ZIMBABWE VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,401	3	8,493	+ 6,908
Stroke	2	6,065	5	5,126	+ 939
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,363	4	6,037	- 2,674
Kidney Disease	4	2,763	12	2,214	+ 549
War	5	2,457	65	26	+ 2,431
Hypertension	6	2,131	24	1,146	+ 985
Tuberculosis	7	1,892	16	1,999	- 107
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,872	9	3,344	- 1,472
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,732	2	10,779	- 9,047
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	1,731	31	768	+ 963
Liver Disease	11	1,468	17	1,941	- 473
Lung Disease	12	1,414	23	1,163	+ 251
Lung Cancers	13	1,380	43	286	+ 1,094
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,148	11	2,217	- 1,069
Other Injuries	15	1,007	20	1,656	- 648
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	994	40	505	+ 489
Drug Use	17	864	48	213	+ 652
Low Birth Weight	18	836	7	4,038	- 3,201
Suicide	19	707	13	2,069	- 1,361
Asthma	20	692	21	1,531	- 839
HIV/AIDS	21	522	1	19,988	- 19,466
Leukemia	22	505	45	244	+ 261
Pancreas Cancer	23	486	47	217	+ 270
Falls	24	474	41	465	+ 9
Breast Cancer	25	443	28	839	- 397
Lymphomas	26	440	26	960	- 519
Parkinson's Disease	27	371	46	226	+ 146
Liver Cancer	28	356	38	510	- 154
Endocrine Disorders	29	355	34	553	- 198
Violence	30	339	18	1,916	- 1,578
Bladder Cancer	31	316	54	125	+ 192
Cervical Cancer	32	314	14	2,023	- 1,709
Stomach Cancer	33	312	33	559	- 247
Birth Trauma	34	308	8	3,405	- 3,097
Maternal Conditions	35	288	19	1,749	- 1,461
Fires	36	269	30	793	- 524
Inflammatory/Heart	37	250	25	1,047	- 797
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	230	35	548	- 318
Prostate Cancer	39	222	32	628	- 405
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	213	6	4,595	- 4,381
Oral Cancer	41	188	49	208	- 20
Ovary Cancer	42	175	51	173	+ 1
Drownings	43	172	27	956	- 783
Epilepsy	44	155	39	508	- 353
Poisonings	45	130	37	515	- 385
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	115	36	542	- 427
Meningitis	47	97	22	1,325	- 1,228
Hepatitis B	48	80	60	57	+ 23
Oesophagus Cancer	49	77	29	801	- 725
Alcohol	50	50	61	48	+ 2
Skin Cancers	51	47	44	264	- 217
Multiple Sclerosis	52	46	67	14	+ 32
Encephalitis	53	45	56	117	- 72
Skin Disease	54	40	52	173	- 133
Pertussis	55	39	42	419	- 379
Appendicitis	56	34	58	66	- 32
Malnutrition	57	25	10	2,396	- 2,371
Other Neoplasms	58	23	62	37	- 14
Schistosomiasis	59	20	53	172	- 152
Uterin Cancer	60	19	50	182	- 163
Syphilis	61	13	55	124	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	64	26	- 16
Leishmaniasis	63	4	77	0	+ 4
Tetanus	64	2	57	102	- 99
Hepatitis C	65	1	66	14	- 13
Ascariasis	66	1	70	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	65	- 65
Diphtheria	68	0	72	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	69	3	- 3
Otitis Media	70	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	71	0	78	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	63	30	- 30
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	71	2	- 2
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 ZIMBABWE

Libya

Zimbabwe

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.