URUGUAY VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		URUGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,076	1	4,265	- 1,189
Stroke	2	1,211	2	2,850	- 1,639
Road Traffic Accidents	3	672	16	512	+ 160
Kidney Disease	4	552	8	1,040	- 488
War	5	491	70	0	+ 490
Hypertension	6	426	15	648	- 223
Tuberculosis	7	378	41	81	+ 297
Diabetes Mellitus	8	374	11	747	- 374
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	346	6	1,370	- 1,024
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	346	3	1,899	- 1,553
Liver Disease	11	293	27	206	+ 87
Lung Disease	12	282	4	1,706	- 1,424
Lung Cancers	13	276	5	1,463	- 1,187
Congenital Anomalies	14	229	30	170	+ 59
Other Injuries	15	201	10	774	- 573
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	198	7	1,245	- 1,046
Drug Use	17	173	49	41	+ 132
Low Birth Weight	18	167	42	73	+ 94
Suicide	19	141	12	735	- 594
Asthma	20	138	37	127	+ 11
HIV/AIDS	21	104	28	195	- 91
Leukemia	22	101	25	280	- 180
Pancreas Cancer	23	97	14	656	- 558
Falls	24	95	47	55	+ 40
Breast Cancer	25	88	9	848	- 760
Lymphomas	26	88	20	457	- 369
Parkinson's Disease	27	74	21	320	- 246
Liver Cancer	28	71	34	147	- 76
Endocrine Disorders	29	71	17	487	- 416
Violence	30	68	23	295	- 227
Bladder Cancer	31	63	26	276	- 213
Cervical Cancer	32	63	29	172	- 109
Stomach Cancer	33	62	18	480	- 418
Birth Trauma	34	62	53	22	+ 39
Maternal Conditions	35	58	60	9	+ 49
Fires	36	54	48	54	- 1
Inflammatory/Heart	37	50	22	314	- 264
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	46	46	57	- 11
Prostate Cancer	39	44	13	707	- 663
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	43	35	134	- 92
Oral Cancer	41	38	31	167	- 130
Ovary Cancer	42	35	32	160	- 125
Drownings	43	34	45	65	- 30
Epilepsy	44	31	40	86	- 55
Poisonings	45	26	55	17	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	23	50	39	- 16
Meningitis	47	19	58	10	+ 9
Hepatitis B	48	16	63	4	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	49	15	24	286	- 271
Alcohol	50	10	39	104	- 94
Skin Cancers	51	9	33	149	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	52	9	56	13	- 4
Encephalitis	53	9	64	4	+ 5
Skin Disease	54	8	36	130	- 122
Pertussis	55	8	72	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	56	7	59	9	- 2
Malnutrition	57	5	43	73	- 68
Other Neoplasms	58	5	19	464	- 459
Schistosomiasis	59	4	77	0	+ 4
Uterin Cancer	60	4	38	115	- 111
Syphilis	61	3	66	3	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	35	- 33
Leishmaniasis	63	1	78	0	+ 1
Tetanus	64	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	65	0	65	3	- 3
Ascariasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	5	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	70	0	67	2	- 2
Leprosy	71	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	61	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	57	12	- 12
Osteoarthritis	81	0	52	32	- 32
Oral conditions	82	0	68	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	44	71	- 71
Depression	85	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	54	18	- 18
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to URUGUAY

Libya

Uruguay

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.