NEW GUINEA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,021	1	6,835	+ 2,186
Stroke	2	3,552	2	5,095	- 1,542
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,970	12	1,105	+ 865
Kidney Disease	4	1,618	18	687	+ 932
War	5	1,439	69	1	+ 1,438
Hypertension	6	1,248	13	1,096	+ 153
Tuberculosis	7	1,108	5	3,969	- 2,860
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,096	4	4,533	- 3,437
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,015	6	2,595	- 1,580
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,014	33	343	+ 671
Liver Disease	11	860	22	624	+ 236
Lung Disease	12	828	3	4,538	- 3,709
Lung Cancers	13	808	23	622	+ 186
Congenital Anomalies	14	673	16	951	- 278
Other Injuries	15	590	20	647	- 57
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	582	29	445	+ 137
Drug Use	17	506	61	13	+ 494
Low Birth Weight	18	490	10	1,661	- 1,172
Suicide	19	414	37	259	+ 156
Asthma	20	405	9	1,842	- 1,437
HIV/AIDS	21	306	24	611	- 305
Leukemia	22	296	38	253	+ 43
Pancreas Cancer	23	285	52	107	+ 178
Falls	24	278	26	502	- 224
Breast Cancer	25	259	17	764	- 504
Lymphomas	26	258	32	353	- 95
Parkinson's Disease	27	217	45	185	+ 33
Liver Cancer	28	208	21	644	- 436
Endocrine Disorders	29	208	47	153	+ 55
Violence	30	198	15	969	- 770
Bladder Cancer	31	185	54	82	+ 103
Cervical Cancer	32	184	19	665	- 481
Stomach Cancer	33	183	28	447	- 264
Birth Trauma	34	181	11	1,504	- 1,323
Maternal Conditions	35	169	30	421	- 252
Fires	36	157	27	488	- 331
Inflammatory/Heart	37	147	43	229	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	135	35	302	- 167
Prostate Cancer	39	130	36	285	- 155
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	125	8	2,295	- 2,170
Oral Cancer	41	110	25	580	- 470
Ovary Cancer	42	102	46	179	- 77
Drownings	43	101	40	240	- 139
Epilepsy	44	91	51	111	- 20
Poisonings	45	76	50	121	- 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	67	14	1,072	- 1,004
Meningitis	47	57	34	324	- 267
Hepatitis B	48	47	58	27	+ 20
Oesophagus Cancer	49	45	44	199	- 154
Alcohol	50	29	53	93	- 64
Skin Cancers	51	27	31	417	- 389
Multiple Sclerosis	52	27	66	5	+ 22
Encephalitis	53	26	57	31	- 4
Skin Disease	54	23	49	126	- 103
Pertussis	55	23	39	248	- 225
Appendicitis	56	20	59	20	- 0
Malnutrition	57	14	48	134	- 120
Other Neoplasms	58	14	60	15	- 2
Schistosomiasis	59	12	73	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	60	11	55	81	- 70
Syphilis	61	8	42	234	- 226
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	65	5	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	3	74	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	1	56	48	- 46
Hepatitis C	65	1	62	8	- 7
Ascariasis	66	0	63	7	- 7
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	67	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	41	238	- 238
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Libya

New Guinea

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.