GUATEMALA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		GUATEMALA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,393	1	9,825	+ 6,568
Stroke	2	6,455	6	4,849	+ 1,607
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,580	8	4,026	- 446
Kidney Disease	4	2,941	4	6,277	- 3,336
War	5	2,615	68	2	+ 2,613
Hypertension	6	2,268	26	679	+ 1,589
Tuberculosis	7	2,014	37	301	+ 1,713
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,992	3	6,932	- 4,940
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,844	2	9,245	- 7,401
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,842	12	1,957	- 114
Liver Disease	11	1,563	5	5,684	- 4,122
Lung Disease	12	1,505	13	1,901	- 396
Lung Cancers	13	1,468	35	391	+ 1,077
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,222	18	1,517	- 294
Other Injuries	15	1,072	10	2,466	- 1,393
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,058	31	464	+ 594
Drug Use	17	920	40	272	+ 648
Low Birth Weight	18	890	16	1,658	- 768
Suicide	19	753	22	1,039	- 287
Asthma	20	736	36	335	+ 402
HIV/AIDS	21	555	21	1,173	- 617
Leukemia	22	537	27	601	- 63
Pancreas Cancer	23	518	38	282	+ 236
Falls	24	505	20	1,371	- 867
Breast Cancer	25	471	28	495	- 24
Lymphomas	26	469	43	229	+ 239
Parkinson's Disease	27	395	34	393	+ 2
Liver Cancer	28	379	15	1,765	- 1,387
Endocrine Disorders	29	378	29	486	- 107
Violence	30	360	7	4,411	- 4,050
Bladder Cancer	31	337	55	57	+ 279
Cervical Cancer	32	334	25	808	- 474
Stomach Cancer	33	332	17	1,570	- 1,238
Birth Trauma	34	328	19	1,466	- 1,138
Maternal Conditions	35	307	30	468	- 161
Fires	36	286	45	207	+ 79
Inflammatory/Heart	37	266	44	225	+ 41
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	245	23	1,029	- 784
Prostate Cancer	39	237	24	846	- 609
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	227	9	2,617	- 2,390
Oral Cancer	41	200	49	142	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	42	186	50	133	+ 53
Drownings	43	183	32	463	- 280
Epilepsy	44	165	33	463	- 298
Poisonings	45	138	39	275	- 137
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	122	54	62	+ 61
Meningitis	47	103	41	271	- 168
Hepatitis B	48	85	65	2	+ 82
Oesophagus Cancer	49	82	48	144	- 62
Alcohol	50	53	14	1,799	- 1,746
Skin Cancers	51	50	46	195	- 145
Multiple Sclerosis	52	49	60	21	+ 29
Encephalitis	53	48	51	104	- 55
Skin Disease	54	42	42	232	- 190
Pertussis	55	42	53	70	- 28
Appendicitis	56	37	47	164	- 127
Malnutrition	57	26	11	1,981	- 1,954
Other Neoplasms	58	25	56	42	- 17
Schistosomiasis	59	22	75	0	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	60	21	59	27	- 7
Syphilis	61	14	64	3	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	52	82	- 71
Leishmaniasis	63	5	69	1	+ 4
Tetanus	64	3	62	10	- 7
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	63	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	0	57	34	- 34
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	67	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	58	33	- 33
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	19	- 19
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUATEMALA

Libya

Guatemala

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.