LEBANON VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,817	1	13,328	- 8,511
Stroke	2	1,897	2	1,795	+ 102
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,052	7	1,127	- 75
Kidney Disease	4	864	5	1,243	- 379
War	5	769	51	25	+ 743
Hypertension	6	667	4	1,426	- 759
Tuberculosis	7	592	41	70	+ 521
Diabetes Mellitus	8	585	9	934	- 349
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	542	10	931	- 390
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	541	6	1,213	- 672
Liver Disease	11	459	14	663	- 204
Lung Disease	12	442	11	889	- 447
Lung Cancers	13	432	3	1,498	- 1,067
Congenital Anomalies	14	359	20	298	+ 62
Other Injuries	15	315	30	168	+ 147
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	311	12	841	- 531
Drug Use	17	270	23	281	- 10
Low Birth Weight	18	262	28	190	+ 71
Suicide	19	221	29	190	+ 31
Asthma	20	216	19	298	- 81
HIV/AIDS	21	163	45	51	+ 112
Leukemia	22	158	18	334	- 176
Pancreas Cancer	23	152	24	273	- 120
Falls	24	148	33	148	+ 1
Breast Cancer	25	138	8	987	- 848
Lymphomas	26	138	15	646	- 508
Parkinson's Disease	27	116	25	226	- 110
Liver Cancer	28	111	27	217	- 106
Endocrine Disorders	29	111	34	145	- 34
Violence	30	106	22	285	- 179
Bladder Cancer	31	99	13	704	- 605
Cervical Cancer	32	98	35	135	- 36
Stomach Cancer	33	98	16	479	- 382
Birth Trauma	34	96	42	67	+ 29
Maternal Conditions	35	90	50	30	+ 60
Fires	36	84	39	99	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	37	78	32	153	- 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	72	37	114	- 42
Prostate Cancer	39	70	17	442	- 373
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	67	40	81	- 14
Oral Cancer	41	59	31	162	- 103
Ovary Cancer	42	55	26	224	- 169
Drownings	43	54	43	62	- 8
Epilepsy	44	48	46	49	- 1
Poisonings	45	41	48	39	+ 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	36	47	47	- 11
Meningitis	47	30	49	35	- 5
Hepatitis B	48	25	36	123	- 98
Oesophagus Cancer	49	24	44	52	- 28
Alcohol	50	16	54	18	- 2
Skin Cancers	51	15	21	296	- 282
Multiple Sclerosis	52	14	55	16	- 2
Encephalitis	53	14	56	16	- 1
Skin Disease	54	12	53	19	- 7
Pertussis	55	12	57	16	- 3
Appendicitis	56	11	61	11	- 0
Malnutrition	57	8	60	11	- 3
Other Neoplasms	58	7	58	14	- 7
Schistosomiasis	59	6	65	2	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	60	6	38	99	- 93
Syphilis	61	4	63	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	62	5	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	1	66	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	52	23	- 22
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Libya

Lebanon

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.