VENEZUELA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,062	1	26,905	+ 1,157
Stroke	2	11,050	3	12,133	- 1,083
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,128	5	11,127	- 4,999
Kidney Disease	4	5,034	8	5,932	- 897
War	5	4,477	51	185	+ 4,292
Hypertension	6	3,883	9	5,195	- 1,312
Tuberculosis	7	3,448	31	748	+ 2,700
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,410	4	11,176	- 7,766
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,156	7	7,188	- 4,032
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,154	35	572	+ 2,582
Liver Disease	11	2,675	16	2,340	+ 335
Lung Disease	12	2,577	10	5,150	- 2,573
Lung Cancers	13	2,514	11	3,900	- 1,386
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,093	14	2,846	- 753
Other Injuries	15	1,836	21	1,693	+ 142
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,811	19	2,037	- 227
Drug Use	17	1,575	50	225	+ 1,349
Low Birth Weight	18	1,524	12	3,088	- 1,564
Suicide	19	1,289	34	585	+ 703
Asthma	20	1,261	46	311	+ 950
HIV/AIDS	21	951	6	7,490	- 6,539
Leukemia	22	920	27	1,007	- 88
Pancreas Cancer	23	886	25	1,082	- 196
Falls	24	864	28	865	- 1
Breast Cancer	25	806	15	2,563	- 1,757
Lymphomas	26	802	23	1,248	- 446
Parkinson's Disease	27	676	48	252	+ 425
Liver Cancer	28	648	26	1,029	- 381
Endocrine Disorders	29	648	30	760	- 112
Violence	30	617	2	18,132	- 17,515
Bladder Cancer	31	576	45	365	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	32	572	20	1,986	- 1,415
Stomach Cancer	33	569	17	2,175	- 1,606
Birth Trauma	34	562	24	1,087	- 525
Maternal Conditions	35	525	39	422	+ 103
Fires	36	490	54	144	+ 345
Inflammatory/Heart	37	456	33	599	- 143
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	420	40	418	+ 2
Prostate Cancer	39	405	13	2,848	- 2,443
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	388	22	1,359	- 971
Oral Cancer	41	343	38	544	- 202
Ovary Cancer	42	319	36	563	- 244
Drownings	43	314	43	388	- 74
Epilepsy	44	282	41	411	- 128
Poisonings	45	237	58	68	+ 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	210	57	80	+ 130
Meningitis	47	176	49	251	- 75
Hepatitis B	48	145	63	30	+ 115
Oesophagus Cancer	49	140	44	370	- 230
Alcohol	50	91	62	34	+ 57
Skin Cancers	51	85	37	553	- 468
Multiple Sclerosis	52	84	60	51	+ 34
Encephalitis	53	82	61	37	+ 45
Skin Disease	54	73	66	18	+ 55
Pertussis	55	72	64	26	+ 46
Appendicitis	56	63	56	98	- 35
Malnutrition	57	45	32	629	- 584
Other Neoplasms	58	42	18	2,167	- 2,125
Schistosomiasis	59	37	76	1	+ 36
Uterin Cancer	60	35	47	309	- 274
Syphilis	61	24	67	15	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	18	52	180	- 162
Leishmaniasis	63	8	73	3	+ 5
Tetanus	64	4	68	8	- 3
Hepatitis C	65	3	65	21	- 19
Ascariasis	66	1	70	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	1	74	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	1	78	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	82	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	0	75	1	- 1
Leprosy	71	0	71	4	- 4
Measles	72	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	81	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	59	65	- 65
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	42	402	- 402
Chagas disease	77	0	29	826	- 826
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	53	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	81	0	72	3	- 3
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	55	126	- 126
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	69	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Libya

Venezuela

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.