LAOS VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		LAOS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,142	2	5,190	+ 1,952
Stroke	2	2,812	1	5,769	- 2,957
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,560	9	1,281	+ 279
Kidney Disease	4	1,281	5	1,646	- 365
War	5	1,140	68	3	+ 1,137
Hypertension	6	988	15	890	+ 99
Tuberculosis	7	878	4	1,949	- 1,071
Diabetes Mellitus	8	868	8	1,466	- 598
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	803	3	2,820	- 2,016
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	803	23	458	+ 345
Liver Disease	11	681	10	1,171	- 490
Lung Disease	12	656	6	1,626	- 970
Lung Cancers	13	640	14	919	- 279
Congenital Anomalies	14	533	18	647	- 114
Other Injuries	15	467	21	519	- 51
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	461	26	422	+ 39
Drug Use	17	401	54	33	+ 368
Low Birth Weight	18	388	11	1,156	- 768
Suicide	19	328	27	390	- 62
Asthma	20	321	16	840	- 519
HIV/AIDS	21	242	29	313	- 71
Leukemia	22	234	31	290	- 56
Pancreas Cancer	23	226	48	61	+ 165
Falls	24	220	24	440	- 220
Breast Cancer	25	205	25	437	- 231
Lymphomas	26	204	34	211	- 6
Parkinson's Disease	27	172	41	139	+ 33
Liver Cancer	28	165	13	1,104	- 939
Endocrine Disorders	29	165	38	186	- 21
Violence	30	157	22	475	- 318
Bladder Cancer	31	147	51	49	+ 98
Cervical Cancer	32	146	37	187	- 42
Stomach Cancer	33	145	20	530	- 385
Birth Trauma	34	143	12	1,116	- 973
Maternal Conditions	35	134	32	218	- 84
Fires	36	125	42	108	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	37	116	36	206	- 90
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	107	17	651	- 545
Prostate Cancer	39	103	53	37	+ 66
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	99	7	1,552	- 1,453
Oral Cancer	41	87	28	349	- 262
Ovary Cancer	42	81	43	101	- 20
Drownings	43	80	19	568	- 488
Epilepsy	44	72	50	58	+ 14
Poisonings	45	60	52	41	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	53	35	207	- 154
Meningitis	47	45	40	154	- 109
Hepatitis B	48	37	60	17	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	49	36	33	214	- 178
Alcohol	50	23	47	61	- 38
Skin Cancers	51	22	49	59	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	52	21	65	6	+ 15
Encephalitis	53	21	46	69	- 48
Skin Disease	54	18	45	89	- 70
Pertussis	55	18	30	304	- 286
Appendicitis	56	16	57	29	- 13
Malnutrition	57	11	39	166	- 155
Other Neoplasms	58	11	61	12	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	9	62	11	- 2
Uterin Cancer	60	9	55	29	- 20
Syphilis	61	6	58	28	- 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	64	7	- 3
Leishmaniasis	63	2	75	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	44	96	- 95
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	69	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	56	29	- 29
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	59	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	63	10	- 10
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	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 LAOS

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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.