GABON VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,205	3	1,019	+ 1,186
Stroke	2	868	5	896	- 28
Road Traffic Accidents	3	481	8	518	- 37
Kidney Disease	4	396	12	384	+ 12
War	5	352	65	3	+ 349
Hypertension	6	305	11	412	- 107
Tuberculosis	7	271	1	1,819	- 1,548
Diabetes Mellitus	8	268	6	643	- 375
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	248	4	966	- 718
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	248	19	152	+ 96
Liver Disease	11	210	10	416	- 206
Lung Disease	12	202	16	215	- 13
Lung Cancers	13	197	29	87	+ 110
Congenital Anomalies	14	164	15	285	- 121
Other Injuries	15	144	22	140	+ 5
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	142	37	43	+ 99
Drug Use	17	124	45	34	+ 90
Low Birth Weight	18	120	9	494	- 375
Suicide	19	101	18	183	- 81
Asthma	20	99	28	90	+ 9
HIV/AIDS	21	75	2	1,128	- 1,053
Leukemia	22	72	57	17	+ 55
Pancreas Cancer	23	70	53	21	+ 49
Falls	24	68	30	84	- 17
Breast Cancer	25	63	27	92	- 29
Lymphomas	26	63	49	32	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	27	53	36	47	+ 6
Liver Cancer	28	51	35	53	- 2
Endocrine Disorders	29	51	25	98	- 47
Violence	30	48	17	184	- 135
Bladder Cancer	31	45	43	35	+ 10
Cervical Cancer	32	45	26	96	- 51
Stomach Cancer	33	45	48	32	+ 12
Birth Trauma	34	44	13	362	- 318
Maternal Conditions	35	41	21	145	- 104
Fires	36	38	39	39	- 0
Inflammatory/Heart	37	36	24	101	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	33	41	36	- 3
Prostate Cancer	39	32	32	80	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	31	14	318	- 288
Oral Cancer	41	27	34	69	- 42
Ovary Cancer	42	25	51	27	- 2
Drownings	43	25	38	42	- 17
Epilepsy	44	22	40	37	- 15
Poisonings	45	19	50	28	- 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	16	54	20	- 3
Meningitis	47	14	23	113	- 99
Hepatitis B	48	11	62	7	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	44	35	- 24
Alcohol	50	7	56	19	- 12
Skin Cancers	51	7	46	34	- 27
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	67	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	53	6	60	7	- 1
Skin Disease	54	6	52	22	- 16
Pertussis	55	6	31	81	- 76
Appendicitis	56	5	61	7	- 2
Malnutrition	57	4	33	78	- 74
Other Neoplasms	58	3	64	5	- 2
Schistosomiasis	59	3	58	14	- 11
Uterin Cancer	60	3	55	19	- 17
Syphilis	61	2	47	33	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	63	6	- 5
Leishmaniasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	59	8	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	0	68	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	20	146	- 146
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	540	- 540
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	42	35	- 35
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

Libya

Gabon

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.