SWAZILAND VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,022	5	755	+ 267
Stroke	2	402	4	800	- 398
Road Traffic Accidents	3	223	7	384	- 161
Kidney Disease	4	183	8	381	- 198
War	5	163	71	0	+ 163
Hypertension	6	141	10	292	- 151
Tuberculosis	7	126	13	256	- 130
Diabetes Mellitus	8	124	3	892	- 768
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	115	2	921	- 806
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	115	27	77	+ 38
Liver Disease	11	97	11	274	- 176
Lung Disease	12	94	12	264	- 171
Lung Cancers	13	92	46	17	+ 75
Congenital Anomalies	14	76	19	160	- 84
Other Injuries	15	67	17	190	- 123
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	66	43	19	+ 47
Drug Use	17	57	38	27	+ 31
Low Birth Weight	18	55	14	233	- 178
Suicide	19	47	9	338	- 291
Asthma	20	46	20	150	- 104
HIV/AIDS	21	35	1	2,314	- 2,279
Leukemia	22	33	47	16	+ 17
Pancreas Cancer	23	32	56	6	+ 26
Falls	24	31	32	41	- 10
Breast Cancer	25	29	35	37	- 8
Lymphomas	26	29	36	31	- 2
Parkinson's Disease	27	25	41	24	+ 1
Liver Cancer	28	24	37	29	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	29	24	28	74	- 51
Violence	30	22	16	212	- 190
Bladder Cancer	31	21	55	6	+ 15
Cervical Cancer	32	21	15	215	- 194
Stomach Cancer	33	21	53	7	+ 14
Birth Trauma	34	20	18	166	- 146
Maternal Conditions	35	19	21	116	- 97
Fires	36	18	26	84	- 66
Inflammatory/Heart	37	17	24	94	- 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	15	29	51	- 36
Prostate Cancer	39	15	31	45	- 30
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	14	6	517	- 503
Oral Cancer	41	12	51	10	+ 2
Ovary Cancer	42	12	52	10	+ 2
Drownings	43	11	25	87	- 76
Epilepsy	44	10	30	46	- 35
Poisonings	45	9	34	37	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	8	39	26	- 19
Meningitis	47	6	23	97	- 91
Hepatitis B	48	5	57	6	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	49	5	44	18	- 13
Alcohol	50	3	48	16	- 13
Skin Cancers	51	3	42	20	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	52	3	63	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	3	59	5	- 2
Skin Disease	54	3	40	25	- 23
Pertussis	55	3	33	39	- 36
Appendicitis	56	2	54	7	- 4
Malnutrition	57	2	22	106	- 104
Other Neoplasms	58	2	61	4	- 2
Schistosomiasis	59	1	49	13	- 11
Uterin Cancer	60	1	50	11	- 10
Syphilis	61	1	45	17	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	5	- 4
Leishmaniasis	63	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	62	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	64	1	- 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	75	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Libya

Swaziland

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.