LIBYA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,853	9	744	+ 2,109
Stroke	2	2,734	2	2,603	+ 131
Road Traffic Accidents	3	2,009	3	1,444	+ 566
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,948	1	6,610	- 4,662
Malaria	5	1,782	76	0	+ 1,782
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,687	40	92	+ 1,595
HIV/AIDS	7	1,527	21	224	+ 1,303
Liver Disease	8	1,377	11	630	+ 747
Low Birth Weight	9	1,185	18	359	+ 826
Birth Trauma	10	1,020	34	132	+ 888
Diabetes Mellitus	11	1,004	8	803	+ 201
Congenital Anomalies	12	960	14	493	+ 467
Lung Disease	13	840	12	607	+ 233
Hypertension	14	733	6	915	- 181
Kidney Disease	15	652	4	1,186	- 534
Malnutrition	16	631	57	11	+ 620
Other Injuries	17	510	15	432	+ 78
Cervical Cancer	18	508	32	135	+ 374
Meningitis	19	458	47	41	+ 416
Stomach Cancer	20	422	33	134	+ 288
Maternal Conditions	21	390	35	124	+ 267
Asthma	22	388	20	297	+ 91
Liver Cancer	23	382	28	153	+ 229
Suicide	24	380	19	304	+ 77
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	355	10	743	- 388
Tuberculosis	26	338	7	812	- 475
Breast Cancer	27	324	25	190	+ 134
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	319	16	427	- 107
Violence	29	296	30	145	+ 151
Lymphomas	30	243	26	189	+ 54
Falls	31	223	24	204	+ 19
Prostate Cancer	32	214	39	96	+ 119
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	196	38	99	+ 97
Inflammatory/Heart	34	187	37	107	+ 80
Leukemia	35	171	22	217	- 45
Drownings	36	154	43	74	+ 80
Oral Cancer	37	147	41	81	+ 66
Fires	38	146	36	115	+ 30
Lung Cancers	39	126	13	592	- 466
Poisonings	40	119	45	56	+ 63
Endocrine Disorders	41	119	29	153	- 34
Pertussis	42	118	55	17	+ 101
Pancreas Cancer	43	115	23	209	- 93
Oesophagus Cancer	44	115	49	33	+ 82
Epilepsy	45	103	44	67	+ 37
Syphilis	46	93	61	6	+ 88
Parkinson's Disease	47	79	27	159	- 80
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	73	46	49	+ 24
Alcohol	49	68	50	22	+ 46
Skin Cancers	50	61	51	20	+ 41
Schistosomiasis	51	60	59	9	+ 51
Skin Disease	52	56	54	17	+ 38
Ovary Cancer	53	50	42	75	- 25
Appendicitis	54	38	56	15	+ 23
Hepatitis B	55	37	48	34	+ 3
Uterin Cancer	56	31	60	8	+ 23
Upper Respiratory	57	31	67	0	+ 31
Tetanus	58	28	64	1	+ 27
Measles	59	28	72	0	+ 28
Drug Use	60	24	17	371	- 347
Encephalitis	61	21	53	19	+ 2
Bladder Cancer	62	19	31	136	- 117
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	12	62	4	+ 8
Other Neoplasms	64	9	58	10	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	7	65	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	66	4	52	20	- 16
Ascariasis	67	3	66	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	2	70	0	+ 2
War	69	1	5	1,055	- 1,053
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	1	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	71	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Rwanda

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.