LIBERIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,883	7	1,885	+ 2,998
Stroke	2	1,923	11	1,578	+ 345
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,066	5	1,920	- 854
Kidney Disease	4	876	16	609	+ 267
War	5	779	70	1	+ 778
Hypertension	6	676	23	371	+ 305
Tuberculosis	7	600	1	2,766	- 2,166
Diabetes Mellitus	8	593	15	650	- 57
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	549	2	2,693	- 2,144
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	549	29	235	+ 314
Liver Disease	11	466	13	858	- 393
Lung Disease	12	448	26	294	+ 155
Lung Cancers	13	437	44	66	+ 371
Congenital Anomalies	14	364	14	833	- 469
Other Injuries	15	319	22	380	- 61
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	315	40	90	+ 225
Drug Use	17	274	50	42	+ 232
Low Birth Weight	18	265	8	1,652	- 1,387
Suicide	19	224	30	220	+ 5
Asthma	20	219	31	200	+ 20
HIV/AIDS	21	165	6	1,919	- 1,754
Leukemia	22	160	58	23	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	23	154	53	38	+ 117
Falls	24	150	33	155	- 5
Breast Cancer	25	140	27	246	- 105
Lymphomas	26	140	39	93	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	27	118	43	72	+ 45
Liver Cancer	28	113	20	439	- 326
Endocrine Disorders	29	113	28	245	- 133
Violence	30	107	18	477	- 370
Bladder Cancer	31	100	59	19	+ 81
Cervical Cancer	32	99	19	474	- 374
Stomach Cancer	33	99	37	122	- 23
Birth Trauma	34	98	9	1,601	- 1,504
Maternal Conditions	35	91	12	870	- 778
Fires	36	85	34	153	- 68
Inflammatory/Heart	37	79	38	115	- 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	73	36	126	- 53
Prostate Cancer	39	71	25	297	- 227
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	68	10	1,592	- 1,524
Oral Cancer	41	60	48	50	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	42	55	47	50	+ 5
Drownings	43	55	35	127	- 72
Epilepsy	44	49	42	81	- 32
Poisonings	45	41	41	82	- 41
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	36	49	50	- 14
Meningitis	47	31	17	552	- 521
Hepatitis B	48	25	52	39	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	49	24	60	16	+ 9
Alcohol	50	16	57	25	- 10
Skin Cancers	51	15	46	51	- 36
Multiple Sclerosis	52	15	63	4	+ 10
Encephalitis	53	14	56	27	- 13
Skin Disease	54	13	51	41	- 29
Pertussis	55	12	32	197	- 185
Appendicitis	56	11	61	12	- 1
Malnutrition	57	8	24	353	- 346
Other Neoplasms	58	7	62	6	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	6	45	51	- 45
Uterin Cancer	60	6	55	28	- 22
Syphilis	61	4	21	394	- 390
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	64	4	- 1
Leishmaniasis	63	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	54	31	- 30
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	4	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	66	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	0	67	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBERIA

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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.