COSTA RICA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,728	1	2,639	+ 2,089
Stroke	2	1,862	2	1,624	+ 238
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,033	9	746	+ 287
Kidney Disease	4	848	3	1,482	- 634
War	5	754	68	1	+ 754
Hypertension	6	654	6	863	- 209
Tuberculosis	7	581	50	32	+ 549
Diabetes Mellitus	8	575	5	953	- 379
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	532	7	836	- 304
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	531	8	818	- 287
Liver Disease	11	451	18	370	+ 81
Lung Disease	12	434	4	1,046	- 612
Lung Cancers	13	424	20	343	+ 80
Congenital Anomalies	14	353	21	315	+ 37
Other Injuries	15	309	13	571	- 261
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	305	12	621	- 316
Drug Use	17	265	43	63	+ 202
Low Birth Weight	18	257	28	178	+ 79
Suicide	19	217	15	407	- 190
Asthma	20	212	45	60	+ 152
HIV/AIDS	21	160	25	192	- 32
Leukemia	22	155	24	262	- 107
Pancreas Cancer	23	149	22	294	- 144
Falls	24	146	35	116	+ 29
Breast Cancer	25	136	16	384	- 248
Lymphomas	26	135	19	356	- 221
Parkinson's Disease	27	114	30	138	- 24
Liver Cancer	28	109	17	382	- 273
Endocrine Disorders	29	109	27	183	- 74
Violence	30	104	11	635	- 531
Bladder Cancer	31	97	36	100	- 3
Cervical Cancer	32	96	29	159	- 63
Stomach Cancer	33	96	10	661	- 565
Birth Trauma	34	95	47	48	+ 47
Maternal Conditions	35	89	55	17	+ 72
Fires	36	82	58	10	+ 72
Inflammatory/Heart	37	77	26	191	- 114
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	71	42	74	- 3
Prostate Cancer	39	68	14	448	- 380
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	65	39	87	- 22
Oral Cancer	41	58	38	96	- 38
Ovary Cancer	42	54	40	80	- 27
Drownings	43	53	37	97	- 44
Epilepsy	44	48	34	116	- 69
Poisonings	45	40	60	5	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	35	49	32	+ 3
Meningitis	47	30	54	18	+ 12
Hepatitis B	48	24	59	7	+ 18
Oesophagus Cancer	49	24	44	61	- 37
Alcohol	50	15	33	126	- 111
Skin Cancers	51	14	31	137	- 122
Multiple Sclerosis	52	14	57	11	+ 3
Encephalitis	53	14	63	3	+ 11
Skin Disease	54	12	32	126	- 114
Pertussis	55	12	69	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	56	11	52	22	- 11
Malnutrition	57	8	48	37	- 29
Other Neoplasms	58	7	23	266	- 258
Schistosomiasis	59	6	76	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	60	6	41	80	- 74
Syphilis	61	4	65	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	46	55	- 52
Leishmaniasis	63	1	72	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	74	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	67	1	- 1
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	81	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	82	0	66	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	25	- 25
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	21	- 21
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Libya

Costa Rica

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.