COLOMBIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,529	1	43,066	+ 1,463
Stroke	2	17,535	3	16,573	+ 962
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,725	6	7,765	+ 1,960
Kidney Disease	4	7,988	7	6,834	+ 1,155
War	5	7,105	49	260	+ 6,845
Hypertension	6	6,162	8	6,400	- 238
Tuberculosis	7	5,471	32	1,272	+ 4,200
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,412	11	5,028	+ 383
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,009	5	10,773	- 5,765
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,005	22	2,157	+ 2,848
Liver Disease	11	4,245	19	2,426	+ 1,819
Lung Disease	12	4,089	4	15,928	- 11,839
Lung Cancers	13	3,989	10	5,250	- 1,261
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,321	16	2,963	+ 358
Other Injuries	15	2,913	28	1,592	+ 1,321
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,874	12	4,371	- 1,498
Drug Use	17	2,499	44	492	+ 2,007
Low Birth Weight	18	2,418	23	2,095	+ 322
Suicide	19	2,045	26	1,965	+ 80
Asthma	20	2,000	54	191	+ 1,809
HIV/AIDS	21	1,509	17	2,683	- 1,174
Leukemia	22	1,459	21	2,208	- 749
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,406	25	2,022	- 616
Falls	24	1,371	29	1,518	- 147
Breast Cancer	25	1,280	13	3,669	- 2,390
Lymphomas	26	1,273	18	2,603	- 1,330
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,073	47	383	+ 690
Liver Cancer	28	1,029	24	2,065	- 1,036
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,028	30	1,367	- 340
Violence	30	979	2	19,268	- 18,289
Bladder Cancer	31	915	42	609	+ 306
Cervical Cancer	32	907	20	2,266	- 1,359
Stomach Cancer	33	902	9	6,112	- 5,210
Birth Trauma	34	892	41	648	+ 243
Maternal Conditions	35	834	46	394	+ 440
Fires	36	777	56	127	+ 650
Inflammatory/Heart	37	723	31	1,329	- 606
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	666	39	698	- 32
Prostate Cancer	39	643	14	3,584	- 2,941
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	616	38	747	- 131
Oral Cancer	41	544	37	807	- 263
Ovary Cancer	42	505	33	1,122	- 617
Drownings	43	498	40	689	- 191
Epilepsy	44	448	43	597	- 149
Poisonings	45	376	61	61	+ 315
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	333	63	38	+ 295
Meningitis	47	279	50	244	+ 36
Hepatitis B	48	230	62	50	+ 180
Oesophagus Cancer	49	222	36	835	- 614
Alcohol	50	145	68	23	+ 122
Skin Cancers	51	135	35	1,028	- 893
Multiple Sclerosis	52	134	60	62	+ 71
Encephalitis	53	131	64	38	+ 93
Skin Disease	54	115	34	1,102	- 987
Pertussis	55	114	69	18	+ 95
Appendicitis	56	99	52	213	- 114
Malnutrition	57	71	27	1,878	- 1,807
Other Neoplasms	58	67	15	3,205	- 3,137
Schistosomiasis	59	59	77	1	+ 58
Uterin Cancer	60	56	45	423	- 367
Syphilis	61	38	65	30	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	29	51	242	- 213
Leishmaniasis	63	13	74	7	+ 5
Tetanus	64	7	71	14	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	4	59	65	- 61
Ascariasis	66	1	76	5	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	27	- 25
Diphtheria	68	1	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	71	0	72	8	- 8
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	83	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	133	- 133
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	77	0	53	203	- 203
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	82	0	75	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	57	101	- 101
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	70	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

Libya

Colombia

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.