LATVIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,617	1	8,099	- 6,482
Stroke	2	637	2	5,893	- 5,256
Road Traffic Accidents	3	353	27	154	+ 200
Kidney Disease	4	290	17	356	- 66
War	5	258	68	0	+ 258
Hypertension	6	224	3	1,194	- 970
Tuberculosis	7	199	40	71	+ 127
Diabetes Mellitus	8	197	8	529	- 333
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	182	9	501	- 319
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	182	7	664	- 482
Liver Disease	11	154	15	365	- 211
Lung Disease	12	149	18	346	- 198
Lung Cancers	13	145	4	956	- 812
Congenital Anomalies	14	121	43	46	+ 74
Other Injuries	15	106	16	362	- 257
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	104	6	722	- 618
Drug Use	17	91	48	41	+ 50
Low Birth Weight	18	88	56	11	+ 77
Suicide	19	74	14	384	- 309
Asthma	20	73	46	42	+ 31
HIV/AIDS	21	55	39	74	- 19
Leukemia	22	53	25	186	- 133
Pancreas Cancer	23	51	13	436	- 385
Falls	24	50	23	201	- 152
Breast Cancer	25	46	10	472	- 426
Lymphomas	26	46	19	245	- 199
Parkinson's Disease	27	39	35	125	- 86
Liver Cancer	28	37	26	157	- 119
Endocrine Disorders	29	37	41	59	- 22
Violence	30	36	37	94	- 59
Bladder Cancer	31	33	20	228	- 195
Cervical Cancer	32	33	33	128	- 95
Stomach Cancer	33	33	11	470	- 437
Birth Trauma	34	32	55	12	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	35	30	60	5	+ 26
Fires	36	28	36	103	- 75
Inflammatory/Heart	37	26	5	921	- 895
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	24	31	142	- 118
Prostate Cancer	39	23	12	464	- 441
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	22	54	14	+ 9
Oral Cancer	41	20	22	214	- 194
Ovary Cancer	42	18	24	196	- 178
Drownings	43	18	34	127	- 109
Epilepsy	44	16	45	44	- 28
Poisonings	45	14	49	23	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	12	47	41	- 29
Meningitis	47	10	52	15	- 5
Hepatitis B	48	8	63	3	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	8	32	131	- 123
Alcohol	50	5	21	227	- 222
Skin Cancers	51	5	30	144	- 139
Multiple Sclerosis	52	5	50	20	- 15
Encephalitis	53	5	69	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	54	4	38	76	- 72
Pertussis	55	4	70	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	56	4	59	5	- 1
Malnutrition	57	3	64	2	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	2	28	153	- 150
Schistosomiasis	59	2	78	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	29	148	- 146
Syphilis	61	1	65	1	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	51	20	- 19
Leishmaniasis	63	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	42	53	- 53
Ascariasis	66	0	84	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	82	0	61	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	53	14	- 14
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	57	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Libya

Latvia

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.