TRINIDAD/TOB. VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		TRINIDAD/TOB.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,265	1	1,476	- 210
Stroke	2	498	3	822	- 324
Road Traffic Accidents	3	276	15	130	+ 146
Kidney Disease	4	227	5	439	- 212
War	5	202	46	17	+ 185
Hypertension	6	175	11	201	- 26
Tuberculosis	7	155	43	22	+ 134
Diabetes Mellitus	8	154	2	1,275	- 1,122
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	142	10	205	- 63
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	142	9	215	- 73
Liver Disease	11	121	14	136	- 15
Lung Disease	12	116	16	129	- 13
Lung Cancers	13	113	8	217	- 104
Congenital Anomalies	14	94	22	93	+ 1
Other Injuries	15	83	30	61	+ 22
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	82	13	196	- 114
Drug Use	17	71	44	19	+ 52
Low Birth Weight	18	69	23	83	- 14
Suicide	19	58	17	121	- 63
Asthma	20	57	35	40	+ 17
HIV/AIDS	21	43	12	196	- 153
Leukemia	22	41	29	62	- 21
Pancreas Cancer	23	40	19	114	- 74
Falls	24	39	33	43	- 4
Breast Cancer	25	36	7	258	- 222
Lymphomas	26	36	20	111	- 75
Parkinson's Disease	27	30	32	51	- 21
Liver Cancer	28	29	28	66	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	29	29	18	119	- 90
Violence	30	28	4	549	- 522
Bladder Cancer	31	26	34	41	- 15
Cervical Cancer	32	26	21	97	- 71
Stomach Cancer	33	26	26	69	- 43
Birth Trauma	34	25	40	25	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	35	24	50	10	+ 13
Fires	36	22	48	16	+ 6
Inflammatory/Heart	37	21	25	72	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	19	31	52	- 33
Prostate Cancer	39	18	6	330	- 312
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	18	45	18	- 0
Oral Cancer	41	15	38	31	- 15
Ovary Cancer	42	14	24	80	- 66
Drownings	43	14	39	31	- 17
Epilepsy	44	13	37	32	- 19
Poisonings	45	11	59	1	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	9	49	11	- 2
Meningitis	47	8	52	9	- 2
Hepatitis B	48	7	60	0	+ 6
Oesophagus Cancer	49	6	41	24	- 18
Alcohol	50	4	42	23	- 19
Skin Cancers	51	4	57	4	- 0
Multiple Sclerosis	52	4	58	2	+ 2
Encephalitis	53	4	54	6	- 2
Skin Disease	54	3	36	39	- 36
Pertussis	55	3	67	0	+ 3
Appendicitis	56	3	56	4	- 2
Malnutrition	57	2	47	17	- 15
Other Neoplasms	58	2	51	10	- 8
Schistosomiasis	59	2	71	0	+ 2
Uterin Cancer	60	2	27	68	- 66
Syphilis	61	1	61	0	+ 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	53	8	- 7
Leishmaniasis	63	0	73	0	+ 0
Tetanus	64	0	65	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	62	0	- 0
Ascariasis	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	63	0	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	70	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	55	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	72	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TRINIDAD/TOB.

Libya

Trinidad/Tob.

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.