SINGAPORE VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,413	1	5,292	+ 122
Stroke	2	2,132	3	1,559	+ 573
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,182	26	121	+ 1,061
Kidney Disease	4	971	6	1,028	- 57
War	5	864	59	2	+ 862
Hypertension	6	749	8	732	+ 17
Tuberculosis	7	665	40	26	+ 640
Diabetes Mellitus	8	658	28	108	+ 550
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	609	2	5,189	- 4,580
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	608	36	32	+ 576
Liver Disease	11	516	20	209	+ 307
Lung Disease	12	497	14	383	+ 114
Lung Cancers	13	485	4	1,540	- 1,055
Congenital Anomalies	14	404	31	80	+ 324
Other Injuries	15	354	32	79	+ 275
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	349	5	1,203	- 853
Drug Use	17	304	44	19	+ 285
Low Birth Weight	18	294	41	25	+ 269
Suicide	19	249	9	650	- 402
Asthma	20	243	35	37	+ 206
HIV/AIDS	21	183	45	18	+ 165
Leukemia	22	177	17	249	- 72
Pancreas Cancer	23	171	11	537	- 366
Falls	24	167	18	218	- 51
Breast Cancer	25	156	10	605	- 450
Lymphomas	26	155	13	397	- 242
Parkinson's Disease	27	130	29	90	+ 41
Liver Cancer	28	125	7	746	- 621
Endocrine Disorders	29	125	37	30	+ 95
Violence	30	119	46	15	+ 104
Bladder Cancer	31	111	27	120	- 9
Cervical Cancer	32	110	30	85	+ 25
Stomach Cancer	33	110	12	405	- 295
Birth Trauma	34	108	55	3	+ 105
Maternal Conditions	35	101	53	3	+ 98
Fires	36	94	49	7	+ 87
Inflammatory/Heart	37	88	19	215	- 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	81	33	69	+ 12
Prostate Cancer	39	78	16	303	- 224
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	75	39	28	+ 47
Oral Cancer	41	66	15	317	- 251
Ovary Cancer	42	61	21	204	- 142
Drownings	43	61	38	29	+ 32
Epilepsy	44	54	42	25	+ 30
Poisonings	45	46	60	1	+ 45
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	40	43	22	+ 18
Meningitis	47	34	48	8	+ 26
Hepatitis B	48	28	52	4	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	49	27	24	137	- 110
Alcohol	50	18	47	10	+ 7
Skin Cancers	51	16	34	56	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	52	16	57	3	+ 14
Encephalitis	53	16	61	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	54	14	25	136	- 122
Pertussis	55	14	62	0	+ 14
Appendicitis	56	12	50	6	+ 6
Malnutrition	57	9	63	0	+ 9
Other Neoplasms	58	8	22	195	- 187
Schistosomiasis	59	7	78	0	+ 7
Uterin Cancer	60	7	23	147	- 140
Syphilis	61	5	65	0	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	58	2	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	63	2	76	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	56	3	- 2
Ascariasis	66	0	67	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	54	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	71	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	81	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	81	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 SINGAPORE

Libya

Singapore

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.