COMOROS VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		COMOROS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	808	4	349	+ 460
Stroke	2	318	3	356	- 37
Road Traffic Accidents	3	177	6	226	- 50
Kidney Disease	4	145	14	101	+ 44
War	5	129	67	0	+ 129
Hypertension	6	112	12	115	- 3
Tuberculosis	7	99	19	79	+ 20
Diabetes Mellitus	8	98	9	136	- 38
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	91	1	594	- 504
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	91	23	46	+ 44
Liver Disease	11	77	8	160	- 83
Lung Disease	12	74	17	83	- 9
Lung Cancers	13	72	60	1	+ 71
Congenital Anomalies	14	60	10	131	- 70
Other Injuries	15	53	16	90	- 37
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	52	39	19	+ 33
Drug Use	17	45	49	7	+ 39
Low Birth Weight	18	44	5	328	- 284
Suicide	19	37	24	46	- 9
Asthma	20	36	21	49	- 13
HIV/AIDS	21	27	76	0	+ 27
Leukemia	22	26	57	3	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	23	26	82	0	+ 26
Falls	24	25	32	26	- 1
Breast Cancer	25	23	33	23	+ 1
Lymphomas	26	23	37	19	+ 4
Parkinson's Disease	27	19	44	11	+ 8
Liver Cancer	28	19	28	29	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	29	19	36	19	- 1
Violence	30	18	20	63	- 45
Bladder Cancer	31	17	46	10	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	32	16	13	104	- 88
Stomach Cancer	33	16	45	11	+ 5
Birth Trauma	34	16	7	211	- 195
Maternal Conditions	35	15	22	47	- 32
Fires	36	14	30	27	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	37	13	31	26	- 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	12	34	21	- 9
Prostate Cancer	39	12	27	33	- 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	11	2	363	- 352
Oral Cancer	41	10	41	15	- 6
Ovary Cancer	42	9	56	3	+ 6
Drownings	43	9	25	35	- 26
Epilepsy	44	8	40	17	- 9
Poisonings	45	7	35	20	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	6	47	10	- 4
Meningitis	47	5	11	115	- 110
Hepatitis B	48	4	52	5	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	49	4	26	34	- 30
Alcohol	50	3	51	6	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	2	42	12	- 10
Multiple Sclerosis	52	2	62	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	2	54	4	- 2
Skin Disease	54	2	48	9	- 7
Pertussis	55	2	18	80	- 78
Appendicitis	56	2	50	6	- 4
Malnutrition	57	1	15	96	- 95
Other Neoplasms	58	1	59	1	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	1	75	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	1	55	3	- 2
Syphilis	61	1	38	19	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	0	72	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	43	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	65	0	61	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	53	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	65	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	64	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	29	29	- 29
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COMOROS

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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.