KUWAIT VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		KUWAIT		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,818	1	2,325	+ 493
Stroke	2	1,110	3	599	+ 510
Road Traffic Accidents	3	615	2	649	- 34
Kidney Disease	4	506	8	204	+ 302
War	5	450	57	1	+ 449
Hypertension	6	390	5	256	+ 134
Tuberculosis	7	346	34	31	+ 315
Diabetes Mellitus	8	342	6	242	+ 100
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	317	4	340	- 23
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	317	14	139	+ 177
Liver Disease	11	269	11	192	+ 77
Lung Disease	12	259	21	84	+ 175
Lung Cancers	13	252	12	161	+ 91
Congenital Anomalies	14	210	9	202	+ 8
Other Injuries	15	184	22	83	+ 102
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	182	10	198	- 16
Drug Use	17	158	30	38	+ 120
Low Birth Weight	18	153	13	158	- 5
Suicide	19	129	18	122	+ 7
Asthma	20	127	40	21	+ 105
HIV/AIDS	21	95	48	7	+ 89
Leukemia	22	92	17	123	- 30
Pancreas Cancer	23	89	20	89	+ 1
Falls	24	87	19	102	- 16
Breast Cancer	25	81	7	230	- 149
Lymphomas	26	81	15	132	- 51
Parkinson's Disease	27	68	36	29	+ 39
Liver Cancer	28	65	16	129	- 64
Endocrine Disorders	29	65	28	44	+ 21
Violence	30	62	23	75	- 13
Bladder Cancer	31	58	27	52	+ 6
Cervical Cancer	32	57	33	32	+ 26
Stomach Cancer	33	57	25	72	- 15
Birth Trauma	34	56	47	7	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	35	53	54	4	+ 49
Fires	36	49	38	28	+ 21
Inflammatory/Heart	37	46	31	36	+ 9
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	42	43	14	+ 28
Prostate Cancer	39	41	26	58	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	39	49	6	+ 33
Oral Cancer	41	34	24	74	- 40
Ovary Cancer	42	32	29	41	- 9
Drownings	43	32	41	19	+ 12
Epilepsy	44	28	39	22	+ 7
Poisonings	45	24	42	16	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	21	46	8	+ 13
Meningitis	47	18	45	9	+ 9
Hepatitis B	48	15	58	1	+ 14
Oesophagus Cancer	49	14	32	35	- 21
Alcohol	50	9	44	12	- 2
Skin Cancers	51	9	37	28	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	52	8	50	5	+ 4
Encephalitis	53	8	52	4	+ 4
Skin Disease	54	7	53	4	+ 4
Pertussis	55	7	63	0	+ 7
Appendicitis	56	6	55	1	+ 5
Malnutrition	57	5	60	0	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	58	4	51	4	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	60	4	35	31	- 27
Syphilis	61	2	64	0	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	1	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	76	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	59	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	67	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to KUWAIT

Libya

Kuwait

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.