MADAGASCAR VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	LIBYA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,448	3	12,388	+ 14,060
Stroke	2	10,415	1	17,964	- 7,549
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,776	7	7,880	- 2,104
Kidney Disease	4	4,745	22	2,202	+ 2,543
War	5	4,220	54	155	+ 4,065
Hypertension	6	3,660	8	6,208	- 2,548
Tuberculosis	7	3,250	4	11,606	- 8,356
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,214	16	3,278	- 64
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,975	2	14,605	- 11,630
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,973	26	1,120	+ 1,852
Liver Disease	11	2,522	12	4,803	- 2,281
Lung Disease	12	2,429	14	3,957	- 1,528
Lung Cancers	13	2,369	55	147	+ 2,222
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,972	15	3,380	- 1,408
Other Injuries	15	1,730	21	2,359	- 629
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,707	39	606	+ 1,101
Drug Use	17	1,484	62	58	+ 1,426
Low Birth Weight	18	1,436	10	5,353	- 3,917
Suicide	19	1,214	24	1,476	- 261
Asthma	20	1,188	19	2,507	- 1,319
HIV/AIDS	21	896	25	1,341	- 445
Leukemia	22	867	45	401	+ 466
Pancreas Cancer	23	835	61	80	+ 755
Falls	24	814	36	653	+ 161
Breast Cancer	25	760	37	629	+ 131
Lymphomas	26	756	34	675	+ 81
Parkinson's Disease	27	637	49	266	+ 372
Liver Cancer	28	611	30	933	- 322
Endocrine Disorders	29	610	44	463	+ 147
Violence	30	581	23	1,749	- 1,167
Bladder Cancer	31	543	48	286	+ 257
Cervical Cancer	32	539	17	3,028	- 2,489
Stomach Cancer	33	536	47	368	+ 168
Birth Trauma	34	530	11	5,347	- 4,817
Maternal Conditions	35	495	18	2,776	- 2,281
Fires	36	461	35	661	- 200
Inflammatory/Heart	37	430	28	1,046	- 617
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	396	42	495	- 100
Prostate Cancer	39	382	29	996	- 614
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	366	5	11,085	- 10,719
Oral Cancer	41	323	32	697	- 374
Ovary Cancer	42	300	57	135	+ 166
Drownings	43	296	31	825	- 529
Epilepsy	44	266	46	385	- 118
Poisonings	45	223	40	571	- 348
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	198	38	627	- 430
Meningitis	47	166	20	2,391	- 2,225
Hepatitis B	48	137	58	98	+ 38
Oesophagus Cancer	49	132	27	1,080	- 948
Alcohol	50	86	53	161	- 75
Skin Cancers	51	80	43	467	- 387
Multiple Sclerosis	52	79	66	18	+ 62
Encephalitis	53	78	60	94	- 16
Skin Disease	54	68	51	187	- 119
Pertussis	55	67	41	519	- 452
Appendicitis	56	59	56	147	- 88
Malnutrition	57	42	13	4,236	- 4,194
Other Neoplasms	58	40	65	24	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	59	35	50	260	- 225
Uterin Cancer	60	33	59	95	- 61
Syphilis	61	23	33	680	- 657
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	17	64	47	- 30
Leishmaniasis	63	8	78	0	+ 8
Tetanus	64	4	52	186	- 182
Hepatitis C	65	2	67	16	- 13
Ascariasis	66	1	70	5	- 5
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	49	- 48
Diphtheria	68	1	71	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	1	69	7	- 6
Otitis Media	70	0	68	10	- 10
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	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	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MADAGASCAR

Libya

Madagascar

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.