KENYA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		KENYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	52,304	9	11,972	+ 40,331
Stroke	2	20,597	4	15,895	+ 4,701
Road Traffic Accidents	3	11,423	6	14,883	- 3,460
Kidney Disease	4	9,383	16	4,464	+ 4,920
War	5	8,345	65	89	+ 8,256
Hypertension	6	7,238	17	4,418	+ 2,820
Tuberculosis	7	6,427	3	19,655	- 13,229
Diabetes Mellitus	8	6,356	14	5,651	+ 705
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	5,883	1	22,571	- 16,688
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	5,878	31	1,827	+ 4,051
Liver Disease	11	4,987	7	13,405	- 8,418
Lung Disease	12	4,803	20	4,280	+ 523
Lung Cancers	13	4,685	47	669	+ 4,017
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,900	12	6,115	- 2,215
Other Injuries	15	3,421	19	4,336	- 914
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,375	32	1,477	+ 1,898
Drug Use	17	2,935	62	113	+ 2,821
Low Birth Weight	18	2,840	11	9,562	- 6,722
Suicide	19	2,402	23	3,214	- 813
Asthma	20	2,350	26	2,300	+ 50
HIV/AIDS	21	1,772	2	20,885	- 19,112
Leukemia	22	1,714	35	1,327	+ 387
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,652	46	716	+ 936
Falls	24	1,610	33	1,465	+ 145
Breast Cancer	25	1,503	25	2,658	- 1,155
Lymphomas	26	1,495	29	1,931	- 436
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,261	50	470	+ 791
Liver Cancer	28	1,208	34	1,351	- 143
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,207	44	831	+ 376
Violence	30	1,150	24	2,942	- 1,793
Bladder Cancer	31	1,074	57	318	+ 757
Cervical Cancer	32	1,066	22	3,389	- 2,323
Stomach Cancer	33	1,060	28	2,010	- 950
Birth Trauma	34	1,047	10	9,957	- 8,910
Maternal Conditions	35	979	13	5,651	- 4,672
Fires	36	913	36	1,316	- 404
Inflammatory/Heart	37	850	40	1,121	- 272
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	782	41	1,089	- 306
Prostate Cancer	39	756	37	1,292	- 536
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	724	5	15,420	- 14,696
Oral Cancer	41	639	30	1,842	- 1,204
Ovary Cancer	42	594	45	795	- 201
Drownings	43	585	39	1,200	- 615
Epilepsy	44	526	43	832	- 306
Poisonings	45	442	38	1,269	- 827
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	391	53	408	- 17
Meningitis	47	328	15	5,364	- 5,035
Hepatitis B	48	270	49	522	- 252
Oesophagus Cancer	49	260	18	4,373	- 4,112
Alcohol	50	170	55	355	- 185
Skin Cancers	51	159	48	638	- 479
Multiple Sclerosis	52	157	68	39	+ 119
Encephalitis	53	154	60	189	- 35
Skin Disease	54	135	51	455	- 320
Pertussis	55	133	42	1,014	- 880
Appendicitis	56	117	58	240	- 124
Malnutrition	57	84	21	4,212	- 4,129
Other Neoplasms	58	79	67	60	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	59	69	54	370	- 301
Uterin Cancer	60	66	56	323	- 257
Syphilis	61	45	52	449	- 404
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	34	66	84	- 50
Leishmaniasis	63	15	59	194	- 179
Tetanus	64	8	27	2,129	- 2,121
Hepatitis C	65	5	61	152	- 148
Ascariasis	66	2	71	9	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	2	64	95	- 93
Diphtheria	68	1	69	13	- 11
Chlamydia	69	1	70	10	- 9
Otitis Media	70	0	72	7	- 7
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	103	- 103
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	8	12,652	- 12,652
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KENYA

Libya

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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.