ESTONIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,072	1	3,009	- 1,937
Stroke	2	422	3	1,116	- 694
Road Traffic Accidents	3	234	35	59	+ 175
Kidney Disease	4	192	17	176	+ 16
War	5	171	64	0	+ 171
Hypertension	6	148	2	2,700	- 2,552
Tuberculosis	7	132	47	16	+ 115
Diabetes Mellitus	8	130	19	146	- 16
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	121	6	349	- 228
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	120	12	229	- 109
Liver Disease	11	102	7	328	- 226
Lung Disease	12	98	13	229	- 130
Lung Cancers	13	96	4	657	- 561
Congenital Anomalies	14	80	43	25	+ 55
Other Injuries	15	70	20	141	- 71
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	69	5	527	- 458
Drug Use	17	60	31	75	- 15
Low Birth Weight	18	58	55	7	+ 51
Suicide	19	49	16	197	- 148
Asthma	20	48	44	24	+ 24
HIV/AIDS	21	36	39	40	- 4
Leukemia	22	35	22	126	- 90
Pancreas Cancer	23	34	10	268	- 235
Falls	24	33	24	119	- 86
Breast Cancer	25	31	11	260	- 229
Lymphomas	26	31	15	213	- 182
Parkinson's Disease	27	26	29	82	- 56
Liver Cancer	28	25	26	107	- 82
Endocrine Disorders	29	25	33	66	- 41
Violence	30	24	42	28	- 5
Bladder Cancer	31	22	21	126	- 104
Cervical Cancer	32	22	32	68	- 46
Stomach Cancer	33	22	9	290	- 268
Birth Trauma	34	21	57	5	+ 16
Maternal Conditions	35	20	61	1	+ 19
Fires	36	19	38	41	- 22
Inflammatory/Heart	37	17	14	217	- 200
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	16	36	55	- 39
Prostate Cancer	39	15	8	298	- 283
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	15	53	8	+ 7
Oral Cancer	41	13	25	110	- 97
Ovary Cancer	42	12	28	87	- 75
Drownings	43	12	40	30	- 18
Epilepsy	44	11	37	45	- 34
Poisonings	45	9	52	8	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	45	22	- 14
Meningitis	47	7	54	7	- 1
Hepatitis B	48	6	65	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	49	5	27	99	- 93
Alcohol	50	3	18	148	- 145
Skin Cancers	51	3	30	79	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	52	3	48	16	- 13
Encephalitis	53	3	63	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	54	3	41	29	- 26
Pertussis	55	3	83	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	2	59	2	+ 0
Malnutrition	57	2	79	0	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	58	2	23	123	- 122
Schistosomiasis	59	1	72	0	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	60	1	34	60	- 59
Syphilis	61	1	62	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	17	- 17
Leishmaniasis	63	0	69	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	58	4	- 4
Ascariasis	66	0	74	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	0	82	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	50	10	- 10
Oral conditions	82	0	60	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	9	- 9
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	56	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.