IRAN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		IRAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	79,369	1	93,308	- 13,939
Stroke	2	31,255	2	36,730	- 5,475
Road Traffic Accidents	3	17,334	3	17,803	- 469
Kidney Disease	4	14,239	6	11,810	+ 2,428
War	5	12,663	42	848	+ 11,816
Hypertension	6	10,983	4	16,415	- 5,432
Tuberculosis	7	9,752	41	882	+ 8,870
Diabetes Mellitus	8	9,646	5	13,910	- 4,264
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	8,927	8	11,243	- 2,316
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	8,920	9	11,046	- 2,126
Liver Disease	11	7,567	12	6,637	+ 930
Lung Disease	12	7,289	7	11,409	- 4,120
Lung Cancers	13	7,110	11	6,784	+ 327
Congenital Anomalies	14	5,919	14	4,844	+ 1,075
Other Injuries	15	5,192	17	4,048	+ 1,144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	5,122	15	4,575	+ 546
Drug Use	17	4,453	31	2,242	+ 2,211
Low Birth Weight	18	4,309	13	4,861	- 551
Suicide	19	3,645	16	4,334	- 689
Asthma	20	3,565	22	3,360	+ 205
HIV/AIDS	21	2,690	28	2,521	+ 169
Leukemia	22	2,601	18	3,966	- 1,365
Pancreas Cancer	23	2,507	29	2,418	+ 88
Falls	24	2,443	24	2,821	- 378
Breast Cancer	25	2,281	19	3,736	- 1,455
Lymphomas	26	2,269	23	2,882	- 613
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,913	26	2,545	- 632
Liver Cancer	28	1,833	20	3,714	- 1,881
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,832	32	2,092	- 260
Violence	30	1,745	27	2,535	- 791
Bladder Cancer	31	1,630	36	1,410	+ 221
Cervical Cancer	32	1,617	48	501	+ 1,116
Stomach Cancer	33	1,608	10	9,822	- 8,214
Birth Trauma	34	1,589	25	2,735	- 1,146
Maternal Conditions	35	1,486	52	285	+ 1,201
Fires	36	1,385	34	1,823	- 438
Inflammatory/Heart	37	1,289	35	1,611	- 322
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	1,187	37	1,246	- 59
Prostate Cancer	39	1,147	21	3,583	- 2,436
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	1,099	33	1,836	- 737
Oral Cancer	41	969	45	655	+ 314
Ovary Cancer	42	901	39	937	- 36
Drownings	43	888	40	930	- 42
Epilepsy	44	799	44	719	+ 80
Poisonings	45	670	43	816	- 146
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	593	38	996	- 403
Meningitis	47	498	46	642	- 143
Hepatitis B	48	410	49	425	- 15
Oesophagus Cancer	49	395	30	2,371	- 1,976
Alcohol	50	258	53	253	+ 5
Skin Cancers	51	241	47	518	- 277
Multiple Sclerosis	52	239	50	405	- 167
Encephalitis	53	233	54	246	- 13
Skin Disease	54	205	55	237	- 32
Pertussis	55	202	60	75	+ 127
Appendicitis	56	177	57	155	+ 22
Malnutrition	57	127	56	157	- 30
Other Neoplasms	58	120	58	112	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	59	104	66	3	+ 101
Uterin Cancer	60	100	51	355	- 256
Syphilis	61	68	61	52	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	51	59	80	- 29
Leishmaniasis	63	23	64	8	+ 15
Tetanus	64	12	62	37	- 24
Hepatitis C	65	7	69	1	+ 6
Ascariasis	66	3	67	3	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	2	63	16	- 13
Diphtheria	68	2	70	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	2	65	4	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	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	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 IRAN

Libya

Iran

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.