CUBA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,847	1	22,079	- 12,232
Stroke	2	3,878	2	10,725	- 6,847
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,151	19	1,007	+ 1,143
Kidney Disease	4	1,767	14	1,700	+ 66
War	5	1,571	68	1	+ 1,570
Hypertension	6	1,363	7	3,469	- 2,106
Tuberculosis	7	1,210	60	45	+ 1,165
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,197	13	1,791	- 594
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,108	3	8,564	- 7,456
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,107	5	5,841	- 4,735
Liver Disease	11	939	11	1,873	- 935
Lung Disease	12	904	6	5,492	- 4,588
Lung Cancers	13	882	4	5,985	- 5,103
Congenital Anomalies	14	734	37	368	+ 367
Other Injuries	15	644	12	1,869	- 1,225
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	635	9	2,958	- 2,322
Drug Use	17	553	51	82	+ 471
Low Birth Weight	18	535	48	98	+ 436
Suicide	19	452	16	1,638	- 1,186
Asthma	20	442	40	301	+ 141
HIV/AIDS	21	334	34	471	- 138
Leukemia	22	323	30	633	- 311
Pancreas Cancer	23	311	21	905	- 594
Falls	24	303	10	2,810	- 2,507
Breast Cancer	25	283	15	1,673	- 1,390
Lymphomas	26	282	18	1,089	- 808
Parkinson's Disease	27	237	27	691	- 453
Liver Cancer	28	227	24	815	- 588
Endocrine Disorders	29	227	36	412	- 185
Violence	30	216	32	584	- 367
Bladder Cancer	31	202	26	734	- 532
Cervical Cancer	32	201	29	666	- 465
Stomach Cancer	33	200	20	991	- 791
Birth Trauma	34	197	59	49	+ 149
Maternal Conditions	35	184	61	43	+ 141
Fires	36	172	58	55	+ 117
Inflammatory/Heart	37	160	17	1,156	- 996
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	147	35	420	- 272
Prostate Cancer	39	142	8	3,365	- 3,223
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	136	43	206	- 70
Oral Cancer	41	120	23	876	- 756
Ovary Cancer	42	112	39	323	- 211
Drownings	43	110	42	231	- 120
Epilepsy	44	99	46	108	- 9
Poisonings	45	83	62	17	+ 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	74	44	162	- 88
Meningitis	47	62	50	83	- 21
Hepatitis B	48	51	56	59	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	49	49	22	879	- 830
Alcohol	50	32	28	675	- 643
Skin Cancers	51	30	33	514	- 484
Multiple Sclerosis	52	30	57	55	- 26
Encephalitis	53	29	66	6	+ 23
Skin Disease	54	25	41	258	- 233
Pertussis	55	25	73	0	+ 25
Appendicitis	56	22	47	104	- 82
Malnutrition	57	16	55	64	- 48
Other Neoplasms	58	15	25	769	- 754
Schistosomiasis	59	13	81	0	+ 13
Uterin Cancer	60	12	31	602	- 590
Syphilis	61	8	69	1	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	49	87	- 80
Leishmaniasis	63	3	83	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	2	71	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	45	112	- 111
Ascariasis	66	0	70	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	65	6	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	71	0	67	2	- 2
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	72	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	81	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	82	0	64	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	52	77	- 77
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	68	- 68
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Libya

Cuba

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.