PERU VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		PERU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,274	2	13,769	+ 15,505
Stroke	2	11,528	3	7,722	+ 3,806
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,393	9	4,414	+ 1,979
Kidney Disease	4	5,252	4	7,234	- 1,982
War	5	4,671	67	3	+ 4,667
Hypertension	6	4,051	28	1,061	+ 2,990
Tuberculosis	7	3,597	17	2,377	+ 1,220
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,558	8	4,437	- 879
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,293	1	15,326	- 12,034
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,290	6	5,811	- 2,521
Liver Disease	11	2,791	5	6,375	- 3,584
Lung Disease	12	2,688	15	2,519	+ 170
Lung Cancers	13	2,622	10	3,169	- 546
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,183	19	1,997	+ 186
Other Injuries	15	1,915	13	2,876	- 961
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,889	14	2,642	- 753
Drug Use	17	1,643	34	635	+ 1,007
Low Birth Weight	18	1,589	24	1,475	+ 114
Suicide	19	1,344	30	903	+ 441
Asthma	20	1,315	50	208	+ 1,107
HIV/AIDS	21	992	31	849	+ 143
Leukemia	22	959	22	1,850	- 891
Pancreas Cancer	23	925	23	1,607	- 682
Falls	24	901	25	1,285	- 384
Breast Cancer	25	841	20	1,969	- 1,128
Lymphomas	26	837	18	2,254	- 1,417
Parkinson's Disease	27	706	26	1,270	- 564
Liver Cancer	28	676	16	2,476	- 1,800
Endocrine Disorders	29	676	40	474	+ 201
Violence	30	643	12	3,013	- 2,369
Bladder Cancer	31	601	41	463	+ 139
Cervical Cancer	32	596	21	1,924	- 1,327
Stomach Cancer	33	593	7	5,072	- 4,479
Birth Trauma	34	586	37	537	+ 49
Maternal Conditions	35	548	43	345	+ 203
Fires	36	511	49	239	+ 272
Inflammatory/Heart	37	476	39	494	- 18
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	438	35	609	- 171
Prostate Cancer	39	423	11	3,167	- 2,744
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	405	27	1,108	- 703
Oral Cancer	41	357	38	519	- 162
Ovary Cancer	42	332	33	713	- 381
Drownings	43	328	36	584	- 256
Epilepsy	44	295	47	262	+ 33
Poisonings	45	247	55	126	+ 121
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	219	51	198	+ 21
Meningitis	47	184	56	118	+ 66
Hepatitis B	48	151	64	10	+ 142
Oesophagus Cancer	49	146	42	394	- 248
Alcohol	50	95	44	321	- 226
Skin Cancers	51	89	32	786	- 697
Multiple Sclerosis	52	88	62	35	+ 53
Encephalitis	53	86	46	281	- 195
Skin Disease	54	76	54	156	- 80
Pertussis	55	75	48	260	- 186
Appendicitis	56	65	53	170	- 105
Malnutrition	57	47	29	1,006	- 959
Other Neoplasms	58	44	58	54	- 10
Schistosomiasis	59	38	77	0	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	60	37	45	304	- 267
Syphilis	61	25	52	182	- 157
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	19	57	107	- 89
Leishmaniasis	63	8	76	0	+ 8
Tetanus	64	5	60	48	- 43
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	4	- 1
Ascariasis	66	1	69	2	- 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	63	11	- 10
Diphtheria	68	1	70	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	68	3	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	72	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	61	35	- 35
Chagas disease	77	0	59	49	- 49
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	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	81	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PERU

Libya

Peru

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.