DR CONGO VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	103,629	7	34,713	+ 68,916
Stroke	2	40,808	6	36,596	+ 4,212
Road Traffic Accidents	3	22,632	10	30,256	- 7,625
Kidney Disease	4	18,591	20	9,077	+ 9,514
War	5	16,534	45	1,658	+ 14,876
Hypertension	6	14,340	12	15,743	- 1,403
Tuberculosis	7	12,733	2	43,759	- 31,026
Diabetes Mellitus	8	12,594	16	12,902	- 308
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	11,656	1	73,546	- 61,890
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	11,647	28	4,548	+ 7,099
Liver Disease	11	9,880	13	15,044	- 5,164
Lung Disease	12	9,516	14	13,527	- 4,010
Lung Cancers	13	9,283	47	1,158	+ 8,126
Congenital Anomalies	14	7,728	11	16,256	- 8,528
Other Injuries	15	6,779	22	8,272	- 1,493
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,687	36	2,966	+ 3,721
Drug Use	17	5,815	59	638	+ 5,176
Low Birth Weight	18	5,626	8	34,668	- 29,042
Suicide	19	4,759	26	5,812	- 1,053
Asthma	20	4,655	24	7,733	- 3,078
HIV/AIDS	21	3,512	15	13,286	- 9,774
Leukemia	22	3,396	41	1,871	+ 1,525
Pancreas Cancer	23	3,273	50	1,017	+ 2,256
Falls	24	3,190	33	3,483	- 293
Breast Cancer	25	2,978	35	3,416	- 437
Lymphomas	26	2,962	38	2,061	+ 901
Parkinson's Disease	27	2,498	49	1,035	+ 1,463
Liver Cancer	28	2,394	31	3,840	- 1,446
Endocrine Disorders	29	2,392	25	7,380	- 4,988
Violence	30	2,278	18	11,120	- 8,843
Bladder Cancer	31	2,129	65	270	+ 1,859
Cervical Cancer	32	2,111	27	4,823	- 2,711
Stomach Cancer	33	2,100	37	2,579	- 479
Birth Trauma	34	2,075	9	33,075	- 31,000
Maternal Conditions	35	1,941	19	10,513	- 8,572
Fires	36	1,808	39	2,007	- 199
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,683	29	4,045	- 2,362
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	1,550	40	1,923	- 373
Prostate Cancer	39	1,497	30	3,948	- 2,451
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	1,434	5	41,301	- 39,867
Oral Cancer	41	1,265	51	1,003	+ 262
Ovary Cancer	42	1,176	58	656	+ 521
Drownings	43	1,160	34	3,454	- 2,294
Epilepsy	44	1,043	44	1,727	- 684
Poisonings	45	875	42	1,729	- 854
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	774	43	1,728	- 954
Meningitis	47	650	17	11,568	- 10,918
Hepatitis B	48	535	61	456	+ 79
Oesophagus Cancer	49	516	53	790	- 274
Alcohol	50	337	60	635	- 298
Skin Cancers	51	315	55	765	- 450
Multiple Sclerosis	52	311	71	44	+ 268
Encephalitis	53	304	57	680	- 375
Skin Disease	54	268	54	781	- 513
Pertussis	55	264	23	7,921	- 7,657
Appendicitis	56	231	56	703	- 472
Malnutrition	57	166	21	8,910	- 8,745
Other Neoplasms	58	156	67	88	+ 69
Schistosomiasis	59	136	48	1,071	- 935
Uterin Cancer	60	130	63	352	- 222
Syphilis	61	89	32	3,751	- 3,662
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	67	66	217	- 150
Leishmaniasis	63	30	52	869	- 839
Tetanus	64	16	46	1,166	- 1,149
Hepatitis C	65	10	69	69	- 59
Ascariasis	66	3	68	80	- 76
Upper Respiratory	67	3	62	370	- 367
Diphtheria	68	3	70	47	- 44
Chlamydia	69	2	73	15	- 12
Otitis Media	70	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	3	42,254	- 42,254
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	64	347	- 347
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Libya

DR Congo

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.