CAMEROON VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,807	6	10,695	+ 17,112
Stroke	2	10,950	5	11,199	- 249
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,073	9	7,810	- 1,737
Kidney Disease	4	4,988	13	5,140	- 152
War	5	4,437	42	643	+ 3,793
Hypertension	6	3,848	22	2,035	+ 1,812
Tuberculosis	7	3,417	10	7,414	- 3,998
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,379	11	5,468	- 2,089
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,128	1	19,694	- 16,566
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,125	31	1,157	+ 1,969
Liver Disease	11	2,651	14	4,531	- 1,880
Lung Disease	12	2,554	20	2,310	+ 243
Lung Cancers	13	2,491	51	301	+ 2,190
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,074	12	5,258	- 3,184
Other Injuries	15	1,819	16	3,289	- 1,470
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,794	43	569	+ 1,225
Drug Use	17	1,560	35	928	+ 632
Low Birth Weight	18	1,510	8	7,950	- 6,441
Suicide	19	1,277	19	2,333	- 1,056
Asthma	20	1,249	25	1,619	- 370
HIV/AIDS	21	942	2	13,888	- 12,946
Leukemia	22	911	54	275	+ 637
Pancreas Cancer	23	878	52	290	+ 589
Falls	24	856	27	1,235	- 379
Breast Cancer	25	799	23	1,874	- 1,075
Lymphomas	26	795	44	489	+ 306
Parkinson's Disease	27	670	46	449	+ 221
Liver Cancer	28	642	37	875	- 233
Endocrine Disorders	29	642	18	2,474	- 1,833
Violence	30	611	24	1,666	- 1,055
Bladder Cancer	31	571	62	65	+ 507
Cervical Cancer	32	567	26	1,582	- 1,016
Stomach Cancer	33	563	45	458	+ 106
Birth Trauma	34	557	7	8,243	- 7,686
Maternal Conditions	35	521	17	2,615	- 2,094
Fires	36	485	36	908	- 423
Inflammatory/Heart	37	452	33	986	- 534
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	416	40	754	- 338
Prostate Cancer	39	402	34	940	- 538
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	385	3	11,849	- 11,464
Oral Cancer	41	339	39	845	- 506
Ovary Cancer	42	316	50	303	+ 13
Drownings	43	311	29	1,178	- 867
Epilepsy	44	280	38	867	- 587
Poisonings	45	235	41	666	- 431
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	208	49	323	- 115
Meningitis	47	174	15	3,441	- 3,266
Hepatitis B	48	144	47	336	- 192
Oesophagus Cancer	49	138	59	135	+ 3
Alcohol	50	90	57	198	- 107
Skin Cancers	51	85	56	204	- 120
Multiple Sclerosis	52	84	64	41	+ 43
Encephalitis	53	82	58	187	- 105
Skin Disease	54	72	48	324	- 252
Pertussis	55	71	21	2,288	- 2,217
Appendicitis	56	62	61	72	- 10
Malnutrition	57	44	28	1,218	- 1,174
Other Neoplasms	58	42	63	49	- 7
Schistosomiasis	59	37	53	288	- 251
Uterin Cancer	60	35	60	75	- 40
Syphilis	61	24	30	1,170	- 1,146
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	18	68	26	- 8
Leishmaniasis	63	8	69	20	- 12
Tetanus	64	4	55	223	- 218
Hepatitis C	65	3	66	27	- 24
Ascariasis	66	1	65	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	19	- 18
Diphtheria	68	1	67	26	- 26
Chlamydia	69	1	72	4	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	32	1,028	- 1,028
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	10	- 10
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CAMEROON

Libya

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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.