SENEGAL VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,925	2	6,224	+ 10,700
Stroke	2	6,665	4	5,342	+ 1,322
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,696	6	3,832	- 135
Kidney Disease	4	3,036	12	2,210	+ 826
War	5	2,700	69	4	+ 2,696
Hypertension	6	2,342	21	1,095	+ 1,247
Tuberculosis	7	2,080	9	2,678	- 599
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,057	10	2,395	- 339
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,904	1	7,184	- 5,280
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,902	26	879	+ 1,024
Liver Disease	11	1,614	13	2,147	- 533
Lung Disease	12	1,554	18	1,351	+ 203
Lung Cancers	13	1,516	44	180	+ 1,336
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,262	11	2,364	- 1,102
Other Injuries	15	1,107	16	1,512	- 405
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,092	37	384	+ 708
Drug Use	17	950	52	138	+ 811
Low Birth Weight	18	919	7	3,636	- 2,717
Suicide	19	777	24	978	- 201
Asthma	20	760	25	936	- 176
HIV/AIDS	21	574	20	1,186	- 613
Leukemia	22	555	54	113	+ 442
Pancreas Cancer	23	535	48	159	+ 375
Falls	24	521	30	622	- 101
Breast Cancer	25	486	27	861	- 374
Lymphomas	26	484	39	315	+ 169
Parkinson's Disease	27	408	41	273	+ 135
Liver Cancer	28	391	22	1,087	- 696
Endocrine Disorders	29	391	23	1,041	- 651
Violence	30	372	19	1,247	- 875
Bladder Cancer	31	348	50	155	+ 193
Cervical Cancer	32	345	17	1,405	- 1,060
Stomach Cancer	33	343	31	557	- 214
Birth Trauma	34	339	8	3,448	- 3,109
Maternal Conditions	35	317	14	1,669	- 1,352
Fires	36	295	34	448	- 153
Inflammatory/Heart	37	275	36	426	- 151
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	253	35	433	- 180
Prostate Cancer	39	245	29	642	- 398
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	234	3	5,343	- 5,109
Oral Cancer	41	207	43	208	- 1
Ovary Cancer	42	192	42	220	- 28
Drownings	43	189	33	494	- 304
Epilepsy	44	170	38	330	- 160
Poisonings	45	143	40	315	- 172
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	126	46	166	- 39
Meningitis	47	106	15	1,628	- 1,522
Hepatitis B	48	87	60	70	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	49	84	55	99	- 15
Alcohol	50	55	59	74	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	51	51	147	- 95
Multiple Sclerosis	52	51	64	20	+ 31
Encephalitis	53	50	57	85	- 36
Skin Disease	54	44	47	159	- 116
Pertussis	55	43	28	771	- 728
Appendicitis	56	38	61	38	- 1
Malnutrition	57	27	32	494	- 467
Other Neoplasms	58	26	62	24	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	59	22	45	176	- 154
Uterin Cancer	60	21	56	94	- 73
Syphilis	61	15	53	122	- 108
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	67	15	- 4
Leishmaniasis	63	5	63	21	- 16
Tetanus	64	3	58	85	- 82
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	11	- 9
Ascariasis	66	1	65	18	- 17
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	15	- 15
Diphtheria	68	0	70	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	2	- 1
Otitis Media	70	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	49	158	- 158
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	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	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SENEGAL

Libya

Senegal

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.