NAMIBIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,518	5	1,221	+ 1,297
Stroke	2	991	4	1,333	- 342
Road Traffic Accidents	3	550	6	868	- 318
Kidney Disease	4	452	15	322	+ 130
War	5	402	67	0	+ 401
Hypertension	6	348	12	428	- 80
Tuberculosis	7	309	3	1,416	- 1,107
Diabetes Mellitus	8	306	7	724	- 418
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	283	2	1,464	- 1,181
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	283	21	176	+ 107
Liver Disease	11	240	14	336	- 96
Lung Disease	12	231	10	461	- 230
Lung Cancers	13	226	35	59	+ 167
Congenital Anomalies	14	188	16	283	- 95
Other Injuries	15	165	19	207	- 42
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	162	36	54	+ 108
Drug Use	17	141	46	32	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	18	137	9	516	- 379
Suicide	19	116	17	243	- 127
Asthma	20	113	20	200	- 87
HIV/AIDS	21	85	1	2,928	- 2,843
Leukemia	22	83	49	24	+ 59
Pancreas Cancer	23	80	53	18	+ 62
Falls	24	78	34	62	+ 15
Breast Cancer	25	72	24	121	- 49
Lymphomas	26	72	40	46	+ 26
Parkinson's Disease	27	61	42	43	+ 17
Liver Cancer	28	58	41	45	+ 13
Endocrine Disorders	29	58	33	73	- 15
Violence	30	55	11	450	- 394
Bladder Cancer	31	52	54	16	+ 36
Cervical Cancer	32	51	23	133	- 81
Stomach Cancer	33	51	45	33	+ 18
Birth Trauma	34	50	13	345	- 294
Maternal Conditions	35	47	25	110	- 63
Fires	36	44	28	109	- 65
Inflammatory/Heart	37	41	22	162	- 121
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	38	32	76	- 38
Prostate Cancer	39	36	31	94	- 58
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	35	8	645	- 610
Oral Cancer	41	31	30	100	- 69
Ovary Cancer	42	29	50	23	+ 5
Drownings	43	28	26	110	- 81
Epilepsy	44	25	38	49	- 24
Poisonings	45	21	39	46	- 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	19	44	33	- 14
Meningitis	47	16	27	109	- 93
Hepatitis B	48	13	63	4	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	49	13	52	21	- 8
Alcohol	50	8	48	28	- 20
Skin Cancers	51	8	29	108	- 100
Multiple Sclerosis	52	8	64	2	+ 5
Encephalitis	53	7	59	8	- 1
Skin Disease	54	7	47	31	- 24
Pertussis	55	6	37	54	- 48
Appendicitis	56	6	58	9	- 3
Malnutrition	57	4	18	224	- 220
Other Neoplasms	58	4	60	8	- 4
Schistosomiasis	59	3	55	14	- 10
Uterin Cancer	60	3	56	11	- 8
Syphilis	61	2	43	35	- 33
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	57	9	- 8
Leishmaniasis	63	1	79	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	62	6	- 6
Hepatitis C	65	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	69	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	6	- 6
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	70	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	65	2	- 2
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	51	22	- 22
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	73	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Libya

Namibia

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.