SOMALIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,689	7	7,233	+ 4,456
Stroke	2	4,603	6	8,595	- 3,992
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,553	11	4,231	- 1,678
Kidney Disease	4	2,097	21	2,051	+ 46
War	5	1,865	24	1,318	+ 547
Hypertension	6	1,618	18	2,643	- 1,026
Tuberculosis	7	1,436	4	10,261	- 8,825
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,421	16	2,888	- 1,467
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,315	1	21,712	- 20,397
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,314	32	647	+ 667
Liver Disease	11	1,114	13	3,917	- 2,802
Lung Disease	12	1,073	19	2,442	- 1,369
Lung Cancers	13	1,047	54	233	+ 814
Congenital Anomalies	14	872	15	3,410	- 2,538
Other Injuries	15	765	14	3,602	- 2,837
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	754	38	546	+ 208
Drug Use	17	656	65	54	+ 601
Low Birth Weight	18	635	8	6,250	- 5,616
Suicide	19	537	27	1,219	- 682
Asthma	20	525	23	1,878	- 1,353
HIV/AIDS	21	396	33	610	- 214
Leukemia	22	383	35	562	- 178
Pancreas Cancer	23	369	62	108	+ 262
Falls	24	360	37	548	- 188
Breast Cancer	25	336	26	1,232	- 896
Lymphomas	26	334	34	605	- 270
Parkinson's Disease	27	282	56	184	+ 98
Liver Cancer	28	270	53	256	+ 14
Endocrine Disorders	29	270	44	406	- 136
Violence	30	257	29	828	- 571
Bladder Cancer	31	240	61	149	+ 91
Cervical Cancer	32	238	28	883	- 645
Stomach Cancer	33	237	49	310	- 73
Birth Trauma	34	234	5	9,573	- 9,339
Maternal Conditions	35	219	12	4,127	- 3,908
Fires	36	204	30	810	- 606
Inflammatory/Heart	37	190	39	521	- 331
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	175	36	559	- 384
Prostate Cancer	39	169	52	285	- 116
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	162	2	15,363	- 15,201
Oral Cancer	41	143	46	328	- 185
Ovary Cancer	42	133	50	295	- 162
Drownings	43	131	25	1,272	- 1,141
Epilepsy	44	118	43	419	- 301
Poisonings	45	99	31	758	- 659
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	87	41	446	- 359
Meningitis	47	73	9	5,381	- 5,308
Hepatitis B	48	60	48	315	- 254
Oesophagus Cancer	49	58	40	516	- 458
Alcohol	50	38	59	151	- 113
Skin Cancers	51	36	57	164	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	52	35	71	8	+ 27
Encephalitis	53	34	63	91	- 56
Skin Disease	54	30	58	151	- 121
Pertussis	55	30	20	2,054	- 2,024
Appendicitis	56	26	55	188	- 162
Malnutrition	57	19	10	4,825	- 4,806
Other Neoplasms	58	18	70	12	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	59	15	42	435	- 420
Uterin Cancer	60	15	64	78	- 63
Syphilis	61	10	45	378	- 368
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	66	35	- 28
Leishmaniasis	63	3	51	290	- 286
Tetanus	64	2	17	2,648	- 2,646
Hepatitis C	65	1	67	34	- 33
Ascariasis	66	0	69	30	- 29
Upper Respiratory	67	0	47	326	- 325
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	3	11,576	- 11,576
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Libya

Somalia

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.