LIBYA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	9,287	1	6,610	+ 2,677
Stroke	2	8,899	2	2,603	+ 6,296
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	5,186	10	743	+ 4,443
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,941	9	744	+ 4,198
Lung Cancers	5	3,178	13	592	+ 2,585
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	3,166	16	427	+ 2,739
Lung Disease	7	3,091	12	607	+ 2,484
Diabetes Mellitus	8	2,597	8	803	+ 1,794
Kidney Disease	9	2,022	4	1,186	+ 836
Stomach Cancer	10	1,826	33	134	+ 1,692
Prostate Cancer	11	1,532	39	96	+ 1,436
Breast Cancer	12	1,440	25	190	+ 1,250
Other Injuries	13	1,397	15	432	+ 965
Hypertension	14	1,356	6	915	+ 441
Pancreas Cancer	15	1,204	23	209	+ 995
Lymphomas	16	1,159	26	189	+ 970
Endocrine Disorders	17	1,115	29	153	+ 963
Liver Cancer	18	916	28	153	+ 764
Suicide	19	845	19	304	+ 542
Bladder Cancer	20	844	31	136	+ 708
Parkinson's Disease	21	822	27	159	+ 662
Liver Disease	22	812	11	630	+ 182
Falls	23	745	24	204	+ 541
Leukemia	24	732	22	217	+ 516
Oral Cancer	25	658	41	81	+ 577
Inflammatory/Heart	26	655	37	107	+ 548
Road Traffic Accidents	27	604	3	1,444	- 839
Other Neoplasms	28	470	58	10	+ 460
Oesophagus Cancer	29	449	49	33	+ 416
Skin Cancers	30	378	51	20	+ 357
Epilepsy	31	299	44	67	+ 233
Uterin Cancer	32	293	60	8	+ 284
Ovary Cancer	33	287	42	75	+ 212
Cervical Cancer	34	237	32	135	+ 102
HIV/AIDS	35	231	21	224	+ 7
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	166	40	92	+ 75
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	165	38	99	+ 66
Tuberculosis	38	154	7	812	- 659
Skin Disease	39	146	54	17	+ 129
Congenital Anomalies	40	142	14	493	- 351
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	122	46	49	+ 72
Anemia	42	109	84	0	+ 109
Asthma	43	106	20	297	- 191
Drug Use	44	93	17	371	- 278
Alcohol	45	80	50	22	+ 59
Fires	46	78	36	115	- 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	71	62	4	+ 67
Violence	48	70	30	145	- 76
Hepatitis C	49	63	65	1	+ 62
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	59	80	0	+ 59
Drownings	51	57	43	74	- 17
Low Birth Weight	52	57	18	359	- 302
Malnutrition	53	57	57	11	+ 46
Multiple Sclerosis	54	41	52	20	+ 21
Schizophrenia	55	35	86	0	+ 35
Meningitis	56	31	47	41	- 11
Poisonings	57	21	45	56	- 35
Osteoarthritis	58	21	81	0	+ 21
Hepatitis B	59	19	48	34	- 15
Birth Trauma	60	17	34	132	- 115
Appendicitis	61	15	56	15	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	62	11	67	0	+ 10
Maternal Conditions	63	5	35	124	- 119
Syphilis	64	2	61	6	- 3
Oral conditions	65	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	2	70	0	+ 2
Encephalitis	67	1	53	19	- 18
Leishmaniasis	68	1	63	2	- 1
War	69	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Leprosy	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	55	17	- 17
Tetanus	73	0	64	1	- 1
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	9	- 9
Malaria	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Portugal

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.