LIBYA VS YEMEN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	YEMEN		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,907	1	6,610	+ 297
Stroke	2	3,108	2	2,603	+ 505
War	3	2,958	5	1,055	+ 1,903
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,743	9	744	+ 2,000
Low Birth Weight	5	2,018	18	359	+ 1,659
Road Traffic Accidents	6	1,961	3	1,444	+ 517
Birth Trauma	7	1,360	34	132	+ 1,228
Hypertension	8	1,212	6	915	+ 298
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	1,001	40	92	+ 910
Congenital Anomalies	10	983	14	493	+ 490
Lung Disease	11	732	12	607	+ 125
Measles	12	692	72	0	+ 692
Liver Disease	13	662	11	630	+ 32
Violence	14	650	30	145	+ 505
Kidney Disease	15	613	4	1,186	- 572
Other Injuries	16	510	15	432	+ 77
Asthma	17	482	20	297	+ 185
Tuberculosis	18	435	7	812	- 377
Diabetes Mellitus	19	411	8	803	- 392
Malaria	20	394	76	0	+ 394
Suicide	21	389	19	304	+ 85
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	322	10	743	- 421
Pertussis	23	284	55	17	+ 267
Falls	24	268	24	204	+ 64
Drownings	25	262	43	74	+ 188
Breast Cancer	26	260	25	190	+ 70
Malnutrition	27	242	57	11	+ 232
Meningitis	28	233	47	41	+ 192
Fires	29	227	36	115	+ 112
Colon-Rectum Cancers	30	209	16	427	- 217
Stomach Cancer	31	207	33	134	+ 73
Maternal Conditions	32	204	35	124	+ 80
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	191	38	99	+ 92
Leukemia	34	178	22	217	- 39
Oesophagus Cancer	35	175	49	33	+ 142
Endocrine Disorders	36	169	29	153	+ 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	162	46	49	+ 112
Drug Use	38	140	17	371	- 231
Liver Cancer	39	139	28	153	- 13
Inflammatory/Heart	40	134	37	107	+ 27
Lung Cancers	41	130	13	592	- 462
Oral Cancer	42	125	41	81	+ 45
Epilepsy	43	123	44	67	+ 57
Poisonings	44	122	45	56	+ 66
Lymphomas	45	99	26	189	- 90
HIV/AIDS	46	91	21	224	- 133
Tetanus	47	90	64	1	+ 89
Encephalitis	48	84	53	19	+ 65
Parkinson's Disease	49	83	27	159	- 77
Hepatitis B	50	69	48	34	+ 34
Pancreas Cancer	51	65	23	209	- 144
Ovary Cancer	52	43	42	75	- 32
Syphilis	53	40	61	6	+ 34
Appendicitis	54	37	56	15	+ 22
Bladder Cancer	55	37	31	136	- 99
Schistosomiasis	56	28	59	9	+ 20
Cervical Cancer	57	27	32	135	- 107
Skin Cancers	58	23	51	20	+ 3
Alcohol	59	18	50	22	- 4
Dengue	60	16	74	0	+ 16
Skin Disease	61	10	54	17	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	52	20	- 10
Prostate Cancer	63	9	39	96	- 86
Other Neoplasms	64	5	58	10	- 5
Ascariasis	65	4	66	0	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	3	62	4	- 1
Diphtheria	67	3	68	0	+ 3
Hepatitis C	68	2	65	1	+ 1
Uterin Cancer	69	1	60	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	70	1	67	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	71	1	63	2	- 1
Chlamydia	72	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	73	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	71	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Yemen

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.