MAURITANIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,886	4	1,636	+ 2,251
Stroke	2	1,530	6	1,307	+ 224
Road Traffic Accidents	3	849	8	1,158	- 310
Kidney Disease	4	697	15	555	+ 142
War	5	620	70	2	+ 618
Hypertension	6	538	22	286	+ 252
Tuberculosis	7	478	9	717	- 239
Diabetes Mellitus	8	472	12	594	- 122
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	437	1	2,756	- 2,318
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	437	24	251	+ 185
Liver Disease	11	371	13	586	- 215
Lung Disease	12	357	23	275	+ 82
Lung Cancers	13	348	44	60	+ 288
Congenital Anomalies	14	290	10	665	- 375
Other Injuries	15	254	19	343	- 89
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	251	37	110	+ 141
Drug Use	17	218	40	71	+ 147
Low Birth Weight	18	211	2	2,014	- 1,803
Suicide	19	178	30	141	+ 37
Asthma	20	175	29	170	+ 5
HIV/AIDS	21	132	25	231	- 99
Leukemia	22	127	55	22	+ 105
Pancreas Cancer	23	123	51	39	+ 84
Falls	24	120	31	140	- 20
Breast Cancer	25	112	28	189	- 77
Lymphomas	26	111	43	65	+ 46
Parkinson's Disease	27	94	41	69	+ 25
Liver Cancer	28	90	21	312	- 222
Endocrine Disorders	29	90	27	197	- 108
Violence	30	85	16	491	- 406
Bladder Cancer	31	80	50	42	+ 37
Cervical Cancer	32	79	20	333	- 254
Stomach Cancer	33	79	32	132	- 53
Birth Trauma	34	78	7	1,204	- 1,127
Maternal Conditions	35	73	11	639	- 566
Fires	36	68	33	123	- 55
Inflammatory/Heart	37	63	36	110	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	58	38	83	- 25
Prostate Cancer	39	56	34	118	- 62
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	54	3	1,656	- 1,603
Oral Cancer	41	47	48	45	+ 3
Ovary Cancer	42	44	49	43	+ 1
Drownings	43	43	35	116	- 73
Epilepsy	44	39	39	75	- 35
Poisonings	45	33	42	67	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	29	52	34	- 5
Meningitis	47	24	18	357	- 333
Hepatitis B	48	20	56	22	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	49	19	54	30	- 11
Alcohol	50	13	58	16	- 3
Skin Cancers	51	12	46	50	- 38
Multiple Sclerosis	52	12	63	5	+ 6
Encephalitis	53	11	53	33	- 22
Skin Disease	54	10	47	47	- 37
Pertussis	55	10	14	574	- 564
Appendicitis	56	9	60	9	- 0
Malnutrition	57	6	17	462	- 456
Other Neoplasms	58	6	62	7	- 1
Schistosomiasis	59	5	59	14	- 9
Uterin Cancer	60	5	57	17	- 12
Syphilis	61	3	26	204	- 200
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	64	4	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	1	69	2	- 1
Tetanus	64	1	45	58	- 57
Hepatitis C	65	0	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	66	3	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	9	- 9
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Libya

Mauritania

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.