GAMBIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,266	3	1,007	+ 1,259
Stroke	2	892	4	802	+ 90
Road Traffic Accidents	3	495	6	695	- 200
Kidney Disease	4	406	16	266	+ 141
War	5	362	69	0	+ 361
Hypertension	6	314	22	172	+ 141
Tuberculosis	7	278	10	445	- 167
Diabetes Mellitus	8	275	15	290	- 14
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	255	1	1,340	- 1,085
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	255	28	89	+ 166
Liver Disease	11	216	14	323	- 107
Lung Disease	12	208	19	206	+ 2
Lung Cancers	13	203	38	34	+ 169
Congenital Anomalies	14	169	11	383	- 214
Other Injuries	15	148	21	194	- 46
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	146	52	11	+ 136
Drug Use	17	127	39	28	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	18	123	8	662	- 539
Suicide	19	104	25	113	- 9
Asthma	20	102	24	134	- 32
HIV/AIDS	21	77	2	1,125	- 1,048
Leukemia	22	74	59	2	+ 72
Pancreas Cancer	23	72	53	6	+ 66
Falls	24	70	29	83	- 13
Breast Cancer	25	65	40	26	+ 39
Lymphomas	26	65	51	12	+ 53
Parkinson's Disease	27	55	37	34	+ 20
Liver Cancer	28	52	12	377	- 325
Endocrine Disorders	29	52	17	230	- 178
Violence	30	50	20	195	- 145
Bladder Cancer	31	47	56	4	+ 42
Cervical Cancer	32	46	23	145	- 99
Stomach Cancer	33	46	47	14	+ 32
Birth Trauma	34	45	5	754	- 709
Maternal Conditions	35	42	13	345	- 303
Fires	36	40	31	67	- 27
Inflammatory/Heart	37	37	32	59	- 22
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	34	33	56	- 23
Prostate Cancer	39	33	43	21	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	31	9	626	- 594
Oral Cancer	41	28	71	0	+ 27
Ovary Cancer	42	26	61	2	+ 24
Drownings	43	25	30	69	- 43
Epilepsy	44	23	35	43	- 20
Poisonings	45	19	36	42	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	17	41	24	- 7
Meningitis	47	14	18	229	- 214
Hepatitis B	48	12	46	14	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	11	54	5	+ 6
Alcohol	50	7	50	12	- 5
Skin Cancers	51	7	68	0	+ 7
Multiple Sclerosis	52	7	58	3	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	7	48	14	- 7
Skin Disease	54	6	44	19	- 13
Pertussis	55	6	27	99	- 93
Appendicitis	56	5	55	5	+ 0
Malnutrition	57	4	26	110	- 106
Other Neoplasms	58	3	57	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	59	3	42	23	- 20
Uterin Cancer	60	3	66	1	+ 2
Syphilis	61	2	34	55	- 53
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	2	- 0
Leishmaniasis	63	1	60	2	- 2
Tetanus	64	0	45	18	- 18
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	1	- 1
Ascariasis	66	0	63	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	13	- 13
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Libya

Gambia

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.