GUINEA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,559	6	5,665	+ 6,894
Stroke	2	4,946	5	5,777	- 831
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,743	9	3,788	- 1,045
Kidney Disease	4	2,253	16	1,939	+ 314
War	5	2,004	64	20	+ 1,984
Hypertension	6	1,738	21	1,348	+ 390
Tuberculosis	7	1,543	13	2,369	- 825
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,526	15	2,138	- 611
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,413	1	12,790	- 11,378
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,412	30	579	+ 833
Liver Disease	11	1,197	12	2,550	- 1,353
Lung Disease	12	1,153	20	1,373	- 219
Lung Cancers	13	1,125	50	128	+ 997
Congenital Anomalies	14	937	14	2,181	- 1,244
Other Injuries	15	822	18	1,504	- 682
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	810	53	100	+ 710
Drug Use	17	705	46	169	+ 536
Low Birth Weight	18	682	8	4,319	- 3,637
Suicide	19	577	29	892	- 315
Asthma	20	564	22	1,179	- 615
HIV/AIDS	21	426	10	3,020	- 2,594
Leukemia	22	412	67	17	+ 395
Pancreas Cancer	23	397	65	19	+ 378
Falls	24	387	33	480	- 93
Breast Cancer	25	361	38	345	+ 16
Lymphomas	26	359	48	158	+ 201
Parkinson's Disease	27	303	44	212	+ 91
Liver Cancer	28	290	23	1,167	- 877
Endocrine Disorders	29	290	25	1,140	- 850
Violence	30	276	26	1,128	- 852
Bladder Cancer	31	258	60	32	+ 226
Cervical Cancer	32	256	19	1,491	- 1,235
Stomach Cancer	33	254	41	245	+ 9
Birth Trauma	34	251	7	4,797	- 4,545
Maternal Conditions	35	235	17	1,793	- 1,558
Fires	36	219	36	410	- 191
Inflammatory/Heart	37	204	35	439	- 235
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	188	34	448	- 260
Prostate Cancer	39	181	32	525	- 344
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	174	3	6,788	- 6,614
Oral Cancer	41	153	52	122	+ 32
Ovary Cancer	42	143	54	93	+ 50
Drownings	43	141	31	528	- 388
Epilepsy	44	126	37	350	- 223
Poisonings	45	106	40	295	- 189
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	94	42	238	- 144
Meningitis	47	79	11	2,633	- 2,554
Hepatitis B	48	65	47	162	- 97
Oesophagus Cancer	49	63	63	20	+ 43
Alcohol	50	41	55	83	- 43
Skin Cancers	51	38	49	152	- 114
Multiple Sclerosis	52	38	66	18	+ 20
Encephalitis	53	37	56	81	- 44
Skin Disease	54	32	51	127	- 95
Pertussis	55	32	24	1,165	- 1,133
Appendicitis	56	28	57	41	- 13
Malnutrition	57	20	28	1,032	- 1,012
Other Neoplasms	58	19	68	16	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	59	17	43	232	- 215
Uterin Cancer	60	16	59	38	- 22
Syphilis	61	11	39	328	- 317
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	70	13	- 5
Leishmaniasis	63	4	78	0	+ 4
Tetanus	64	2	45	170	- 168
Hepatitis C	65	1	61	22	- 21
Ascariasis	66	0	62	22	- 22
Upper Respiratory	67	0	69	15	- 15
Diphtheria	68	0	58	40	- 39
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	79	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	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 GUINEA

Libya

Guinea

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.