NEW ZEALAND VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,635	1	5,095	- 460
Stroke	2	1,825	3	2,378	- 553
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,012	16	458	+ 554
Kidney Disease	4	831	17	432	+ 399
War	5	739	68	1	+ 739
Hypertension	6	641	20	327	+ 315
Tuberculosis	7	569	52	17	+ 552
Diabetes Mellitus	8	563	8	769	- 205
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	521	7	920	- 399
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	521	2	3,032	- 2,511
Liver Disease	11	442	32	158	+ 284
Lung Disease	12	426	5	1,815	- 1,389
Lung Cancers	13	415	4	1,873	- 1,458
Congenital Anomalies	14	346	30	176	+ 170
Other Injuries	15	303	28	218	+ 85
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	299	6	1,495	- 1,196
Drug Use	17	260	40	69	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	18	252	38	78	+ 173
Suicide	19	213	15	528	- 316
Asthma	20	208	36	91	+ 118
HIV/AIDS	21	157	57	10	+ 147
Leukemia	22	152	18	391	- 239
Pancreas Cancer	23	146	14	543	- 396
Falls	24	143	11	627	- 484
Breast Cancer	25	133	10	737	- 604
Lymphomas	26	132	13	608	- 476
Parkinson's Disease	27	112	19	353	- 241
Liver Cancer	28	107	24	288	- 181
Endocrine Disorders	29	107	21	325	- 218
Violence	30	102	42	57	+ 45
Bladder Cancer	31	95	26	267	- 172
Cervical Cancer	32	94	41	61	+ 34
Stomach Cancer	33	94	22	323	- 229
Birth Trauma	34	93	54	15	+ 78
Maternal Conditions	35	87	63	5	+ 82
Fires	36	81	53	17	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	37	75	23	313	- 238
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	69	39	70	- 1
Prostate Cancer	39	67	9	739	- 672
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	64	37	81	- 17
Oral Cancer	41	57	31	164	- 107
Ovary Cancer	42	53	29	207	- 154
Drownings	43	52	44	54	- 2
Epilepsy	44	47	43	55	- 8
Poisonings	45	39	58	9	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	35	35	113	- 78
Meningitis	47	29	59	9	+ 20
Hepatitis B	48	24	56	14	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	49	23	25	279	- 256
Alcohol	50	15	45	51	- 36
Skin Cancers	51	14	12	612	- 597
Multiple Sclerosis	52	14	47	43	- 29
Encephalitis	53	14	66	1	+ 13
Skin Disease	54	12	34	118	- 106
Pertussis	55	12	65	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	56	10	62	6	+ 4
Malnutrition	57	7	55	14	- 7
Other Neoplasms	58	7	27	245	- 238
Schistosomiasis	59	6	77	0	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	60	6	33	145	- 139
Syphilis	61	4	70	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	46	47	- 44
Leishmaniasis	63	1	80	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	48	30	- 29
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	81	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	61	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	51	17	- 17
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Libya

New Zealand

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.