SYRIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,431	1	28,203	- 6,773
Stroke	2	8,439	2	8,088	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,680	5	2,550	+ 2,130
Kidney Disease	4	3,845	6	2,329	+ 1,516
War	5	3,419	3	7,760	- 4,341
Hypertension	6	2,965	23	707	+ 2,258
Tuberculosis	7	2,633	56	23	+ 2,610
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,604	15	1,534	+ 1,071
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,411	4	2,958	- 548
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,409	14	1,551	+ 858
Liver Disease	11	2,043	11	1,720	+ 323
Lung Disease	12	1,968	13	1,601	+ 367
Lung Cancers	13	1,920	9	2,048	- 128
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,598	8	2,077	- 479
Other Injuries	15	1,402	24	521	+ 881
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,383	16	1,224	+ 159
Drug Use	17	1,202	39	249	+ 953
Low Birth Weight	18	1,164	12	1,652	- 488
Suicide	19	984	33	333	+ 651
Asthma	20	963	17	1,052	- 90
HIV/AIDS	21	726	58	15	+ 712
Leukemia	22	702	19	796	- 94
Pancreas Cancer	23	677	27	411	+ 266
Falls	24	660	29	383	+ 277
Breast Cancer	25	616	10	1,953	- 1,337
Lymphomas	26	613	18	827	- 214
Parkinson's Disease	27	517	30	367	+ 150
Liver Cancer	28	495	31	366	+ 129
Endocrine Disorders	29	495	26	418	+ 77
Violence	30	471	25	444	+ 27
Bladder Cancer	31	440	20	757	- 317
Cervical Cancer	32	437	42	188	+ 248
Stomach Cancer	33	434	22	725	- 290
Birth Trauma	34	429	21	744	- 315
Maternal Conditions	35	401	45	105	+ 297
Fires	36	374	43	179	+ 195
Inflammatory/Heart	37	348	32	337	+ 11
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	321	49	79	+ 241
Prostate Cancer	39	310	28	404	- 94
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	297	7	2,156	- 1,859
Oral Cancer	41	262	36	289	- 28
Ovary Cancer	42	243	34	328	- 85
Drownings	43	240	40	215	+ 25
Epilepsy	44	216	48	92	+ 123
Poisonings	45	181	46	98	+ 83
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	160	41	197	- 37
Meningitis	47	134	35	295	- 160
Hepatitis B	48	111	63	5	+ 106
Oesophagus Cancer	49	107	47	97	+ 9
Alcohol	50	70	53	51	+ 19
Skin Cancers	51	65	38	276	- 211
Multiple Sclerosis	52	64	59	14	+ 50
Encephalitis	53	63	50	77	- 14
Skin Disease	54	55	61	8	+ 48
Pertussis	55	55	37	289	- 234
Appendicitis	56	48	54	36	+ 11
Malnutrition	57	34	51	73	- 38
Other Neoplasms	58	32	57	21	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	59	28	60	11	+ 17
Uterin Cancer	60	27	44	146	- 119
Syphilis	61	18	55	31	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	14	62	7	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	63	6	65	5	+ 1
Tetanus	64	3	52	57	- 54
Hepatitis C	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	1	64	5	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	69	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	71	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	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 SYRIA

Libya

Syria

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.