LIBYA VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,869	1	6,610	+ 4,259
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	6,182	10	743	+ 5,439
Lung Disease	3	4,206	12	607	+ 3,599
Stroke	4	3,412	2	2,603	+ 809
Lung Cancers	5	3,348	13	592	+ 2,756
Kidney Disease	6	1,848	4	1,186	+ 662
Drug Use	7	1,602	17	371	+ 1,231
Hypertension	8	1,420	6	915	+ 505
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,331	16	427	+ 904
Diabetes Mellitus	10	1,322	8	803	+ 519
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	1,298	9	744	+ 555
Suicide	12	1,143	19	304	+ 839
Breast Cancer	13	1,048	25	190	+ 858
Endocrine Disorders	14	1,011	29	153	+ 859
Pancreas Cancer	15	953	23	209	+ 745
Liver Disease	16	934	11	630	+ 304
Road Traffic Accidents	17	898	3	1,444	- 546
Falls	18	870	24	204	+ 667
Lymphomas	19	867	26	189	+ 678
Prostate Cancer	20	767	39	96	+ 671
Parkinson's Disease	21	742	27	159	+ 583
Inflammatory/Heart	22	700	37	107	+ 593
Liver Cancer	23	583	28	153	+ 430
Leukemia	24	580	22	217	+ 364
Other Injuries	25	560	15	432	+ 127
Bladder Cancer	26	422	31	136	+ 287
Violence	27	408	30	145	+ 263
Oesophagus Cancer	28	384	49	33	+ 351
Other Neoplasms	29	382	58	10	+ 372
Alcohol	30	316	50	22	+ 294
Ovary Cancer	31	314	42	75	+ 239
Skin Cancers	32	308	51	20	+ 288
Stomach Cancer	33	281	33	134	+ 148
Congenital Anomalies	34	253	14	493	- 240
Oral Cancer	35	249	41	81	+ 168
Uterin Cancer	36	217	60	8	+ 208
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	214	40	92	+ 123
Cervical Cancer	38	150	32	135	+ 16
Low Birth Weight	39	149	18	359	- 210
Malnutrition	40	146	57	11	+ 135
Hepatitis C	41	122	65	1	+ 122
HIV/AIDS	42	122	21	224	- 102
Skin Disease	43	116	54	17	+ 99
Multiple Sclerosis	44	109	52	20	+ 89
Drownings	45	88	43	74	+ 14
Asthma	46	82	20	297	- 215
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	78	46	49	+ 29
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	75	38	99	- 24
Fires	49	69	36	115	- 47
Epilepsy	50	68	44	67	+ 2
Anemia	51	67	84	0	+ 67
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	53	62	4	+ 49
Poisonings	53	36	45	56	- 20
Birth Trauma	54	27	34	132	- 106
War	55	26	5	1,055	- 1,029
Maternal Conditions	56	17	35	124	- 107
Schizophrenia	57	16	86	0	+ 16
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	15	80	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	13	48	34	- 21
Meningitis	60	13	47	41	- 28
Osteoarthritis	61	12	81	0	+ 12
Tuberculosis	62	12	7	812	- 800
Appendicitis	63	9	56	15	- 6
Oral conditions	64	6	82	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	65	5	67	0	+ 5
Syphilis	66	1	61	6	- 5
Otitis Media	67	1	70	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	1	53	19	- 19
Pertussis	69	0	55	17	- 17
Chagas disease	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	64	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	72	0	59	9	- 9
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	74	0	+ 0
Malaria	77	0	76	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	63	2	- 2
Measles	80	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	66	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

United States

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.