NEPAL VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,947	2	19,677	+ 8,271
Stroke	2	11,005	4	12,909	- 1,903
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,103	9	4,654	+ 1,449
Kidney Disease	4	5,014	10	4,284	+ 730
War	5	4,459	65	24	+ 4,435
Hypertension	6	3,867	18	2,092	+ 1,776
Tuberculosis	7	3,434	3	16,535	- 13,101
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,396	14	2,929	+ 467
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,144	6	6,237	- 3,094
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,141	19	2,022	+ 1,119
Liver Disease	11	2,665	5	6,383	- 3,719
Lung Disease	12	2,566	1	27,027	- 24,460
Lung Cancers	13	2,504	12	3,586	- 1,082
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,084	21	1,949	+ 135
Other Injuries	15	1,828	22	1,655	+ 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,803	26	1,167	+ 636
Drug Use	17	1,568	57	93	+ 1,475
Low Birth Weight	18	1,517	11	3,822	- 2,305
Suicide	19	1,283	16	2,571	- 1,288
Asthma	20	1,255	8	5,930	- 4,675
HIV/AIDS	21	947	34	737	+ 210
Leukemia	22	916	36	668	+ 248
Pancreas Cancer	23	883	41	445	+ 437
Falls	24	860	13	3,321	- 2,461
Breast Cancer	25	803	27	1,038	- 235
Lymphomas	26	799	32	768	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	27	674	33	760	- 86
Liver Cancer	28	646	46	256	+ 390
Endocrine Disorders	29	645	45	257	+ 388
Violence	30	614	35	704	- 89
Bladder Cancer	31	574	44	325	+ 249
Cervical Cancer	32	569	20	1,969	- 1,400
Stomach Cancer	33	566	25	1,379	- 813
Birth Trauma	34	560	15	2,676	- 2,116
Maternal Conditions	35	523	28	977	- 454
Fires	36	488	50	184	+ 304
Inflammatory/Heart	37	454	48	217	+ 237
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	418	49	191	+ 227
Prostate Cancer	39	404	58	85	+ 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	387	7	6,071	- 5,684
Oral Cancer	41	341	24	1,389	- 1,047
Ovary Cancer	42	317	37	585	- 267
Drownings	43	313	23	1,505	- 1,192
Epilepsy	44	281	30	874	- 593
Poisonings	45	236	39	474	- 238
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	209	17	2,320	- 2,111
Meningitis	47	175	43	377	- 202
Hepatitis B	48	144	56	117	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	49	139	38	491	- 352
Alcohol	50	91	52	168	- 77
Skin Cancers	51	85	42	400	- 315
Multiple Sclerosis	52	84	63	38	+ 46
Encephalitis	53	82	29	882	- 800
Skin Disease	54	72	67	17	+ 55
Pertussis	55	71	40	453	- 381
Appendicitis	56	62	47	220	- 158
Malnutrition	57	45	31	845	- 800
Other Neoplasms	58	42	61	50	- 8
Schistosomiasis	59	37	73	0	+ 37
Uterin Cancer	60	35	60	56	- 21
Syphilis	61	24	54	134	- 110
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	18	51	173	- 155
Leishmaniasis	63	8	62	39	- 31
Tetanus	64	4	53	134	- 130
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	29	- 26
Ascariasis	66	1	69	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	24	- 23
Diphtheria	68	1	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	68	5	- 4
Otitis Media	70	0	70	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	60	- 60
Trichuriasis	73	0	77	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEPAL

Libya

Nepal

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.