MALAWI VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,543	7	4,929	+ 14,614
Stroke	2	7,696	5	5,939	+ 1,757
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,268	4	6,221	- 1,953
Kidney Disease	4	3,506	19	1,567	+ 1,939
War	5	3,118	71	2	+ 3,116
Hypertension	6	2,704	17	1,797	+ 908
Tuberculosis	7	2,401	11	2,992	- 591
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,375	14	2,267	+ 108
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,198	2	7,739	- 5,540
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,196	25	782	+ 1,414
Liver Disease	11	1,863	10	3,259	- 1,396
Lung Disease	12	1,795	21	1,340	+ 454
Lung Cancers	13	1,751	51	131	+ 1,620
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,457	13	2,509	- 1,052
Other Injuries	15	1,278	22	1,266	+ 12
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,261	44	234	+ 1,027
Drug Use	17	1,097	59	48	+ 1,049
Low Birth Weight	18	1,061	8	4,339	- 3,278
Suicide	19	897	23	1,007	- 110
Asthma	20	878	26	705	+ 173
HIV/AIDS	21	662	1	12,839	- 12,177
Leukemia	22	640	56	82	+ 559
Pancreas Cancer	23	617	60	38	+ 579
Falls	24	602	28	562	+ 40
Breast Cancer	25	562	27	600	- 39
Lymphomas	26	559	24	839	- 280
Parkinson's Disease	27	471	46	200	+ 271
Liver Cancer	28	451	38	317	+ 135
Endocrine Disorders	29	451	42	257	+ 195
Violence	30	430	32	406	+ 23
Bladder Cancer	31	401	33	388	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	32	398	12	2,876	- 2,478
Stomach Cancer	33	396	45	206	+ 190
Birth Trauma	34	391	9	3,563	- 3,172
Maternal Conditions	35	366	15	1,854	- 1,488
Fires	36	341	34	380	- 39
Inflammatory/Heart	37	317	35	370	- 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	292	39	280	+ 13
Prostate Cancer	39	282	40	271	+ 12
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	271	6	5,782	- 5,511
Oral Cancer	41	239	43	251	- 12
Ovary Cancer	42	222	48	158	+ 64
Drownings	43	219	30	458	- 239
Epilepsy	44	197	41	260	- 63
Poisonings	45	165	37	325	- 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	146	49	154	- 8
Meningitis	47	123	18	1,792	- 1,670
Hepatitis B	48	101	55	88	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	49	97	16	1,842	- 1,744
Alcohol	50	64	52	114	- 50
Skin Cancers	51	59	36	331	- 271
Multiple Sclerosis	52	59	66	9	+ 50
Encephalitis	53	57	58	48	+ 9
Skin Disease	54	51	53	101	- 51
Pertussis	55	50	31	436	- 386
Appendicitis	56	44	54	94	- 50
Malnutrition	57	31	20	1,499	- 1,468
Other Neoplasms	58	29	63	17	+ 13
Schistosomiasis	59	26	50	143	- 118
Uterin Cancer	60	25	62	23	+ 2
Syphilis	61	17	29	480	- 463
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	61	29	- 16
Leishmaniasis	63	6	74	0	+ 6
Tetanus	64	3	47	178	- 175
Hepatitis C	65	2	64	15	- 13
Ascariasis	66	1	69	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	1	57	60	- 59
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	67	6	- 6
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	65	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	81	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MALAWI

Libya

Malawi

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.