IRAQ VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		IRAQ		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,790	1	36,594	+ 1,196
Stroke	2	14,881	2	20,793	- 5,911
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,253	3	10,726	- 2,473
Kidney Disease	4	6,779	6	6,323	+ 457
War	5	6,029	11	2,942	+ 3,087
Hypertension	6	5,229	12	2,451	+ 2,778
Tuberculosis	7	4,643	25	821	+ 3,822
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,593	4	7,395	- 2,802
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,251	8	5,551	- 1,300
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,247	13	2,429	+ 1,818
Liver Disease	11	3,603	16	2,127	+ 1,476
Lung Disease	12	3,470	20	1,329	+ 2,141
Lung Cancers	13	3,385	15	2,162	+ 1,223
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,818	9	4,812	- 1,994
Other Injuries	15	2,472	14	2,212	+ 260
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,439	24	852	+ 1,587
Drug Use	17	2,120	38	441	+ 1,680
Low Birth Weight	18	2,052	5	6,573	- 4,521
Suicide	19	1,735	19	1,418	+ 318
Asthma	20	1,698	23	914	+ 784
HIV/AIDS	21	1,281	72	0	+ 1,281
Leukemia	22	1,239	21	1,315	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,194	36	530	+ 663
Falls	24	1,163	30	709	+ 455
Breast Cancer	25	1,086	17	1,783	- 697
Lymphomas	26	1,080	26	811	+ 269
Parkinson's Disease	27	911	31	658	+ 253
Liver Cancer	28	873	35	555	+ 318
Endocrine Disorders	29	872	37	462	+ 410
Violence	30	831	7	5,658	- 4,827
Bladder Cancer	31	776	34	628	+ 148
Cervical Cancer	32	770	48	162	+ 608
Stomach Cancer	33	766	28	771	- 5
Birth Trauma	34	757	10	4,223	- 3,466
Maternal Conditions	35	708	27	780	- 72
Fires	36	659	29	742	- 82
Inflammatory/Heart	37	614	22	1,190	- 576
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	565	49	159	+ 406
Prostate Cancer	39	546	47	171	+ 375
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	523	18	1,578	- 1,055
Oral Cancer	41	461	39	410	+ 51
Ovary Cancer	42	429	41	376	+ 53
Drownings	43	423	32	658	- 235
Epilepsy	44	380	45	253	+ 128
Poisonings	45	319	52	95	+ 224
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	282	44	283	- 0
Meningitis	47	237	42	372	- 135
Hepatitis B	48	195	56	57	+ 138
Oesophagus Cancer	49	188	46	173	+ 15
Alcohol	50	123	58	40	+ 83
Skin Cancers	51	115	43	339	- 224
Multiple Sclerosis	52	114	60	30	+ 83
Encephalitis	53	111	40	378	- 267
Skin Disease	54	98	57	49	+ 49
Pertussis	55	96	33	636	- 539
Appendicitis	56	84	64	15	+ 69
Malnutrition	57	60	53	92	- 31
Other Neoplasms	58	57	61	26	+ 31
Schistosomiasis	59	50	59	37	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	60	47	54	61	- 14
Syphilis	61	32	50	137	- 104
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	24	63	21	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	63	11	62	22	- 11
Tetanus	64	6	51	111	- 105
Hepatitis C	65	4	68	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	1	67	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	6	- 5
Diphtheria	68	1	66	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	55	59	- 59
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	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	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRAQ

Libya

Iraq

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.