LIBYA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	7,689	21	224	+ 7,465
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,845	9	744	+ 3,101
Tuberculosis	3	3,719	7	812	+ 2,906
Stroke	4	3,500	2	2,603	+ 897
Coronary Heart Disease	5	3,205	1	6,610	- 3,405
Road Traffic Accidents	6	2,280	3	1,444	+ 836
Diabetes Mellitus	7	1,902	8	803	+ 1,099
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,693	40	92	+ 1,602
Low Birth Weight	9	1,355	18	359	+ 996
Lung Disease	10	1,211	12	607	+ 604
Violence	11	1,181	30	145	+ 1,035
Hypertension	12	1,124	6	915	+ 209
Birth Trauma	13	905	34	132	+ 772
Liver Disease	14	881	11	630	+ 251
Kidney Disease	15	844	4	1,186	- 341
Congenital Anomalies	16	743	14	493	+ 250
Suicide	17	637	19	304	+ 334
Malnutrition	18	587	57	11	+ 576
Other Injuries	19	543	15	432	+ 110
Asthma	20	526	20	297	+ 229
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	461	10	743	- 282
Inflammatory/Heart	22	425	37	107	+ 317
Cervical Cancer	23	349	32	135	+ 214
Breast Cancer	24	318	25	190	+ 128
Maternal Conditions	25	289	35	124	+ 165
Drownings	26	288	43	74	+ 214
Meningitis	27	286	47	41	+ 244
Fires	28	286	36	115	+ 170
Skin Cancers	29	283	51	20	+ 263
Oral Cancer	30	262	41	81	+ 181
Prostate Cancer	31	248	39	96	+ 152
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	199	38	99	+ 100
Endocrine Disorders	33	191	29	153	+ 39
Falls	34	163	24	204	- 40
Lung Cancers	35	154	13	592	- 438
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	143	16	427	- 284
Pertussis	37	142	55	17	+ 125
Epilepsy	38	129	44	67	+ 63
Poisonings	39	122	45	56	+ 66
Lymphomas	40	120	26	189	- 69
Liver Cancer	41	118	28	153	- 35
Parkinson's Disease	42	114	27	159	- 45
Syphilis	43	91	61	6	+ 86
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	87	46	49	+ 37
Stomach Cancer	45	85	33	134	- 48
Drug Use	46	83	17	371	- 288
Skin Disease	47	81	54	17	+ 64
Alcohol	48	74	50	22	+ 52
Leukemia	49	62	22	217	- 154
Ovary Cancer	50	61	42	75	- 14
Malaria	51	57	76	0	+ 57
Oesophagus Cancer	52	55	49	33	+ 22
Pancreas Cancer	53	46	23	209	- 163
Bladder Cancer	54	41	31	136	- 95
Schistosomiasis	55	36	59	9	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	56	30	60	8	+ 22
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	25	62	4	+ 21
Appendicitis	58	23	56	15	+ 8
Encephalitis	59	21	53	19	+ 2
Other Neoplasms	60	20	58	10	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	61	17	67	0	+ 17
Tetanus	62	16	64	1	+ 15
Hepatitis B	63	12	48	34	- 22
Multiple Sclerosis	64	6	52	20	- 14
Measles	65	5	72	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	66	1	65	1	+ 1
War	67	1	5	1,055	- 1,053
Chlamydia	68	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	66	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	2	- 2
Oral conditions	80	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Namibia

Libya

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.