PORTUGAL VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,166	1	12,878	- 3,712
Stroke	2	3,609	2	12,339	- 8,730
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,002	27	838	+ 1,164
Kidney Disease	4	1,644	9	2,803	- 1,159
War	5	1,462	69	1	+ 1,461
Hypertension	6	1,268	14	1,880	- 612
Tuberculosis	7	1,126	38	213	+ 913
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,114	8	3,601	- 2,487
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,031	4	6,851	- 5,820
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,030	3	7,191	- 6,161
Liver Disease	11	874	22	1,126	- 252
Lung Disease	12	842	7	4,286	- 3,444
Lung Cancers	13	821	5	4,406	- 3,585
Congenital Anomalies	14	684	40	196	+ 487
Other Injuries	15	600	13	1,937	- 1,337
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	591	6	4,389	- 3,798
Drug Use	17	514	44	128	+ 386
Low Birth Weight	18	498	52	79	+ 419
Suicide	19	421	19	1,172	- 751
Asthma	20	412	43	146	+ 265
HIV/AIDS	21	311	35	320	- 9
Leukemia	22	300	24	1,015	- 715
Pancreas Cancer	23	289	15	1,669	- 1,380
Falls	24	282	23	1,033	- 750
Breast Cancer	25	263	12	1,997	- 1,734
Lymphomas	26	262	16	1,608	- 1,345
Parkinson's Disease	27	221	21	1,139	- 918
Liver Cancer	28	212	18	1,270	- 1,059
Endocrine Disorders	29	212	17	1,547	- 1,335
Violence	30	201	48	96	+ 105
Bladder Cancer	31	188	20	1,171	- 982
Cervical Cancer	32	187	34	329	- 142
Stomach Cancer	33	186	10	2,532	- 2,346
Birth Trauma	34	184	60	24	+ 160
Maternal Conditions	35	172	63	7	+ 164
Fires	36	160	46	108	+ 52
Inflammatory/Heart	37	149	26	909	- 760
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	137	37	229	- 91
Prostate Cancer	39	132	11	2,124	- 1,991
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	127	36	231	- 104
Oral Cancer	41	112	25	912	- 800
Ovary Cancer	42	104	33	397	- 293
Drownings	43	103	51	79	+ 23
Epilepsy	44	92	31	415	- 323
Poisonings	45	77	57	29	+ 48
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	68	41	169	- 100
Meningitis	47	58	56	43	+ 15
Hepatitis B	48	47	59	26	+ 21
Oesophagus Cancer	49	46	29	623	- 577
Alcohol	50	30	45	111	- 81
Skin Cancers	51	28	30	523	- 496
Multiple Sclerosis	52	28	54	56	- 29
Encephalitis	53	27	67	1	+ 26
Skin Disease	54	24	39	202	- 179
Pertussis	55	23	72	0	+ 23
Appendicitis	56	20	61	21	- 0
Malnutrition	57	15	53	79	- 64
Other Neoplasms	58	14	28	652	- 638
Schistosomiasis	59	12	77	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	60	12	32	406	- 394
Syphilis	61	8	64	3	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	47	99	- 93
Leishmaniasis	63	3	68	1	+ 1
Tetanus	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	49	87	- 86
Ascariasis	66	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	15	- 14
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	50	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	81	0	58	29	- 29
Oral conditions	82	0	65	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	42	151	- 151
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	55	49	- 49
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Libya

Portugal

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.