SAUDI ARABIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,816	1	39,037	- 6,221
Stroke	2	12,922	2	16,793	- 3,870
Road Traffic Accidents	3	7,167	3	12,317	- 5,150
Kidney Disease	4	5,887	4	9,051	- 3,164
War	5	5,236	65	3	+ 5,233
Hypertension	6	4,541	22	834	+ 3,707
Tuberculosis	7	4,032	27	752	+ 3,280
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,988	9	3,890	+ 98
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,691	5	6,132	- 2,441
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,688	11	2,442	+ 1,246
Liver Disease	11	3,129	7	4,931	- 1,802
Lung Disease	12	3,014	10	2,842	+ 171
Lung Cancers	13	2,940	26	775	+ 2,165
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,447	12	2,307	+ 140
Other Injuries	15	2,147	8	4,004	- 1,857
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,118	14	1,630	+ 487
Drug Use	17	1,841	33	491	+ 1,350
Low Birth Weight	18	1,782	18	989	+ 793
Suicide	19	1,507	13	2,046	- 539
Asthma	20	1,474	17	1,168	+ 307
HIV/AIDS	21	1,112	47	192	+ 920
Leukemia	22	1,076	19	925	+ 151
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,036	31	526	+ 510
Falls	24	1,010	6	5,340	- 4,330
Breast Cancer	25	943	20	908	+ 35
Lymphomas	26	938	28	716	+ 222
Parkinson's Disease	27	791	25	776	+ 15
Liver Cancer	28	758	21	845	- 87
Endocrine Disorders	29	757	15	1,447	- 690
Violence	30	721	30	646	+ 76
Bladder Cancer	31	674	46	214	+ 460
Cervical Cancer	32	669	49	157	+ 512
Stomach Cancer	33	665	36	389	+ 276
Birth Trauma	34	657	37	343	+ 314
Maternal Conditions	35	614	48	172	+ 442
Fires	36	573	23	825	- 253
Inflammatory/Heart	37	533	16	1,342	- 809
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	491	41	275	+ 215
Prostate Cancer	39	474	50	148	+ 326
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	454	35	457	- 2
Oral Cancer	41	401	34	465	- 64
Ovary Cancer	42	372	42	247	+ 125
Drownings	43	367	24	821	- 454
Epilepsy	44	330	29	694	- 364
Poisonings	45	277	40	279	- 2
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	245	39	280	- 35
Meningitis	47	206	45	227	- 21
Hepatitis B	48	170	53	57	+ 113
Oesophagus Cancer	49	163	44	229	- 66
Alcohol	50	107	51	128	- 22
Skin Cancers	51	100	55	55	+ 45
Multiple Sclerosis	52	99	56	49	+ 50
Encephalitis	53	96	43	234	- 138
Skin Disease	54	85	32	516	- 431
Pertussis	55	84	54	56	+ 28
Appendicitis	56	73	58	35	+ 39
Malnutrition	57	52	52	79	- 27
Other Neoplasms	58	49	57	40	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	59	43	60	25	+ 18
Uterin Cancer	60	41	38	323	- 282
Syphilis	61	28	59	33	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	62	9	+ 12
Leishmaniasis	63	9	67	1	+ 8
Tetanus	64	5	61	16	- 10
Hepatitis C	65	3	64	7	- 4
Ascariasis	66	1	66	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	68	1	69	1	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	68	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	63	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Libya

Saudi Arabia

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.