SWITZERLAND VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,957	1	10,713	- 2,757
Stroke	2	3,133	3	3,918	- 784
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,738	34	193	+ 1,545
Kidney Disease	4	1,427	13	1,261	+ 166
War	5	1,269	67	1	+ 1,269
Hypertension	6	1,101	6	2,471	- 1,370
Tuberculosis	7	978	56	21	+ 956
Diabetes Mellitus	8	967	17	1,022	- 55
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	895	8	1,949	- 1,054
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	894	2	7,192	- 6,298
Liver Disease	11	759	21	677	+ 81
Lung Disease	12	731	5	2,902	- 2,171
Lung Cancers	13	713	4	3,520	- 2,807
Congenital Anomalies	14	593	31	305	+ 288
Other Injuries	15	520	30	410	+ 111
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	513	7	1,995	- 1,481
Drug Use	17	446	36	176	+ 270
Low Birth Weight	18	432	43	105	+ 327
Suicide	19	365	14	1,249	- 884
Asthma	20	357	46	95	+ 263
HIV/AIDS	21	270	54	29	+ 241
Leukemia	22	261	22	671	- 410
Pancreas Cancer	23	251	12	1,486	- 1,235
Falls	24	245	9	1,919	- 1,674
Breast Cancer	25	229	11	1,577	- 1,348
Lymphomas	26	227	15	1,131	- 904
Parkinson's Disease	27	192	18	857	- 665
Liver Cancer	28	184	19	805	- 621
Endocrine Disorders	29	184	25	593	- 409
Violence	30	175	51	42	+ 133
Bladder Cancer	31	163	23	669	- 506
Cervical Cancer	32	162	42	105	+ 57
Stomach Cancer	33	161	24	614	- 452
Birth Trauma	34	159	52	32	+ 127
Maternal Conditions	35	149	64	4	+ 145
Fires	36	139	55	21	+ 117
Inflammatory/Heart	37	129	16	1,027	- 898
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	119	41	122	- 3
Prostate Cancer	39	115	10	1,579	- 1,464
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	110	35	186	- 76
Oral Cancer	41	97	26	500	- 403
Ovary Cancer	42	90	29	457	- 367
Drownings	43	89	50	49	+ 40
Epilepsy	44	80	39	159	- 78
Poisonings	45	67	60	13	+ 54
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	59	48	78	- 18
Meningitis	47	50	57	20	+ 30
Hepatitis B	48	41	63	5	+ 37
Oesophagus Cancer	49	40	28	491	- 451
Alcohol	50	26	32	229	- 203
Skin Cancers	51	24	27	493	- 469
Multiple Sclerosis	52	24	38	160	- 136
Encephalitis	53	23	68	1	+ 23
Skin Disease	54	21	40	129	- 109
Pertussis	55	20	73	0	+ 20
Appendicitis	56	18	59	15	+ 3
Malnutrition	57	13	47	84	- 71
Other Neoplasms	58	12	20	681	- 669
Schistosomiasis	59	10	72	0	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	60	10	33	224	- 214
Syphilis	61	7	65	2	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	49	68	- 63
Leishmaniasis	63	2	71	0	+ 2
Tetanus	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	58	15	- 14
Ascariasis	66	0	82	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	11	- 11
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	80	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	84	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	81	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	66	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	81	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	82	0	62	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	102	- 102
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	45	96	- 96
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Libya

Switzerland

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.