UNITED KINGDOM VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		UNITED KINGDOM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	61,474	2	71,728	- 10,253
Stroke	2	24,208	4	37,626	- 13,419
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,425	33	2,169	+ 11,257
Kidney Disease	4	11,028	18	5,471	+ 5,557
War	5	9,808	67	10	+ 9,798
Hypertension	6	8,507	23	5,208	+ 3,299
Tuberculosis	7	7,554	47	351	+ 7,202
Diabetes Mellitus	8	7,471	17	5,842	+ 1,629
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,915	3	40,540	- 33,626
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,909	1	98,135	- 91,226
Liver Disease	11	5,861	14	7,666	- 1,805
Lung Disease	12	5,645	6	32,896	- 27,251
Lung Cancers	13	5,507	5	35,715	- 30,208
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,584	35	2,127	+ 2,458
Other Injuries	15	4,021	19	5,464	- 1,443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,967	7	18,446	- 14,479
Drug Use	17	3,449	31	2,824	+ 625
Low Birth Weight	18	3,338	40	1,313	+ 2,024
Suicide	19	2,823	20	5,325	- 2,502
Asthma	20	2,762	41	1,302	+ 1,459
HIV/AIDS	21	2,083	55	188	+ 1,895
Leukemia	22	2,015	22	5,211	- 3,196
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,942	11	8,995	- 7,054
Falls	24	1,893	15	7,618	- 5,726
Breast Cancer	25	1,767	9	12,718	- 10,952
Lymphomas	26	1,757	10	9,350	- 7,593
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,482	13	8,573	- 7,091
Liver Cancer	28	1,420	21	5,237	- 3,816
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,419	28	3,297	- 1,878
Violence	30	1,351	46	868	+ 484
Bladder Cancer	31	1,263	16	6,133	- 4,871
Cervical Cancer	32	1,252	43	1,099	+ 153
Stomach Cancer	33	1,246	24	4,999	- 3,753
Birth Trauma	34	1,231	54	190	+ 1,041
Maternal Conditions	35	1,151	64	47	+ 1,104
Fires	36	1,073	48	334	+ 738
Inflammatory/Heart	37	999	29	3,126	- 2,128
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	919	36	2,090	- 1,170
Prostate Cancer	39	888	8	13,289	- 12,401
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	851	38	1,599	- 748
Oral Cancer	41	750	30	3,109	- 2,358
Ovary Cancer	42	698	25	4,019	- 3,321
Drownings	43	688	49	301	+ 387
Epilepsy	44	619	42	1,193	- 575
Poisonings	45	519	53	221	+ 298
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	459	45	876	- 417
Meningitis	47	386	52	232	+ 153
Hepatitis B	48	318	65	40	+ 278
Oesophagus Cancer	49	306	12	8,727	- 8,421
Alcohol	50	200	39	1,555	- 1,355
Skin Cancers	51	187	27	3,727	- 3,540
Multiple Sclerosis	52	185	37	1,856	- 1,671
Encephalitis	53	181	68	6	+ 175
Skin Disease	54	159	34	2,134	- 1,975
Pertussis	55	157	69	3	+ 154
Appendicitis	56	137	59	105	+ 32
Malnutrition	57	98	58	116	- 17
Other Neoplasms	58	93	26	3,986	- 3,893
Schistosomiasis	59	81	78	0	+ 81
Uterin Cancer	60	77	32	2,346	- 2,269
Syphilis	61	53	62	49	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	40	44	1,014	- 974
Leishmaniasis	63	18	70	0	+ 17
Tetanus	64	10	72	0	+ 9
Hepatitis C	65	6	51	267	- 261
Ascariasis	66	2	80	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	2	63	48	- 47
Diphtheria	68	2	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	66	16	- 16
Leprosy	71	0	83	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	82	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	56	184	- 184
Osteoarthritis	81	0	57	167	- 167
Oral conditions	82	0	61	54	- 54
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	50	277	- 277
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	60	101	- 101
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to UNITED KINGDOM

Libya

United Kingdom

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.