GHANA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,060	3	14,103	+ 16,958
Stroke	2	12,231	2	15,163	- 2,932
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,783	7	7,808	- 1,024
Kidney Disease	4	5,572	13	4,161	+ 1,411
War	5	4,956	64	29	+ 4,926
Hypertension	6	4,298	19	2,231	+ 2,067
Tuberculosis	7	3,816	6	10,214	- 6,398
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,775	12	5,929	- 2,155
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,494	1	16,262	- 12,768
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,491	29	1,294	+ 2,197
Liver Disease	11	2,961	11	6,053	- 3,092
Lung Disease	12	2,852	15	3,120	- 268
Lung Cancers	13	2,782	55	237	+ 2,545
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,316	14	3,935	- 1,619
Other Injuries	15	2,032	18	2,433	- 401
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,004	34	803	+ 1,202
Drug Use	17	1,743	39	630	+ 1,113
Low Birth Weight	18	1,686	8	6,662	- 4,975
Suicide	19	1,426	21	1,993	- 567
Asthma	20	1,395	23	1,979	- 584
HIV/AIDS	21	1,053	4	13,565	- 12,513
Leukemia	22	1,018	45	340	+ 678
Pancreas Cancer	23	981	46	334	+ 647
Falls	24	956	30	1,168	- 211
Breast Cancer	25	893	25	1,937	- 1,045
Lymphomas	26	888	32	875	+ 13
Parkinson's Disease	27	749	43	387	+ 362
Liver Cancer	28	717	17	2,851	- 2,134
Endocrine Disorders	29	717	24	1,965	- 1,248
Violence	30	683	27	1,857	- 1,174
Bladder Cancer	31	638	53	245	+ 393
Cervical Cancer	32	633	20	2,161	- 1,528
Stomach Cancer	33	629	33	870	- 241
Birth Trauma	34	622	10	6,194	- 5,572
Maternal Conditions	35	582	22	1,991	- 1,409
Fires	36	542	37	729	- 187
Inflammatory/Heart	37	505	28	1,615	- 1,110
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	465	48	321	+ 144
Prostate Cancer	39	449	31	1,031	- 582
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	430	9	6,538	- 6,108
Oral Cancer	41	379	42	483	- 104
Ovary Cancer	42	353	38	698	- 346
Drownings	43	348	36	740	- 393
Epilepsy	44	313	47	329	- 17
Poisonings	45	262	40	522	- 259
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	232	52	256	- 24
Meningitis	47	195	16	2,983	- 2,788
Hepatitis B	48	160	62	101	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	49	155	49	285	- 131
Alcohol	50	101	54	244	- 143
Skin Cancers	51	94	58	214	- 120
Multiple Sclerosis	52	93	61	113	- 19
Encephalitis	53	91	44	357	- 266
Skin Disease	54	80	50	264	- 184
Pertussis	55	79	35	744	- 665
Appendicitis	56	69	59	146	- 76
Malnutrition	57	50	26	1,868	- 1,819
Other Neoplasms	58	47	63	48	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	41	51	257	- 216
Uterin Cancer	60	39	57	219	- 180
Syphilis	61	27	41	483	- 456
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	20	67	16	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	63	9	77	0	+ 9
Tetanus	64	5	56	220	- 215
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	28	- 25
Ascariasis	66	1	68	12	- 11
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	16	- 15
Diphtheria	68	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	60	135	- 135
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

Libya

Ghana

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.