BURKINA FASO VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,691	4	8,117	+ 12,575
Stroke	2	8,148	7	6,324	+ 1,824
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,519	8	6,303	- 1,784
Kidney Disease	4	3,712	17	2,398	+ 1,314
War	5	3,301	29	884	+ 2,418
Hypertension	6	2,863	19	2,020	+ 844
Tuberculosis	7	2,542	20	1,968	+ 574
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,515	16	2,609	- 94
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,327	1	16,807	- 14,480
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,326	33	767	+ 1,558
Liver Disease	11	1,973	14	2,722	- 749
Lung Disease	12	1,900	26	1,161	+ 739
Lung Cancers	13	1,854	48	242	+ 1,611
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,543	10	3,515	- 1,972
Other Injuries	15	1,354	15	2,637	- 1,283
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,335	39	478	+ 857
Drug Use	17	1,161	54	172	+ 989
Low Birth Weight	18	1,123	5	6,809	- 5,686
Suicide	19	950	22	1,521	- 571
Asthma	20	930	27	941	- 11
HIV/AIDS	21	701	12	3,100	- 2,399
Leukemia	22	678	58	112	+ 566
Pancreas Cancer	23	653	57	148	+ 506
Falls	24	637	31	828	- 191
Breast Cancer	25	595	30	862	- 267
Lymphomas	26	592	43	280	+ 311
Parkinson's Disease	27	499	46	252	+ 247
Liver Cancer	28	478	24	1,309	- 831
Endocrine Disorders	29	478	9	4,794	- 4,316
Violence	30	455	21	1,943	- 1,488
Bladder Cancer	31	425	45	265	+ 160
Cervical Cancer	32	422	18	2,122	- 1,701
Stomach Cancer	33	419	32	777	- 358
Birth Trauma	34	414	6	6,426	- 6,012
Maternal Conditions	35	387	23	1,379	- 991
Fires	36	361	36	704	- 343
Inflammatory/Heart	37	336	35	743	- 407
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	309	41	410	- 101
Prostate Cancer	39	299	38	514	- 215
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	286	3	11,887	- 11,601
Oral Cancer	41	253	49	227	+ 25
Ovary Cancer	42	235	52	174	+ 60
Drownings	43	232	28	910	- 678
Epilepsy	44	208	40	477	- 268
Poisonings	45	175	37	620	- 445
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	155	44	269	- 114
Meningitis	47	130	11	3,375	- 3,245
Hepatitis B	48	107	55	164	- 58
Oesophagus Cancer	49	103	59	101	+ 2
Alcohol	50	67	56	152	- 84
Skin Cancers	51	63	50	220	- 157
Multiple Sclerosis	52	62	66	24	+ 38
Encephalitis	53	61	61	83	- 22
Skin Disease	54	54	53	174	- 121
Pertussis	55	53	34	746	- 694
Appendicitis	56	46	60	95	- 48
Malnutrition	57	33	13	2,868	- 2,835
Other Neoplasms	58	31	67	23	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	59	27	47	249	- 222
Uterin Cancer	60	26	62	74	- 48
Syphilis	61	18	42	294	- 276
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	68	15	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	6	78	0	+ 6
Tetanus	64	3	51	181	- 178
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	58	- 56
Ascariasis	66	1	63	74	- 73
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	48	- 47
Diphtheria	68	1	69	7	- 6
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	25	1,196	- 1,196
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Libya

Burkina Faso

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.