ZAMBIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	18,677	10	4,432	+ 14,245
Stroke	2	7,355	3	7,948	- 593
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,079	11	3,654	+ 425
Kidney Disease	4	3,351	18	1,760	+ 1,590
War	5	2,980	69	6	+ 2,973
Hypertension	6	2,584	13	2,616	- 32
Tuberculosis	7	2,295	6	5,941	- 3,646
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,270	14	2,395	- 125
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	2,101	2	9,517	- 7,416
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	2,099	29	590	+ 1,509
Liver Disease	11	1,781	9	4,501	- 2,720
Lung Disease	12	1,715	21	1,273	+ 443
Lung Cancers	13	1,673	41	226	+ 1,447
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,393	12	3,146	- 1,753
Other Injuries	15	1,222	19	1,729	- 507
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,205	43	203	+ 1,003
Drug Use	17	1,048	53	122	+ 926
Low Birth Weight	18	1,014	8	4,857	- 3,843
Suicide	19	858	20	1,303	- 445
Asthma	20	839	26	741	+ 98
HIV/AIDS	21	633	1	17,234	- 16,602
Leukemia	22	612	39	261	+ 351
Pancreas Cancer	23	590	62	42	+ 548
Falls	24	575	28	596	- 21
Breast Cancer	25	537	35	366	+ 171
Lymphomas	26	534	31	548	- 14
Parkinson's Disease	27	450	47	164	+ 286
Liver Cancer	28	431	46	177	+ 255
Endocrine Disorders	29	431	37	354	+ 77
Violence	30	411	23	1,153	- 743
Bladder Cancer	31	384	50	132	+ 252
Cervical Cancer	32	381	17	1,799	- 1,418
Stomach Cancer	33	378	42	206	+ 172
Birth Trauma	34	374	7	5,062	- 4,688
Maternal Conditions	35	350	22	1,188	- 838
Fires	36	326	32	546	- 220
Inflammatory/Heart	37	303	33	501	- 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	279	40	246	+ 34
Prostate Cancer	39	270	30	561	- 292
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	259	5	6,275	- 6,017
Oral Cancer	41	228	48	155	+ 73
Ovary Cancer	42	212	57	82	+ 130
Drownings	43	209	27	689	- 480
Epilepsy	44	188	38	332	- 144
Poisonings	45	158	34	456	- 298
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	140	45	190	- 50
Meningitis	47	117	16	1,976	- 1,859
Hepatitis B	48	96	55	104	- 8
Oesophagus Cancer	49	93	36	359	- 266
Alcohol	50	61	49	140	- 79
Skin Cancers	51	57	54	108	- 51
Multiple Sclerosis	52	56	67	13	+ 43
Encephalitis	53	55	59	70	- 15
Skin Disease	54	48	52	126	- 78
Pertussis	55	48	25	743	- 695
Appendicitis	56	42	56	84	- 42
Malnutrition	57	30	15	2,303	- 2,273
Other Neoplasms	58	28	65	20	+ 8
Schistosomiasis	59	25	51	128	- 104
Uterin Cancer	60	23	64	30	- 6
Syphilis	61	16	24	885	- 869
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	63	30	- 18
Leishmaniasis	63	5	58	72	- 67
Tetanus	64	3	44	190	- 187
Hepatitis C	65	2	66	18	- 16
Ascariasis	66	1	68	9	- 8
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	68	- 67
Diphtheria	68	0	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	71	0	77	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	61	48	- 48
Trichuriasis	73	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Libya

Zambia

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.