BOTSWANA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,201	3	1,632	+ 569
Stroke	2	867	4	1,588	- 722
Road Traffic Accidents	3	481	7	608	- 128
Kidney Disease	4	395	9	506	- 112
War	5	351	69	0	+ 351
Hypertension	6	305	11	471	- 166
Tuberculosis	7	270	6	649	- 378
Diabetes Mellitus	8	267	5	1,273	- 1,005
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	248	2	1,674	- 1,426
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	247	23	164	+ 84
Liver Disease	11	210	12	459	- 249
Lung Disease	12	202	10	482	- 280
Lung Cancers	13	197	39	45	+ 152
Congenital Anomalies	14	164	16	287	- 123
Other Injuries	15	144	19	216	- 72
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	142	47	28	+ 114
Drug Use	17	123	48	26	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	18	119	13	447	- 328
Suicide	19	101	15	370	- 269
Asthma	20	99	18	232	- 133
HIV/AIDS	21	75	1	4,950	- 4,875
Leukemia	22	72	51	13	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	23	70	50	16	+ 53
Falls	24	68	34	62	+ 6
Breast Cancer	25	63	33	68	- 5
Lymphomas	26	63	31	77	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	27	53	38	47	+ 6
Liver Cancer	28	51	35	57	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	51	27	103	- 52
Violence	30	48	14	389	- 341
Bladder Cancer	31	45	60	6	+ 39
Cervical Cancer	32	45	22	164	- 119
Stomach Cancer	33	45	53	10	+ 34
Birth Trauma	34	44	17	261	- 217
Maternal Conditions	35	41	24	118	- 77
Fires	36	38	26	108	- 70
Inflammatory/Heart	37	36	20	177	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	33	29	90	- 57
Prostate Cancer	39	32	41	45	- 13
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	30	8	527	- 497
Oral Cancer	41	27	32	70	- 43
Ovary Cancer	42	25	49	19	+ 6
Drownings	43	25	30	83	- 58
Epilepsy	44	22	36	56	- 34
Poisonings	45	19	42	42	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	43	37	- 21
Meningitis	47	14	25	108	- 95
Hepatitis B	48	11	62	6	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	28	103	- 92
Alcohol	50	7	45	31	- 24
Skin Cancers	51	7	37	52	- 45
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	63	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	6	59	7	- 0
Skin Disease	54	6	46	30	- 24
Pertussis	55	6	40	45	- 39
Appendicitis	56	5	57	8	- 3
Malnutrition	57	4	21	171	- 167
Other Neoplasms	58	3	55	9	- 6
Schistosomiasis	59	3	54	10	- 7
Uterin Cancer	60	3	56	9	- 7
Syphilis	61	2	44	36	- 35
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	52	11	- 9
Leishmaniasis	63	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	61	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	7	- 7
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	64	1	- 1
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOTSWANA

Libya

Botswana

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.