LIBYA VS GABON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GABON		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	5,454	7	812	+ 4,642
HIV/AIDS	2	3,382	21	224	+ 3,158
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,055	1	6,610	- 3,555
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,896	9	744	+ 2,152
Stroke	5	2,688	2	2,603	+ 85
Diabetes Mellitus	6	1,927	8	803	+ 1,124
Malaria	7	1,619	76	0	+ 1,619
Road Traffic Accidents	8	1,554	3	1,444	+ 111
Low Birth Weight	9	1,482	18	359	+ 1,124
Liver Disease	10	1,249	11	630	+ 619
Hypertension	11	1,236	6	915	+ 321
Kidney Disease	12	1,150	4	1,186	- 36
Birth Trauma	13	1,087	34	132	+ 954
Diarrhoeal diseases	14	954	40	92	+ 863
Congenital Anomalies	15	855	14	493	+ 363
Lung Disease	16	645	12	607	+ 38
Violence	17	551	30	145	+ 406
Suicide	18	548	19	304	+ 244
Alzheimers & Dementia	19	454	10	743	- 289
Measles	20	438	72	0	+ 438
Maternal Conditions	21	436	35	124	+ 312
Other Injuries	22	419	15	432	- 14
Meningitis	23	339	47	41	+ 297
Inflammatory/Heart	24	304	37	107	+ 196
Endocrine Disorders	25	294	29	153	+ 141
Cervical Cancer	26	288	32	135	+ 154
Breast Cancer	27	277	25	190	+ 87
Asthma	28	271	20	297	- 26
Lung Cancers	29	261	13	592	- 331
Falls	30	253	24	204	+ 50
Pertussis	31	243	55	17	+ 227
Prostate Cancer	32	239	39	96	+ 143
Malnutrition	33	233	57	11	+ 222
Oral Cancer	34	208	41	81	+ 127
Liver Cancer	35	158	28	153	+ 5
Parkinson's Disease	36	142	27	159	- 18
Colon-Rectum Cancers	37	129	16	427	- 297
Drownings	38	125	43	74	+ 51
Fires	39	116	36	115	+ 0
Epilepsy	40	111	44	67	+ 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	109	38	99	+ 10
Trypanosomiasis	42	106	78	0	+ 106
Bladder Cancer	43	104	31	136	- 31
Oesophagus Cancer	44	104	49	33	+ 71
Drug Use	45	101	17	371	- 269
Skin Cancers	46	101	51	20	+ 81
Syphilis	47	98	61	6	+ 93
Stomach Cancer	48	97	33	134	- 37
Lymphomas	49	95	26	189	- 94
Poisonings	50	84	45	56	+ 28
Ovary Cancer	51	80	42	75	+ 5
Skin Disease	52	65	54	17	+ 48
Pancreas Cancer	53	62	23	209	- 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	60	46	49	+ 10
Uterin Cancer	55	58	60	8	+ 50
Alcohol	56	58	50	22	+ 36
Leukemia	57	51	22	217	- 166
Schistosomiasis	58	42	59	9	+ 33
Tetanus	59	25	64	1	+ 24
Encephalitis	60	22	53	19	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	20	56	15	+ 5
Hepatitis B	62	20	48	34	- 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	19	62	4	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	64	16	58	10	+ 6
War	65	8	5	1,055	- 1,046
Upper Respiratory	66	8	67	0	+ 8
Multiple Sclerosis	67	5	52	20	- 15
Hepatitis C	68	3	65	1	+ 2
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	66	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	71	1	69	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	1	70	0	+ 1
Dengue	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	63	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Gabon

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.worldlifeexpectancy.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.