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Libya
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Libya and United States health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

United States
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Libya Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    45.7
    48.2
    46.9
    107
    112
    108
     
    66.6
    73.1
    69.8
    23
    15
    16
    1970
    50.4
    53.4
    51.9
    115
    116
    115
     
    67.1
    74.7
    70.8
    24
    12
    21
    1980
    58.8
    62.2
    60.5
    100
    104
    102
     
    70.0
    77.5
    73.7
    22
    11
    18
    1990
    65.9
    70.6
    68.2
    77
    87
    88
     
    71.8
    78.8
    75.2
    29
    17
    21
    2000
    69.3
    72.7
    70.9
    68
    96
    84
     
    74.0
    79.5
    76.8
    28
    29
    28
    2010
    70.6
    75.3
    72.8
    79
    90
    87
     
    76.2
    81.1
    78.7
    30
    30
    30
    2019
    74.2
    77.3
    75.8
    59
    85
    72
     
    76.3
    80.7
    78.5
    41
    42
    40
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    74.2
    77.3
    59
    85
    76.3
    80.7
    41
    42
    Age 5
    75.2
    78.2
    56
    88
    76.8
    81.2
    42
    45
    Age 10
    75.3
    78.3
    56
    87
    76.9
    81.2
    43
    45
    Age 15
    75.5
    78.4
    54
    87
    76.9
    81.3
    43
    45
    Age 20
    75.8
    78.6
    52
    87
    77.1
    81.4
    43
    45
    Age 25
    76.3
    78.8
    52
    83
    77.5
    81.5
    43
    45
    Age 30
    76.7
    79.0
    47
    82
    77.9
    81.7
    41
    45
    Age 35
    77.1
    79.2
    47
    83
    78.3
    81.9
    41
    43
    Age 40
    77.6
    79.5
    46
    82
    78.8
    82.2
    40
    43
    Age 45
    78.1
    79.9
    46
    83
    79.3
    82.5
    40
    42
    Age 50
    78.8
    80.4
    45
    82
    79.9
    83.0
    41
    41
    Age 55
    79.5
    81.1
    44
    79
    80.7
    83.6
    40
    40
    Age 60
    80.6
    81.9
    44
    77
    81.8
    84.4
    37
    38
    Age 65
    81.9
    83.1
    44
    71
    83.1
    85.3
    34
    38
    Age 70
    83.6
    84.8
    44
    61
    84.6
    86.4
    32
    38
    Age 75
    85.7
    86.6
    41
    57
    86.5
    87.7
    23
    35
    Age 80
    88.3
    89.0
    29
    50
    88.6
    89.4
    18
    27
    Age 85
    90.9
    91.2
    29
    47
    91.1
    91.5
    22
    30
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    158.90
    40
    73.49
    142
    2. Stroke
    64.09
    114
    22.27
    164
    3. Kidney Disease
    28.70
    66
    13.08
    127
    4. Hypertension
    23.41
    66
    10.26
    133
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    22.90
    59
    11.10
    120
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    22.36
    25
    33.26
    8
    7. Diabetes Mellitus
    19.17
    111
    10.58
    144
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.90
    127
    8.86
    163
    9. Lung Disease
    15.44
    138
    28.49
    60
    10. War
    15.38
    4
    0.38
    31
    11. Liver Disease
    13.95
    112
    8.98
    134
    12. Lung Cancers
    13.37
    86
    25.54
    24
    13. Tuberculosis
    13.26
    59
    0.09
    178
    14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.87
    90
    10.28
    71
    15. Asthma
    7.09
    75
    0.84
    141
    16. Other Injuries
    6.89
    100
    5.11
    130
    17. Breast Cancer
    6.73
    179
    15.93
    105
    18. Prostate Cancer
    6.62
    148
    11.64
    126
    19. Congenital Anomalies
    6.46
    69
    3.78
    140
    20. Drug Use
    6.17
    4
    21.28
    1
    21. Cervical Cancer
    5.45
    120
    2.77
    151
    22. Pancreas Cancer
    4.87
    67
    7.26
    36
    23. Suicide
    4.50
    148
    14.51
    31
    24. Leukemia
    4.41
    51
    4.43
    49
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    4.34
    79
    4.55
    68
    26. Lymphomas
    4.24
    109
    6.36
    31
    27. Low Birth Weight
    4.09
    102
    2.37
    138
    28. Falls
    4.06
    124
    5.68
    90
    29. Liver Cancer
    3.69
    145
    4.69
    110
    30. Bladder Cancer
    3.67
    36
    2.84
    61
    31. Ovary Cancer
    3.10
    142
    4.70
    79
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    3.04
    109
    8.22
    28
    33. HIV/AIDS
    3.03
    92
    1.37
    113
    34. Stomach Cancer
    2.96
    158
    2.24
    173
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.45
    95
    0.55
    170
    36. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.16
    161
    5.64
    73
    37. Violence
    2.11
    132
    6.00
    81
    38. Fires
    1.98
    75
    0.73
    124
    39. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.78
    108
    1.55
    114
    40. Oral Cancer
    1.71
    148
    2.01
    132
