RWANDA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,233	4	3,605	+ 8,628
Stroke	2	4,817	2	5,060	- 243
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,672	3	3,718	- 1,047
Kidney Disease	4	2,195	15	1,206	+ 989
War	5	1,952	69	3	+ 1,949
Hypertension	6	1,693	14	1,357	+ 335
Tuberculosis	7	1,503	26	625	+ 878
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,487	11	1,858	- 372
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,376	1	5,280	- 3,904
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,375	25	657	+ 718
Liver Disease	11	1,166	8	2,548	- 1,382
Lung Disease	12	1,123	13	1,555	- 431
Lung Cancers	13	1,096	39	234	+ 862
Congenital Anomalies	14	912	12	1,777	- 865
Other Injuries	15	800	17	944	- 144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	789	28	591	+ 198
Drug Use	17	686	60	45	+ 642
Low Birth Weight	18	664	9	2,193	- 1,529
Suicide	19	562	24	704	- 142
Asthma	20	550	22	717	- 168
HIV/AIDS	21	415	7	2,826	- 2,411
Leukemia	22	401	35	317	+ 84
Pancreas Cancer	23	386	43	214	+ 173
Falls	24	377	31	412	- 36
Breast Cancer	25	352	27	600	- 248
Lymphomas	26	350	30	450	- 100
Parkinson's Disease	27	295	47	146	+ 149
Liver Cancer	28	283	23	706	- 424
Endocrine Disorders	29	282	41	219	+ 63
Violence	30	269	29	548	- 279
Bladder Cancer	31	251	62	35	+ 216
Cervical Cancer	32	249	18	941	- 691
Stomach Cancer	33	248	20	780	- 532
Birth Trauma	34	245	10	1,888	- 1,643
Maternal Conditions	35	229	21	722	- 493
Fires	36	213	38	270	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	37	199	34	347	- 148
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	183	33	362	- 179
Prostate Cancer	39	177	32	396	- 219
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	169	6	3,121	- 2,952
Oral Cancer	41	149	37	272	- 123
Ovary Cancer	42	139	53	92	+ 47
Drownings	43	137	36	285	- 148
Epilepsy	44	123	45	191	- 68
Poisonings	45	103	40	220	- 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	91	48	136	- 45
Meningitis	47	77	19	847	- 770
Hepatitis B	48	63	55	68	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	49	61	44	213	- 152
Alcohol	50	40	49	125	- 86
Skin Cancers	51	37	50	113	- 76
Multiple Sclerosis	52	37	66	7	+ 30
Encephalitis	53	36	61	39	- 3
Skin Disease	54	32	52	103	- 71
Pertussis	55	31	42	218	- 187
Appendicitis	56	27	54	70	- 43
Malnutrition	57	20	16	1,168	- 1,148
Other Neoplasms	58	18	64	16	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	16	51	111	- 95
Uterin Cancer	60	15	56	58	- 43
Syphilis	61	11	46	173	- 162
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	63	23	- 15
Leishmaniasis	63	3	77	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	2	58	53	- 51
Hepatitis C	65	1	65	12	- 11
Ascariasis	66	0	67	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	0	57	58	- 58
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 2
Otitis Media	70	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	59	51	- 51
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	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	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to RWANDA

Libya

Rwanda

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.