SWEDEN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,509	1	15,136	- 5,626
Stroke	2	3,745	3	6,035	- 2,290
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,077	34	315	+ 1,762
Kidney Disease	4	1,706	12	1,629	+ 77
War	5	1,517	65	2	+ 1,516
Hypertension	6	1,316	10	1,838	- 523
Tuberculosis	7	1,168	56	24	+ 1,144
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,156	11	1,834	- 679
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,070	7	2,659	- 1,589
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,069	2	10,917	- 9,848
Liver Disease	11	907	23	723	+ 183
Lung Disease	12	873	4	4,344	- 3,471
Lung Cancers	13	852	5	3,722	- 2,870
Congenital Anomalies	14	709	35	308	+ 401
Other Injuries	15	622	15	1,374	- 751
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	614	6	3,049	- 2,436
Drug Use	17	534	30	423	+ 110
Low Birth Weight	18	516	51	50	+ 466
Suicide	19	437	14	1,479	- 1,043
Asthma	20	427	42	158	+ 269
HIV/AIDS	21	322	61	13	+ 310
Leukemia	22	312	20	825	- 514
Pancreas Cancer	23	300	9	1,849	- 1,548
Falls	24	293	17	1,109	- 816
Breast Cancer	25	273	13	1,582	- 1,309
Lymphomas	26	272	16	1,357	- 1,085
Parkinson's Disease	27	229	19	943	- 714
Liver Cancer	28	220	22	752	- 532
Endocrine Disorders	29	219	24	702	- 483
Violence	30	209	47	113	+ 96
Bladder Cancer	31	195	21	760	- 565
Cervical Cancer	32	194	38	228	- 34
Stomach Cancer	33	193	26	612	- 420
Birth Trauma	34	190	55	34	+ 157
Maternal Conditions	35	178	64	5	+ 173
Fires	36	166	49	65	+ 101
Inflammatory/Heart	37	154	28	547	- 392
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	142	37	277	- 135
Prostate Cancer	39	137	8	2,622	- 2,485
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	132	36	289	- 158
Oral Cancer	41	116	31	379	- 263
Ovary Cancer	42	108	27	553	- 445
Drownings	43	106	46	114	- 8
Epilepsy	44	96	44	121	- 25
Poisonings	45	80	60	18	+ 63
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	71	48	110	- 39
Meningitis	47	60	54	35	+ 25
Hepatitis B	48	49	62	9	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	49	47	29	538	- 491
Alcohol	50	31	32	359	- 328
Skin Cancers	51	29	25	650	- 621
Multiple Sclerosis	52	29	41	170	- 142
Encephalitis	53	28	71	0	+ 28
Skin Disease	54	25	39	220	- 195
Pertussis	55	24	67	0	+ 24
Appendicitis	56	21	59	18	+ 3
Malnutrition	57	15	45	117	- 102
Other Neoplasms	58	14	18	1,036	- 1,022
Schistosomiasis	59	12	69	0	+ 12
Uterin Cancer	60	12	33	345	- 333
Syphilis	61	8	72	0	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	43	129	- 123
Leishmaniasis	63	3	75	0	+ 3
Tetanus	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	53	44	- 43
Ascariasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	20	- 19
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	84	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	80	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	82	0	63	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	40	175	- 175
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	50	63	- 63
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Libya

Sweden

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.