DENMARK VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		DENMARK		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,364	1	5,341	+ 22
Stroke	2	2,112	5	3,662	- 1,550
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,171	33	213	+ 958
Kidney Disease	4	962	12	911	+ 51
War	5	856	66	1	+ 855
Hypertension	6	742	15	642	+ 100
Tuberculosis	7	659	57	16	+ 644
Diabetes Mellitus	8	652	10	1,284	- 632
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	603	6	2,244	- 1,640
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	603	2	5,218	- 4,615
Liver Disease	11	511	14	692	- 181
Lung Disease	12	493	3	4,387	- 3,894
Lung Cancers	13	480	4	3,721	- 3,241
Congenital Anomalies	14	400	36	153	+ 247
Other Injuries	15	351	30	347	+ 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	346	7	2,147	- 1,801
Drug Use	17	301	34	197	+ 104
Low Birth Weight	18	291	41	116	+ 175
Suicide	19	246	16	617	- 371
Asthma	20	241	44	82	+ 159
HIV/AIDS	21	182	55	23	+ 159
Leukemia	22	176	20	558	- 383
Pancreas Cancer	23	169	11	1,096	- 926
Falls	24	165	22	541	- 376
Breast Cancer	25	154	9	1,299	- 1,145
Lymphomas	26	153	13	730	- 576
Parkinson's Disease	27	129	17	600	- 471
Liver Cancer	28	124	25	464	- 341
Endocrine Disorders	29	124	19	575	- 451
Violence	30	118	47	63	+ 55
Bladder Cancer	31	110	21	545	- 435
Cervical Cancer	32	109	37	153	- 43
Stomach Cancer	33	109	23	484	- 375
Birth Trauma	34	107	56	21	+ 86
Maternal Conditions	35	100	64	2	+ 98
Fires	36	94	49	53	+ 41
Inflammatory/Heart	37	87	31	284	- 197
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	80	32	216	- 136
Prostate Cancer	39	77	8	1,480	- 1,402
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	74	38	145	- 70
Oral Cancer	41	65	28	371	- 305
Ovary Cancer	42	61	29	367	- 306
Drownings	43	60	50	37	+ 23
Epilepsy	44	54	40	125	- 71
Poisonings	45	45	62	6	+ 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	40	42	96	- 56
Meningitis	47	34	52	25	+ 9
Hepatitis B	48	28	61	6	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	49	27	24	477	- 450
Alcohol	50	17	18	598	- 581
Skin Cancers	51	16	26	388	- 372
Multiple Sclerosis	52	16	39	132	- 116
Encephalitis	53	16	67	1	+ 15
Skin Disease	54	14	45	79	- 65
Pertussis	55	14	72	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	12	54	23	- 11
Malnutrition	57	9	59	14	- 5
Other Neoplasms	58	8	27	378	- 370
Schistosomiasis	59	7	75	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	7	35	156	- 149
Syphilis	61	5	70	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	43	84	- 81
Leishmaniasis	63	2	78	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	1	60	9	- 8
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	15	- 15
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	80	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	25	- 25
Oral conditions	82	0	63	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	46	73	- 73
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	48	57	- 57
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DENMARK

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.