NORWAY VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,948	1	5,321	- 373
Stroke	2	1,948	4	2,475	- 527
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,081	42	114	+ 966
Kidney Disease	4	888	14	611	+ 277
War	5	789	68	1	+ 789
Hypertension	6	685	28	230	+ 455
Tuberculosis	7	608	56	15	+ 593
Diabetes Mellitus	8	601	16	560	+ 42
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	557	6	1,797	- 1,240
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	556	2	4,464	- 3,908
Liver Disease	11	472	30	214	+ 258
Lung Disease	12	454	3	2,723	- 2,269
Lung Cancers	13	443	5	2,320	- 1,877
Congenital Anomalies	14	369	34	136	+ 233
Other Injuries	15	324	15	583	- 259
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	319	7	1,787	- 1,467
Drug Use	17	278	25	264	+ 14
Low Birth Weight	18	269	52	23	+ 245
Suicide	19	227	13	633	- 406
Asthma	20	222	43	85	+ 138
HIV/AIDS	21	168	61	10	+ 157
Leukemia	22	162	21	354	- 192
Pancreas Cancer	23	156	10	770	- 614
Falls	24	152	9	777	- 625
Breast Cancer	25	142	11	698	- 556
Lymphomas	26	141	12	646	- 504
Parkinson's Disease	27	119	17	554	- 435
Liver Cancer	28	114	26	259	- 145
Endocrine Disorders	29	114	19	359	- 245
Violence	30	109	50	32	+ 77
Bladder Cancer	31	102	20	356	- 254
Cervical Cancer	32	101	39	125	- 24
Stomach Cancer	33	100	22	343	- 243
Birth Trauma	34	99	54	17	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	35	93	66	1	+ 92
Fires	36	86	48	45	+ 42
Inflammatory/Heart	37	80	29	221	- 141
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	74	33	160	- 86
Prostate Cancer	39	71	8	1,172	- 1,101
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	68	37	128	- 59
Oral Cancer	41	60	32	168	- 107
Ovary Cancer	42	56	24	309	- 253
Drownings	43	55	45	65	- 9
Epilepsy	44	50	40	119	- 69
Poisonings	45	42	57	14	+ 27
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	37	46	61	- 24
Meningitis	47	31	58	14	+ 17
Hepatitis B	48	26	63	3	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	49	25	27	248	- 223
Alcohol	50	16	31	205	- 188
Skin Cancers	51	15	18	407	- 392
Multiple Sclerosis	52	15	41	119	- 104
Encephalitis	53	15	70	0	+ 14
Skin Disease	54	13	38	128	- 115
Pertussis	55	13	64	1	+ 11
Appendicitis	56	11	59	12	- 1
Malnutrition	57	8	35	135	- 127
Other Neoplasms	58	7	23	324	- 317
Schistosomiasis	59	7	83	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	6	36	134	- 128
Syphilis	61	4	67	1	+ 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	47	60	- 57
Leishmaniasis	63	1	81	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	55	17	- 16
Ascariasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	12	- 11
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	82	0	62	9	- 9
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	75	- 75
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	53	23	- 23
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Libya

Norway

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.