LIBYA VS SPAIN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SPAIN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,047	1	6,610	+ 1,437
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,592	10	743	+ 5,849
Stroke	3	4,516	2	2,603	+ 1,913
Lung Cancers	4	3,446	13	592	+ 2,853
Lung Disease	5	2,947	12	607	+ 2,340
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,640	16	427	+ 2,214
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	2,136	9	744	+ 1,392
Kidney Disease	8	1,514	4	1,186	+ 328
Hypertension	9	1,419	6	915	+ 504
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,210	8	803	+ 407
Breast Cancer	11	1,100	25	190	+ 910
Pancreas Cancer	12	1,051	23	209	+ 843
Prostate Cancer	13	999	39	96	+ 904
Stomach Cancer	14	902	33	134	+ 769
Other Injuries	15	862	15	432	+ 430
Lymphomas	16	831	26	189	+ 642
Bladder Cancer	17	813	31	136	+ 677
Liver Cancer	18	794	28	153	+ 641
Inflammatory/Heart	19	776	37	107	+ 669
Parkinson's Disease	20	770	27	159	+ 610
Endocrine Disorders	21	757	29	153	+ 605
Other Neoplasms	22	739	58	10	+ 729
Liver Disease	23	659	11	630	+ 29
Leukemia	24	587	22	217	+ 371
Suicide	25	562	19	304	+ 258
Falls	26	505	24	204	+ 302
Oral Cancer	27	402	41	81	+ 321
Ovary Cancer	28	315	42	75	+ 240
Oesophagus Cancer	29	313	49	33	+ 280
Skin Disease	30	287	54	17	+ 269
Road Traffic Accidents	31	285	3	1,444	- 1,159
Skin Cancers	32	281	51	20	+ 261
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	251	46	49	+ 202
Uterin Cancer	34	251	60	8	+ 243
Asthma	35	176	20	297	- 121
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	166	40	92	+ 74
Anemia	37	142	84	0	+ 142
Congenital Anomalies	38	134	14	493	- 359
Cervical Cancer	39	133	32	135	- 2
Epilepsy	40	128	44	67	+ 62
Drug Use	41	121	17	371	- 250
Hepatitis C	42	102	65	1	+ 101
HIV/AIDS	43	84	21	224	- 140
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	74	38	99	- 25
Drownings	45	69	43	74	- 5
Alcohol	46	52	50	22	+ 30
Malnutrition	47	47	57	11	+ 37
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	46	62	4	+ 41
Multiple Sclerosis	49	45	52	20	+ 25
Tuberculosis	50	42	7	812	- 770
Violence	51	41	30	145	- 105
Low Birth Weight	52	39	18	359	- 320
Osteoarthritis	53	33	81	0	+ 33
Prostatic Hypertrophy	54	32	80	0	+ 32
Fires	55	29	36	115	- 87
Schizophrenia	56	28	86	0	+ 28
Poisonings	57	27	45	56	- 29
Hepatitis B	58	25	48	34	- 9
Meningitis	59	20	47	41	- 21
Birth Trauma	60	18	34	132	- 115
Appendicitis	61	12	56	15	- 2
Upper Respiratory	62	7	67	0	+ 7
Oral conditions	63	7	82	0	+ 7
Maternal Conditions	64	2	35	124	- 122
Leishmaniasis	65	2	63	2	- 0
Otitis Media	66	1	70	0	+ 1
Syphilis	67	1	61	6	- 4
War	68	1	5	1,055	- 1,054
Iodine Deficiency	69	1	79	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	70	1	53	19	- 19
Chagas disease	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Tetanus	72	0	64	1	- 1
Pertussis	73	0	55	17	- 17
Schistosomiasis	74	0	59	9	- 9
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	77	0	74	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	78	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	80	0	73	0	- 0
Measles	81	0	72	0	- 0
Chlamydia	82	0	69	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Spain

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.