UGANDA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		UGANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	44,255	9	8,784	+ 35,471
Stroke	2	17,427	6	11,181	+ 6,246
Road Traffic Accidents	3	9,665	4	13,012	- 3,348
Kidney Disease	4	7,939	19	3,168	+ 4,771
War	5	7,061	63	88	+ 6,973
Hypertension	6	6,124	21	3,120	+ 3,004
Tuberculosis	7	5,438	10	7,255	- 1,817
Diabetes Mellitus	8	5,378	14	4,794	+ 584
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	4,978	2	18,865	- 13,887
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	4,974	30	1,286	+ 3,688
Liver Disease	11	4,219	13	5,122	- 903
Lung Disease	12	4,064	22	3,051	+ 1,013
Lung Cancers	13	3,964	46	441	+ 3,524
Congenital Anomalies	14	3,300	11	6,641	- 3,340
Other Injuries	15	2,895	20	3,130	- 235
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,856	35	919	+ 1,937
Drug Use	17	2,483	57	233	+ 2,250
Low Birth Weight	18	2,403	8	9,673	- 7,271
Suicide	19	2,032	24	2,033	- 1
Asthma	20	1,988	27	1,745	+ 243
HIV/AIDS	21	1,500	1	21,188	- 19,688
Leukemia	22	1,450	42	599	+ 852
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,398	47	358	+ 1,039
Falls	24	1,362	33	1,127	+ 236
Breast Cancer	25	1,272	32	1,128	+ 144
Lymphomas	26	1,265	26	1,762	- 497
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,067	48	351	+ 715
Liver Cancer	28	1,022	29	1,522	- 500
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,021	38	761	+ 260
Violence	30	973	12	6,175	- 5,202
Bladder Cancer	31	909	59	181	+ 728
Cervical Cancer	32	902	15	4,378	- 3,476
Stomach Cancer	33	897	45	515	+ 382
Birth Trauma	34	886	7	10,405	- 9,519
Maternal Conditions	35	829	17	3,641	- 2,813
Fires	36	772	36	872	- 100
Inflammatory/Heart	37	719	37	859	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	662	41	687	- 25
Prostate Cancer	39	639	34	950	- 311
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	613	5	12,103	- 11,491
Oral Cancer	41	540	40	731	- 191
Ovary Cancer	42	502	44	519	- 17
Drownings	43	495	31	1,238	- 742
Epilepsy	44	445	43	599	- 153
Poisonings	45	374	39	745	- 372
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	331	50	348	- 17
Meningitis	47	278	16	3,718	- 3,440
Hepatitis B	48	229	61	123	+ 105
Oesophagus Cancer	49	220	28	1,674	- 1,454
Alcohol	50	144	54	256	- 112
Skin Cancers	51	135	49	349	- 214
Multiple Sclerosis	52	133	69	16	+ 117
Encephalitis	53	130	62	122	+ 8
Skin Disease	54	114	55	242	- 128
Pertussis	55	113	25	1,909	- 1,796
Appendicitis	56	99	58	211	- 112
Malnutrition	57	71	18	3,317	- 3,246
Other Neoplasms	58	67	66	37	+ 29
Schistosomiasis	59	58	52	286	- 227
Uterin Cancer	60	56	56	234	- 178
Syphilis	61	38	23	2,235	- 2,198
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	29	64	55	- 27
Leishmaniasis	63	13	68	28	- 15
Tetanus	64	7	53	271	- 264
Hepatitis C	65	4	67	30	- 26
Ascariasis	66	1	70	16	- 14
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	144	- 142
Diphtheria	68	1	72	11	- 10
Chlamydia	69	1	73	6	- 5
Otitis Media	70	0	71	11	- 11
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	51	343	- 343
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	13,576	- 13,576
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	65	50	- 50
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	80	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	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UGANDA

Libya

Uganda

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.