LIBYA VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,768	21	224	+ 8,544
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,791	9	744	+ 4,048
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,987	1	6,610	- 2,623
Stroke	4	3,738	2	2,603	+ 1,135
Diabetes Mellitus	5	3,677	8	803	+ 2,873
Tuberculosis	6	2,675	7	812	+ 1,863
Violence	7	2,558	30	145	+ 2,412
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,930	40	92	+ 1,838
Kidney Disease	9	1,864	4	1,186	+ 678
Suicide	10	1,678	19	304	+ 1,374
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,585	3	1,444	+ 141
Hypertension	12	1,558	6	915	+ 643
Lung Disease	13	1,449	12	607	+ 842
Liver Disease	14	1,098	11	630	+ 468
Lung Cancers	15	938	13	592	+ 346
Low Birth Weight	16	761	18	359	+ 402
Other Injuries	17	732	15	432	+ 300
Asthma	18	727	20	297	+ 430
Endocrine Disorders	19	717	29	153	+ 565
Cervical Cancer	20	677	32	135	+ 542
Inflammatory/Heart	21	659	37	107	+ 551
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	569	10	743	- 173
Breast Cancer	23	552	25	190	+ 362
Prostate Cancer	24	533	39	96	+ 437
Congenital Anomalies	25	530	14	493	+ 37
Meningitis	26	446	47	41	+ 404
Fires	27	441	36	115	+ 325
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	437	16	427	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	29	425	49	33	+ 392
Birth Trauma	30	366	34	132	+ 233
Lymphomas	31	343	26	189	+ 154
Drownings	32	293	43	74	+ 219
Liver Cancer	33	290	28	153	+ 138
Malnutrition	34	290	57	11	+ 279
Pancreas Cancer	35	244	23	209	+ 36
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	231	38	99	+ 132
Epilepsy	37	228	44	67	+ 161
Maternal Conditions	38	207	35	124	+ 83
Stomach Cancer	39	187	33	134	+ 53
Leukemia	40	178	22	217	- 38
Oral Cancer	41	171	41	81	+ 91
Falls	42	170	24	204	- 33
Pertussis	43	139	55	17	+ 122
Syphilis	44	138	61	6	+ 132
Skin Disease	45	134	54	17	+ 117
Parkinson's Disease	46	131	27	159	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	124	46	49	+ 74
Skin Cancers	48	121	51	20	+ 101
Alcohol	49	120	50	22	+ 99
Poisonings	50	119	45	56	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	51	116	42	75	+ 41
Bladder Cancer	52	101	31	136	- 35
Drug Use	53	94	17	371	- 277
Uterin Cancer	54	62	60	8	+ 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	46	62	4	+ 41
Appendicitis	56	33	56	15	+ 19
Measles	57	33	72	0	+ 33
Other Neoplasms	58	32	58	10	+ 23
Encephalitis	59	29	53	19	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	60	27	67	0	+ 27
Hepatitis B	61	17	48	34	- 17
Multiple Sclerosis	62	14	52	20	- 6
Malaria	63	10	76	0	+ 10
War	64	8	5	1,055	- 1,047
Tetanus	65	5	64	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	66	4	59	9	- 4
Otitis Media	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	69	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	2	68	0	+ 2
Hepatitis C	70	1	65	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

South Africa

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.