LIBYA VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	8,579	21	224	+ 8,355
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	4,627	9	744	+ 3,883
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,645	1	6,610	- 2,965
Road Traffic Accidents	4	2,591	3	1,444	+ 1,148
Stroke	5	2,200	2	2,603	- 403
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,972	40	92	+ 1,881
Low Birth Weight	7	1,733	18	359	+ 1,374
Birth Trauma	8	1,462	34	132	+ 1,329
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,435	8	803	+ 632
Malnutrition	10	1,028	57	11	+ 1,018
Congenital Anomalies	11	952	14	493	+ 459
Kidney Disease	12	950	4	1,186	- 236
Suicide	13	888	19	304	+ 584
Cervical Cancer	14	868	32	135	+ 734
Malaria	15	860	76	0	+ 860
Tuberculosis	16	858	7	812	+ 46
Liver Disease	17	833	11	630	+ 203
Violence	18	822	30	145	+ 677
Maternal Conditions	19	751	35	124	+ 627
Other Injuries	20	711	15	432	+ 278
Asthma	21	657	20	297	+ 360
Meningitis	22	569	47	41	+ 527
Lung Disease	23	499	12	607	- 108
Hypertension	24	492	6	915	- 423
Inflammatory/Heart	25	450	37	107	+ 342
Lymphomas	26	412	26	189	+ 223
Drownings	27	410	43	74	+ 336
Breast Cancer	28	360	25	190	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	29	344	49	33	+ 311
Fires	30	340	36	115	+ 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	329	10	743	- 413
Prostate Cancer	32	270	39	96	+ 174
Stomach Cancer	33	240	33	134	+ 106
Endocrine Disorders	34	238	29	153	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	235	38	99	+ 136
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	233	46	49	+ 183
Poisonings	37	221	45	56	+ 165
Liver Cancer	38	219	28	153	+ 66
Epilepsy	39	218	44	67	+ 151
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	217	16	427	- 210
Falls	41	200	24	204	- 4
Pertussis	42	180	55	17	+ 163
Lung Cancers	43	123	13	592	- 469
Skin Cancers	44	113	51	20	+ 93
Leukemia	45	105	22	217	- 112
Parkinson's Disease	46	97	27	159	- 62
Pancreas Cancer	47	93	23	209	- 116
Drug Use	48	91	17	371	- 280
Oral Cancer	49	89	41	81	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	50	78	60	8	+ 70
Ovary Cancer	51	74	42	75	- 1
Skin Disease	52	74	54	17	+ 57
Schistosomiasis	53	74	59	9	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	54	54	31	136	- 82
Syphilis	55	53	61	6	+ 48
Encephalitis	56	50	53	19	+ 31
Tetanus	57	44	64	1	+ 43
Appendicitis	58	28	56	15	+ 14
Upper Respiratory	59	28	67	0	+ 28
Hepatitis B	60	24	48	34	- 10
Alcohol	61	21	50	22	- 1
Other Neoplasms	62	16	58	10	+ 6
Measles	63	13	72	0	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	11	62	4	+ 7
War	65	11	5	1,055	- 1,043
Hepatitis C	66	6	65	1	+ 6
Multiple Sclerosis	67	6	52	20	- 14
Otitis Media	68	1	70	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	78	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	63	2	- 2
Leprosy	78	0	71	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

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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.