LESOTHO VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,000	5	2,101	- 101
Stroke	2	788	3	2,817	- 2,029
Road Traffic Accidents	3	437	16	678	- 242
Kidney Disease	4	359	10	1,015	- 656
War	5	319	68	0	+ 319
Hypertension	6	277	11	990	- 713
Tuberculosis	7	246	8	1,208	- 963
Diabetes Mellitus	8	243	6	2,000	- 1,756
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	225	2	3,214	- 2,989
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	225	29	194	+ 31
Liver Disease	11	191	14	792	- 601
Lung Disease	12	184	9	1,102	- 918
Lung Cancers	13	179	43	51	+ 128
Congenital Anomalies	14	149	19	389	- 240
Other Injuries	15	131	18	533	- 402
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	129	48	40	+ 89
Drug Use	17	112	50	32	+ 81
Low Birth Weight	18	109	12	957	- 848
Suicide	19	92	7	1,539	- 1,448
Asthma	20	90	17	678	- 588
HIV/AIDS	21	68	1	4,767	- 4,700
Leukemia	22	66	49	39	+ 27
Pancreas Cancer	23	63	58	12	+ 51
Falls	24	62	31	128	- 66
Breast Cancer	25	57	34	97	- 40
Lymphomas	26	57	36	78	- 21
Parkinson's Disease	27	48	41	55	- 7
Liver Cancer	28	46	39	71	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	29	46	27	235	- 189
Violence	30	44	13	924	- 880
Bladder Cancer	31	41	61	10	+ 31
Cervical Cancer	32	41	20	372	- 332
Stomach Cancer	33	41	60	11	+ 30
Birth Trauma	34	40	15	717	- 677
Maternal Conditions	35	37	24	292	- 255
Fires	36	35	26	269	- 234
Inflammatory/Heart	37	32	23	305	- 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	30	25	279	- 249
Prostate Cancer	39	29	35	81	- 52
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	28	4	2,354	- 2,326
Oral Cancer	41	24	42	52	- 27
Ovary Cancer	42	23	53	24	- 2
Drownings	43	22	28	200	- 178
Epilepsy	44	20	30	143	- 123
Poisonings	45	17	33	111	- 94
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	15	32	126	- 111
Meningitis	47	13	22	318	- 305
Hepatitis B	48	10	51	27	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	49	10	37	73	- 63
Alcohol	50	7	38	71	- 64
Skin Cancers	51	6	46	46	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	52	6	63	6	+ 0
Encephalitis	53	6	57	14	- 8
Skin Disease	54	5	40	70	- 65
Pertussis	55	5	44	51	- 46
Appendicitis	56	4	52	25	- 20
Malnutrition	57	3	21	357	- 354
Other Neoplasms	58	3	62	9	- 6
Schistosomiasis	59	3	76	0	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	60	3	54	23	- 21
Syphilis	61	2	45	50	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	18	- 17
Leishmaniasis	63	1	75	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	47	45	- 45
Hepatitis C	65	0	64	2	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	55	18	- 18
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	73	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	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	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Libya

Lesotho

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.