SRI LANKA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	19,740	1	26,304	- 6,564
Stroke	2	7,773	6	6,805	+ 968
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,311	9	4,200	+ 111
Kidney Disease	4	3,541	5	6,858	- 3,317
War	5	3,149	38	280	+ 2,870
Hypertension	6	2,732	20	1,055	+ 1,676
Tuberculosis	7	2,425	25	769	+ 1,656
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,399	2	12,460	- 10,061
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,220	8	5,117	- 2,896
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,219	4	6,939	- 4,720
Liver Disease	11	1,882	17	1,303	+ 579
Lung Disease	12	1,813	3	9,456	- 7,644
Lung Cancers	13	1,768	12	1,775	- 7
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,472	22	989	+ 483
Other Injuries	15	1,291	14	1,529	- 238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,274	24	911	+ 362
Drug Use	17	1,108	40	257	+ 850
Low Birth Weight	18	1,072	29	536	+ 536
Suicide	19	906	10	2,977	- 2,071
Asthma	20	887	7	6,471	- 5,584
HIV/AIDS	21	669	55	39	+ 630
Leukemia	22	647	18	1,155	- 508
Pancreas Cancer	23	623	43	214	+ 410
Falls	24	608	23	964	- 356
Breast Cancer	25	567	15	1,383	- 816
Lymphomas	26	564	21	1,027	- 463
Parkinson's Disease	27	476	45	168	+ 308
Liver Cancer	28	456	19	1,090	- 634
Endocrine Disorders	29	456	32	462	- 7
Violence	30	434	31	499	- 65
Bladder Cancer	31	406	34	432	- 26
Cervical Cancer	32	402	26	762	- 360
Stomach Cancer	33	400	16	1,321	- 921
Birth Trauma	34	395	44	193	+ 203
Maternal Conditions	35	370	48	96	+ 274
Fires	36	344	41	239	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	37	321	35	425	- 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	295	56	38	+ 257
Prostate Cancer	39	285	30	507	- 222
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	273	28	605	- 331
Oral Cancer	41	241	11	2,893	- 2,652
Ovary Cancer	42	224	37	281	- 57
Drownings	43	221	27	731	- 510
Epilepsy	44	199	39	269	- 71
Poisonings	45	167	49	93	+ 73
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	147	53	49	+ 98
Meningitis	47	124	46	146	- 22
Hepatitis B	48	102	62	6	+ 96
Oesophagus Cancer	49	98	13	1,544	- 1,446
Alcohol	50	64	51	82	- 18
Skin Cancers	51	60	52	58	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	52	59	69	2	+ 57
Encephalitis	53	58	61	10	+ 48
Skin Disease	54	51	36	293	- 242
Pertussis	55	50	59	15	+ 36
Appendicitis	56	44	64	5	+ 39
Malnutrition	57	32	54	43	- 12
Other Neoplasms	58	30	50	86	- 56
Schistosomiasis	59	26	81	0	+ 26
Uterin Cancer	60	25	42	218	- 193
Syphilis	61	17	58	15	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	60	11	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	63	6	73	0	+ 6
Tetanus	64	3	57	27	- 24
Hepatitis C	65	2	75	0	+ 2
Ascariasis	66	1	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	63	6	- 6
Measles	72	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	47	131	- 131
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	81	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	68	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	33	445	- 445
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	65	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Libya

Sri Lanka

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.