NIGER VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,655	6	8,229	+ 15,426
Stroke	2	9,315	5	8,717	+ 598
Road Traffic Accidents	3	5,166	8	5,946	- 780
Kidney Disease	4	4,244	16	2,732	+ 1,511
War	5	3,774	41	409	+ 3,365
Hypertension	6	3,273	25	1,356	+ 1,918
Tuberculosis	7	2,907	13	3,703	- 796
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,875	17	2,630	+ 245
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,661	1	21,093	- 18,433
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,659	32	858	+ 1,801
Liver Disease	11	2,255	11	4,116	- 1,861
Lung Disease	12	2,172	20	2,172	+ 0
Lung Cancers	13	2,119	67	42	+ 2,077
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,764	10	4,346	- 2,582
Other Injuries	15	1,547	12	3,826	- 2,278
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,526	37	522	+ 1,005
Drug Use	17	1,327	58	126	+ 1,201
Low Birth Weight	18	1,284	4	9,560	- 8,275
Suicide	19	1,086	27	1,227	- 141
Asthma	20	1,063	22	1,902	- 839
HIV/AIDS	21	802	30	1,048	- 246
Leukemia	22	775	48	258	+ 518
Pancreas Cancer	23	747	54	138	+ 609
Falls	24	728	26	1,297	- 569
Breast Cancer	25	680	29	1,075	- 396
Lymphomas	26	676	43	350	+ 326
Parkinson's Disease	27	570	47	275	+ 295
Liver Cancer	28	546	35	745	- 199
Endocrine Disorders	29	546	23	1,806	- 1,260
Violence	30	520	19	2,244	- 1,724
Bladder Cancer	31	486	53	161	+ 325
Cervical Cancer	32	482	38	487	- 5
Stomach Cancer	33	479	44	300	+ 179
Birth Trauma	34	474	7	8,030	- 7,557
Maternal Conditions	35	443	14	3,317	- 2,874
Fires	36	413	28	1,120	- 708
Inflammatory/Heart	37	384	34	769	- 384
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	354	31	1,044	- 691
Prostate Cancer	39	342	57	128	+ 214
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	327	3	16,030	- 15,703
Oral Cancer	41	289	49	242	+ 47
Ovary Cancer	42	269	40	425	- 156
Drownings	43	265	24	1,581	- 1,316
Epilepsy	44	238	36	676	- 438
Poisonings	45	200	33	771	- 572
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	177	39	467	- 290
Meningitis	47	148	9	5,237	- 5,089
Hepatitis B	48	122	46	279	- 157
Oesophagus Cancer	49	118	55	132	- 14
Alcohol	50	77	60	120	- 43
Skin Cancers	51	72	45	287	- 215
Multiple Sclerosis	52	71	69	22	+ 49
Encephalitis	53	69	61	112	- 43
Skin Disease	54	61	52	213	- 152
Pertussis	55	60	15	2,858	- 2,797
Appendicitis	56	53	56	128	- 75
Malnutrition	57	38	21	2,170	- 2,132
Other Neoplasms	58	36	68	24	+ 12
Schistosomiasis	59	31	50	237	- 206
Uterin Cancer	60	30	64	86	- 56
Syphilis	61	20	62	110	- 89
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	15	70	18	- 2
Leishmaniasis	63	7	51	237	- 230
Tetanus	64	4	42	372	- 369
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	46	- 43
Ascariasis	66	1	59	125	- 124
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	94	- 93
Diphtheria	68	1	65	60	- 60
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	72	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	18	2,414	- 2,414
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NIGER

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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.