    41. Maternal Conditions
    1.57
    76
    0.26
    129
    42. Birth Trauma
    1.48
    106
    0.42
    157
    43. Drownings
    1.11
    144
    1.19
    140
    44. Epilepsy
    1.06
    132
    0.78
    159
    45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.99
    120
    0.55
    152
    46. Poisonings
    0.86
    73
    0.46
    102
    47. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.80
    170
    3.04
    71
    48. Meningitis
    0.76
    93
    0.15
    166
    49. Hepatitis B
    0.68
    53
    0.12
    121
    50. Skin Cancers
    0.50
    162
    2.36
    57
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    6,610
    26.30
    504,904
    20.15
    2. Stroke
    2,603
    10.36
    158,520
    6.33
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,444
    5.75
    41,694
    1.66
    4. Kidney Disease
    1,186
    4.72
    85,861
    3.43
    5. War
    1,055
    4.20
    1,198
    0.05
    6. Hypertension
    915
    3.64
    65,960
    2.63
    7. Tuberculosis
    812
    3.23
    546
    0.02
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    803
    3.20
    61,418
    2.45
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    744
    2.96
    60,317
    2.41
    10. Alzheimers & Dementia
    743
    2.96
    287,198
    11.46
    11. Liver Disease
    630
    2.51
    43,402
    1.73
    12. Lung Disease
    607
    2.42
    195,387
    7.80
    13. Lung Cancers
    592
    2.36
    155,533
    6.21
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    493
    1.96
    11,762
    0.47
    15. Other Injuries
    432
    1.72
    25,997
    1.04
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    427
    1.70
    61,827
    2.47
    17. Drug Use
    371
    1.48
    74,435
    2.97
    18. Low Birth Weight
    359
    1.43
    6,924
    0.28
    19. Suicide
    304
    1.21
    53,099
    2.12
    20. Asthma
    297
    1.18
    3,818
    0.15
    21. HIV/AIDS
    224
    0.89
    5,660
    0.23
    22. Leukemia
    217
    0.86
    26,966
    1.08
    23. Pancreas Cancer
    209
    0.83
    44,293
    1.77
    24. Falls
    204
    0.81
    40,418
    1.61
    25. Breast Cancer
    190
    0.76
    48,671
    1.94
    26. Lymphomas
    189
    0.75
    40,281
    1.61
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    159
    0.63
    34,491
    1.38
    28. Liver Cancer
    153
    0.61
    27,064
    1.08
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    153
    0.61
    46,985
    1.87
    30. Violence
    145
    0.58
    18,976
    0.76
    31. Bladder Cancer
    136
    0.54
    19,622
    0.78
    32. Cervical Cancer
    135
    0.54
    6,984
    0.28
    33. Stomach Cancer
    134
    0.53
    13,077
    0.52
    34. Birth Trauma
    132
    0.53
    1,233
    0.05
    35. Maternal Conditions
    124
    0.49
    779
    0.03
    36. Fires
    115
    0.46
    3,183
    0.13
    37. Inflammatory/Heart
    107
    0.43
    32,529
    1.30
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    99
    0.39
    3,461
    0.14
    39. Prostate Cancer
    96
    0.38
    35,612
    1.42
    40. Diarrhoeal diseases
    92
    0.37
    9,955
    0.40
    41. Oral Cancer
    81
    0.32
    11,555
    0.46
    42. Ovary Cancer
    75
    0.30
    14,591
    0.58
    43. Drownings
    74
    0.29
    4,070
    0.16
    44. Epilepsy
    67
    0.27
    3,162
    0.13
    45. Poisonings
    56
    0.22
    1,674
    0.07
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    49
    0.19
    3,646
    0.15
    47. Meningitis
    41
    0.16
    606
    0.02
    48. Hepatitis B
    34
    0.14
    608
    0.02
    49. Oesophagus Cancer
    33
    0.13
    17,829
    0.71
    50. Alcohol
    22
    0.09
    14,659
    0.58
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Libya LIBYA   United States UNITED STATES
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    13.37
    86
    25.54
    24
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.87
    90
    10.28
    71
    3. Breast Cancer
    6.73
    179
    15.93
    105
    4. Prostate Cancer
    6.62
    148
    11.64
    126
    5. Cervical Cancer
    5.45
    120
    2.77
    151
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    4.87
    67
    7.26
    36
    7. Leukemia
    4.41
    51
    4.43
    49
    8. Lymphomas
    4.24
    109
    6.36
    31
    9. Liver Cancer
    3.69
    145
    4.69
    110
    10. Bladder Cancer
    3.67
    36
    2.84
    61
    11. Ovary Cancer
    3.10
    142
    4.70
    79
    12. Stomach Cancer
    2.96
    158
    2.24
    173
    13. Oral Cancer
    1.71
    148
    2.01
    132
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.80
    170
    3.04
    71
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.50
    162
    2.36
    57
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.42
    179
    3.11
    50
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.