ECUADOR VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,442	1	9,805	+ 6,637
Stroke	2	6,475	3	5,429	+ 1,045
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,591	6	3,490	+ 100
Kidney Disease	4	2,950	2	6,184	- 3,234
War	5	2,623	66	2	+ 2,622
Hypertension	6	2,275	10	2,507	- 232
Tuberculosis	7	2,020	29	574	+ 1,447
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,998	5	4,321	- 2,323
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,849	4	5,083	- 3,233
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,848	9	2,565	- 717
Liver Disease	11	1,568	7	3,330	- 1,763
Lung Disease	12	1,510	8	2,576	- 1,066
Lung Cancers	13	1,473	20	1,075	+ 398
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,226	13	1,335	- 109
Other Injuries	15	1,076	17	1,161	- 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,061	19	1,109	- 48
Drug Use	17	923	41	214	+ 709
Low Birth Weight	18	893	16	1,172	- 279
Suicide	19	755	14	1,326	- 571
Asthma	20	739	53	85	+ 653
HIV/AIDS	21	557	27	609	- 52
Leukemia	22	539	23	882	- 343
Pancreas Cancer	23	519	30	562	- 42
Falls	24	506	18	1,114	- 608
Breast Cancer	25	473	25	825	- 353
Lymphomas	26	470	22	883	- 413
Parkinson's Disease	27	396	26	658	- 262
Liver Cancer	28	380	21	954	- 574
Endocrine Disorders	29	379	31	507	- 127
Violence	30	361	15	1,210	- 848
Bladder Cancer	31	338	44	168	+ 170
Cervical Cancer	32	335	24	840	- 505
Stomach Cancer	33	333	11	2,089	- 1,756
Birth Trauma	34	329	38	302	+ 27
Maternal Conditions	35	308	46	164	+ 143
Fires	36	287	43	175	+ 112
Inflammatory/Heart	37	267	36	308	- 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	246	33	417	- 171
Prostate Cancer	39	238	12	1,362	- 1,124
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	228	34	410	- 183
Oral Cancer	41	201	45	166	+ 35
Ovary Cancer	42	187	35	322	- 136
Drownings	43	184	32	470	- 286
Epilepsy	44	165	40	273	- 107
Poisonings	45	139	58	59	+ 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	123	47	163	- 40
Meningitis	47	103	52	90	+ 14
Hepatitis B	48	85	64	3	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	49	82	42	180	- 98
Alcohol	50	54	39	280	- 227
Skin Cancers	51	50	37	308	- 257
Multiple Sclerosis	52	49	60	18	+ 31
Encephalitis	53	48	55	82	- 34
Skin Disease	54	43	51	103	- 60
Pertussis	55	42	56	79	- 37
Appendicitis	56	37	50	110	- 74
Malnutrition	57	26	28	578	- 552
Other Neoplasms	58	25	57	64	- 39
Schistosomiasis	59	22	75	0	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	60	21	48	129	- 108
Syphilis	61	14	54	85	- 71
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	49	124	- 113
Leishmaniasis	63	5	74	0	+ 5
Tetanus	64	3	62	9	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	1	65	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	63	8	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	59	21	- 21
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Libya

Ecuador

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.