EQU. GUINEA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,613	7	419	+ 1,194
Stroke	2	635	6	437	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	3	352	8	368	- 16
Kidney Disease	4	289	14	198	+ 91
War	5	257	71	0	+ 257
Hypertension	6	223	16	165	+ 58
Tuberculosis	7	198	10	321	- 123
Diabetes Mellitus	8	196	11	299	- 103
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	181	2	913	- 731
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	181	29	55	+ 126
Liver Disease	11	154	13	199	- 46
Lung Disease	12	148	20	120	+ 28
Lung Cancers	13	144	41	27	+ 118
Congenital Anomalies	14	120	12	249	- 129
Other Injuries	15	105	23	105	+ 0
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	104	40	29	+ 75
Drug Use	17	90	30	50	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	18	88	4	457	- 369
Suicide	19	74	22	107	- 33
Asthma	20	72	26	65	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	21	55	1	1,838	- 1,784
Leukemia	22	53	61	4	+ 49
Pancreas Cancer	23	51	55	11	+ 40
Falls	24	50	32	46	+ 4
Breast Cancer	25	46	24	84	- 38
Lymphomas	26	46	45	19	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	27	39	46	18	+ 21
Liver Cancer	28	37	34	43	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	37	25	73	- 36
Violence	30	35	33	45	- 9
Bladder Cancer	31	33	56	9	+ 25
Cervical Cancer	32	33	28	56	- 23
Stomach Cancer	33	33	49	16	+ 17
Birth Trauma	34	32	5	441	- 409
Maternal Conditions	35	30	17	139	- 108
Fires	36	28	39	30	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	37	26	27	63	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	24	43	22	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	39	23	35	43	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	9	349	- 327
Oral Cancer	41	20	37	35	- 15
Ovary Cancer	42	18	52	13	+ 5
Drownings	43	18	36	39	- 21
Epilepsy	44	16	38	32	- 16
Poisonings	45	14	44	21	- 7
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	12	50	14	- 2
Meningitis	47	10	19	127	- 117
Hepatitis B	48	8	65	3	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	8	54	12	- 4
Alcohol	50	5	53	12	- 7
Skin Cancers	51	5	48	16	- 11
Multiple Sclerosis	52	5	67	1	+ 3
Encephalitis	53	5	57	8	- 3
Skin Disease	54	4	51	13	- 9
Pertussis	55	4	21	109	- 105
Appendicitis	56	4	59	6	- 2
Malnutrition	57	3	31	48	- 46
Other Neoplasms	58	2	63	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	2	60	4	- 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	58	8	- 6
Syphilis	61	1	18	134	- 132
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	4	- 3
Leishmaniasis	63	0	78	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	42	23	- 23
Hepatitis C	65	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	15	181	- 181
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	47	16	- 16
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Libya

Equ. Guinea

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.