BULGARIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BULGARIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,091	1	36,513	- 30,422
Stroke	2	2,398	2	21,347	- 18,949
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,330	17	647	+ 683
Kidney Disease	4	1,093	7	1,855	- 762
War	5	972	64	3	+ 969
Hypertension	6	843	3	5,916	- 5,073
Tuberculosis	7	748	38	104	+ 645
Diabetes Mellitus	8	740	11	1,344	- 604
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	685	9	1,396	- 711
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	685	33	147	+ 537
Liver Disease	11	581	8	1,804	- 1,223
Lung Disease	12	559	4	3,993	- 3,434
Lung Cancers	13	546	5	3,288	- 2,742
Congenital Anomalies	14	454	32	160	+ 295
Other Injuries	15	398	21	437	- 39
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	393	6	2,591	- 2,198
Drug Use	17	342	42	76	+ 266
Low Birth Weight	18	331	37	116	+ 214
Suicide	19	280	15	681	- 401
Asthma	20	274	50	28	+ 246
HIV/AIDS	21	206	54	20	+ 187
Leukemia	22	200	20	460	- 260
Pancreas Cancer	23	192	13	1,063	- 870
Falls	24	188	26	381	- 194
Breast Cancer	25	175	10	1,358	- 1,183
Lymphomas	26	174	19	499	- 325
Parkinson's Disease	27	147	29	284	- 137
Liver Cancer	28	141	16	664	- 523
Endocrine Disorders	29	141	34	146	- 6
Violence	30	134	41	84	+ 49
Bladder Cancer	31	125	18	637	- 512
Cervical Cancer	32	124	22	422	- 298
Stomach Cancer	33	123	12	1,175	- 1,051
Birth Trauma	34	122	47	40	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	35	114	59	6	+ 108
Fires	36	106	36	124	- 18
Inflammatory/Heart	37	99	24	409	- 310
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	91	30	276	- 185
Prostate Cancer	39	88	14	1,016	- 928
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	84	51	27	+ 58
Oral Cancer	41	74	25	408	- 333
Ovary Cancer	42	69	23	420	- 351
Drownings	43	68	35	129	- 61
Epilepsy	44	61	39	93	- 32
Poisonings	45	51	48	38	+ 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	46	43	56	- 11
Meningitis	47	38	49	31	+ 7
Hepatitis B	48	31	53	22	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	49	30	31	195	- 165
Alcohol	50	20	46	44	- 24
Skin Cancers	51	19	28	328	- 310
Multiple Sclerosis	52	18	45	52	- 33
Encephalitis	53	18	63	3	+ 15
Skin Disease	54	16	44	53	- 37
Pertussis	55	16	72	0	+ 15
Appendicitis	56	14	57	7	+ 7
Malnutrition	57	10	67	1	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	58	9	40	93	- 84
Schistosomiasis	59	8	83	0	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	60	8	27	369	- 362
Syphilis	61	5	66	2	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	60	5	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	56	10	- 9
Ascariasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	68	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	65	2	- 2
Oral conditions	82	0	62	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	25	- 25
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	15	- 15
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BULGARIA

Libya

Bulgaria

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.