YEMEN VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,861	1	30,158	- 1,297
Stroke	2	11,365	2	13,570	- 2,204
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,303	6	8,561	- 2,258
Kidney Disease	4	5,178	15	2,679	+ 2,499
War	5	4,605	3	12,915	- 8,310
Hypertension	6	3,994	8	5,293	- 1,300
Tuberculosis	7	3,546	18	1,899	+ 1,647
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,507	19	1,794	+ 1,713
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	3,246	4	11,978	- 8,732
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,244	22	1,405	+ 1,838
Liver Disease	11	2,752	13	2,891	- 140
Lung Disease	12	2,650	11	3,196	- 545
Lung Cancers	13	2,585	41	569	+ 2,016
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,152	10	4,291	- 2,139
Other Injuries	15	1,888	16	2,225	- 337
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,862	30	913	+ 949
Drug Use	17	1,619	38	613	+ 1,007
Low Birth Weight	18	1,567	5	8,810	- 7,243
Suicide	19	1,325	21	1,699	- 373
Asthma	20	1,297	17	2,106	- 809
HIV/AIDS	21	978	46	396	+ 582
Leukemia	22	946	34	776	+ 170
Pancreas Cancer	23	912	51	283	+ 629
Falls	24	889	24	1,170	- 281
Breast Cancer	25	829	26	1,134	- 304
Lymphomas	26	825	45	433	+ 392
Parkinson's Disease	27	696	49	362	+ 334
Liver Cancer	28	667	39	609	+ 58
Endocrine Disorders	29	666	36	738	- 72
Violence	30	634	14	2,839	- 2,205
Bladder Cancer	31	593	55	160	+ 433
Cervical Cancer	32	588	57	119	+ 469
Stomach Cancer	33	585	31	902	- 317
Birth Trauma	34	578	7	5,939	- 5,362
Maternal Conditions	35	540	32	890	- 349
Fires	36	504	29	991	- 487
Inflammatory/Heart	37	469	40	585	- 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	432	33	833	- 402
Prostate Cancer	39	417	63	39	+ 378
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	400	9	4,372	- 3,972
Oral Cancer	41	352	42	547	- 195
Ovary Cancer	42	328	52	188	+ 139
Drownings	43	323	25	1,142	- 819
Epilepsy	44	290	43	539	- 248
Poisonings	45	244	44	532	- 288
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	216	37	707	- 491
Meningitis	47	181	28	1,018	- 837
Hepatitis B	48	149	50	299	- 150
Oesophagus Cancer	49	144	35	765	- 621
Alcohol	50	94	59	78	+ 16
Skin Cancers	51	88	58	100	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	52	87	62	42	+ 45
Encephalitis	53	85	48	369	- 284
Skin Disease	54	75	61	44	+ 31
Pertussis	55	74	23	1,239	- 1,166
Appendicitis	56	64	54	162	- 97
Malnutrition	57	46	27	1,058	- 1,012
Other Neoplasms	58	43	64	21	+ 23
Schistosomiasis	59	38	56	124	- 86
Uterin Cancer	60	36	69	5	+ 31
Syphilis	61	25	53	175	- 151
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	19	66	14	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	63	8	71	2	+ 6
Tetanus	64	5	47	395	- 390
Hepatitis C	65	3	68	8	- 6
Ascariasis	66	1	65	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	1	67	14	- 13
Chlamydia	69	1	72	1	- 0
Otitis Media	70	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	71	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	12	3,019	- 3,019
Trichuriasis	73	0	78	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	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 YEMEN

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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.