LIBYA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	11,069	2	2,603	+ 8,466
Coronary Heart Disease	2	6,399	1	6,610	- 211
Lung Disease	3	2,497	12	607	+ 1,890
Diabetes Mellitus	4	2,357	8	803	+ 1,553
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,052	3	1,444	+ 608
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,040	10	743	+ 1,297
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	1,938	9	744	+ 1,194
Kidney Disease	8	1,758	4	1,186	+ 572
Liver Cancer	9	1,740	28	153	+ 1,587
Liver Disease	10	1,664	11	630	+ 1,033
Lung Cancers	11	1,482	13	592	+ 890
Hypertension	12	1,384	6	915	+ 469
Falls	13	1,074	24	204	+ 870
Stomach Cancer	14	1,053	33	134	+ 919
Tuberculosis	15	657	7	812	- 155
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	575	16	427	+ 148
Asthma	17	567	20	297	+ 270
Suicide	18	505	19	304	+ 201
Low Birth Weight	19	496	18	359	+ 138
Oral Cancer	20	493	41	81	+ 413
Congenital Anomalies	21	492	14	493	- 1
Breast Cancer	22	431	25	190	+ 241
Other Injuries	23	386	15	432	- 47
Inflammatory/Heart	24	373	37	107	+ 265
Parkinson's Disease	25	372	27	159	+ 212
Drownings	26	355	43	74	+ 281
HIV/AIDS	27	348	21	224	+ 124
Leukemia	28	341	22	217	+ 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	306	40	92	+ 214
Lymphomas	30	206	26	189	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	31	166	32	135	+ 32
Birth Trauma	32	163	34	132	+ 30
Oesophagus Cancer	33	158	49	33	+ 125
Endocrine Disorders	34	145	29	153	- 8
Prostate Cancer	35	133	39	96	+ 38
Violence	36	124	30	145	- 21
Measles	37	124	72	0	+ 124
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	119	46	49	+ 70
Encephalitis	39	108	53	19	+ 89
Skin Disease	40	105	54	17	+ 88
Drug Use	41	95	17	371	- 276
Uterin Cancer	42	81	60	8	+ 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	67	38	99	- 32
Pancreas Cancer	44	65	23	209	- 144
Bladder Cancer	45	62	31	136	- 73
Alcohol	46	60	50	22	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	47	60	42	75	- 15
Poisonings	48	58	45	56	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	49	54	35	124	- 70
Pertussis	50	49	55	17	+ 32
Meningitis	51	43	47	41	+ 2
Fires	52	41	36	115	- 74
Epilepsy	53	41	44	67	- 26
Skin Cancers	54	33	51	20	+ 12
Hepatitis B	55	26	48	34	- 8
Syphilis	56	23	61	6	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	57	23	58	10	+ 13
Tetanus	58	20	64	1	+ 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	16	62	4	+ 11
Appendicitis	60	14	56	15	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	61	9	52	20	- 10
Dengue	62	9	74	0	+ 9
Malnutrition	63	8	57	11	- 2
Hepatitis C	64	5	65	1	+ 5
War	65	2	5	1,055	- 1,052
Upper Respiratory	66	2	67	0	+ 2
Malaria	67	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	68	1	66	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	70	0	69	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	59	9	- 9
Leishmaniasis	78	0	63	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	78	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Viet Nam

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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.