,895
War	5	1,764	63	9	+ 1,755
Hypertension	6	1,530	10	1,927	- 397
Tuberculosis	7	1,358	13	1,187	+ 172
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,344	5	4,927	- 3,583
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,244	2	8,069	- 6,825
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,243	8	2,479	- 1,237
Liver Disease	11	1,054	6	3,987	- 2,933
Lung Disease	12	1,015	7	3,735	- 2,720
Lung Cancers	13	990	20	901	+ 89
Congenital Anomalies	14	824	15	1,080	- 256
Other Injuries	15	723	11	1,279	- 556
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	713	30	407	+ 306
Drug Use	17	620	40	244	+ 376
Low Birth Weight	18	600	12	1,265	- 664
Suicide	19	508	26	715	- 207
Asthma	20	497	38	258	+ 238
HIV/AIDS	21	375	45	174	+ 201
Leukemia	22	362	34	380	- 17
Pancreas Cancer	23	349	36	332	+ 18
Falls	24	340	17	1,066	- 726
Breast Cancer	25	318	29	482	- 164
Lymphomas	26	316	41	219	+ 97
Parkinson's Disease	27	266	22	852	- 586
Liver Cancer	28	255	25	720	- 465
Endocrine Disorders	29	255	32	384	- 129
Violence	30	243	14	1,097	- 854
Bladder Cancer	31	227	59	43	+ 184
Cervical Cancer	32	225	16	1,071	- 846
Stomach Cancer	33	224	23	785	- 561
Birth Trauma	34	221	19	984	- 763
Maternal Conditions	35	207	39	245	- 38
Fires	36	193	44	181	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	37	180	35	374	- 195
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	165	27	678	- 513
Prostate Cancer	39	160	28	550	- 390
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	153	21	883	- 730
Oral Cancer	41	135	56	91	+ 44
Ovary Cancer	42	125	54	102	+ 24
Drownings	43	124	31	406	- 282
Epilepsy	44	111	42	199	- 88
Poisonings	45	93	57	66	+ 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	83	37	292	- 209
Meningitis	47	69	49	128	- 58
Hepatitis B	48	57	64	6	+ 51
Oesophagus Cancer	49	55	48	133	- 78
Alcohol	50	36	33	384	- 348
Skin Cancers	51	34	43	190	- 157
Multiple Sclerosis	52	33	61	22	+ 11
Encephalitis	53	32	52	110	- 77
Skin Disease	54	29	55	101	- 72
Pertussis	55	28	50	121	- 93
Appendicitis	56	25	46	156	- 131
Malnutrition	57	18	18	1,031	- 1,013
Other Neoplasms	58	17	58	43	- 26
Schistosomiasis	59	15	75	0	+ 15
Uterin Cancer	60	14	47	151	- 137
Syphilis	61	9	53	105	- 95
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	51	111	- 104
Leishmaniasis	63	3	65	5	- 2
Tetanus	64	2	60	31	- 29
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	69	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	15	- 15
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	24	755	- 755
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOLIVIA

Libya

Bolivia

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.