ERITREA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,697	4	2,154	+ 3,543
Stroke	2	2,243	2	2,564	- 321
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,244	5	1,326	- 82
Kidney Disease	4	1,022	12	578	+ 444
War	5	909	71	0	+ 908
Hypertension	6	788	8	926	- 137
Tuberculosis	7	700	14	543	+ 157
Diabetes Mellitus	8	692	7	944	- 252
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	641	1	3,277	- 2,636
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	640	24	310	+ 331
Liver Disease	11	543	6	1,215	- 672
Lung Disease	12	523	9	662	- 139
Lung Cancers	13	510	46	62	+ 449
Congenital Anomalies	14	425	18	432	- 7
Other Injuries	15	373	15	540	- 167
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	368	35	113	+ 255
Drug Use	17	320	53	36	+ 283
Low Birth Weight	18	309	16	531	- 222
Suicide	19	262	21	382	- 120
Asthma	20	256	22	326	- 70
HIV/AIDS	21	193	25	308	- 114
Leukemia	22	187	29	144	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	23	180	58	20	+ 160
Falls	24	175	26	168	+ 7
Breast Cancer	25	164	23	311	- 148
Lymphomas	26	163	28	147	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	27	137	37	85	+ 53
Liver Cancer	28	132	45	69	+ 62
Endocrine Disorders	29	131	43	71	+ 60
Violence	30	125	20	384	- 259
Bladder Cancer	31	117	51	42	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	32	116	30	132	- 16
Stomach Cancer	33	115	48	48	+ 67
Birth Trauma	34	114	11	616	- 502
Maternal Conditions	35	107	13	544	- 437
Fires	36	99	31	132	- 32
Inflammatory/Heart	37	93	32	123	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	85	27	147	- 62
Prostate Cancer	39	82	47	54	+ 28
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	79	3	2,292	- 2,213
Oral Cancer	41	70	44	71	- 1
Ovary Cancer	42	65	40	79	- 15
Drownings	43	64	33	118	- 54
Epilepsy	44	57	38	81	- 24
Poisonings	45	48	34	114	- 66
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	43	41	77	- 34
Meningitis	47	36	19	404	- 369
Hepatitis B	48	29	57	28	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	28	39	81	- 53
Alcohol	50	19	49	45	- 27
Skin Cancers	51	17	56	30	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	52	17	67	4	+ 13
Encephalitis	53	17	62	16	+ 1
Skin Disease	54	15	50	45	- 30
Pertussis	55	15	36	90	- 75
Appendicitis	56	13	55	31	- 19
Malnutrition	57	9	10	660	- 651
Other Neoplasms	58	9	66	6	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	7	42	73	- 65
Uterin Cancer	60	7	61	18	- 10
Syphilis	61	5	54	35	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	64	12	- 8
Leishmaniasis	63	2	59	19	- 17
Tetanus	64	1	52	37	- 37
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	6	- 6
Ascariasis	66	0	68	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	18	- 18
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	69	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	17	437	- 437
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Libya

Eritrea

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.