TANZANIA VS LIBYA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBYA		TANZANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	60,579	9	13,215	+ 47,365
Stroke	2	23,855	7	16,894	+ 6,961
Road Traffic Accidents	3	13,230	5	18,054	- 4,824
Kidney Disease	4	10,868	19	4,547	+ 6,321
War	5	9,665	67	30	+ 9,636
Hypertension	6	8,383	17	5,209	+ 3,174
Tuberculosis	7	7,444	4	20,269	- 12,826
Diabetes Mellitus	8	7,362	15	6,247	+ 1,115
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,814	2	26,028	- 19,214
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,809	27	2,048	+ 4,761
Liver Disease	11	5,776	13	6,586	- 810
Lung Disease	12	5,563	22	3,051	+ 2,512
Lung Cancers	13	5,427	61	159	+ 5,268
Congenital Anomalies	14	4,518	11	9,791	- 5,273
Other Injuries	15	3,963	20	4,270	- 307
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	3,909	33	1,567	+ 2,342
Drug Use	17	3,399	48	404	+ 2,995
Low Birth Weight	18	3,289	10	12,173	- 8,884
Suicide	19	2,782	24	2,474	+ 307
Asthma	20	2,721	30	1,700	+ 1,021
HIV/AIDS	21	2,053	1	27,402	- 25,349
Leukemia	22	1,985	47	416	+ 1,569
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,913	62	158	+ 1,756
Falls	24	1,865	34	1,533	+ 332
Breast Cancer	25	1,741	37	1,285	+ 456
Lymphomas	26	1,732	41	805	+ 926
Parkinson's Disease	27	1,460	45	513	+ 947
Liver Cancer	28	1,399	36	1,413	- 14
Endocrine Disorders	29	1,398	29	1,778	- 380
Violence	30	1,332	18	4,713	- 3,381
Bladder Cancer	31	1,244	44	667	+ 578
Cervical Cancer	32	1,234	14	6,424	- 5,189
Stomach Cancer	33	1,227	39	1,190	+ 37
Birth Trauma	34	1,213	8	15,086	- 13,873
Maternal Conditions	35	1,134	12	6,835	- 5,701
Fires	36	1,057	35	1,424	- 367
Inflammatory/Heart	37	984	38	1,227	- 243
Peptic Ulcer Disease	38	906	46	462	+ 444
Prostate Cancer	39	875	28	1,819	- 944
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	839	6	17,587	- 16,748
Oral Cancer	41	740	31	1,646	- 906
Ovary Cancer	42	688	53	337	+ 351
Drownings	43	678	32	1,642	- 964
Epilepsy	44	610	43	707	- 97
Poisonings	45	511	40	1,170	- 658
Rheumatic Heart Disease	46	453	50	401	+ 52
Meningitis	47	380	21	3,188	- 2,808
Hepatitis B	48	313	60	168	+ 145
Oesophagus Cancer	49	302	25	2,247	- 1,945
Alcohol	50	197	56	270	- 73
Skin Cancers	51	184	42	744	- 560
Multiple Sclerosis	52	182	68	27	+ 155
Encephalitis	53	178	59	199	- 21
Skin Disease	54	157	52	359	- 203
Pertussis	55	154	23	2,774	- 2,619
Appendicitis	56	135	58	218	- 83
Malnutrition	57	97	16	5,574	- 5,478
Other Neoplasms	58	91	64	58	+ 34
Schistosomiasis	59	80	51	371	- 291
Uterin Cancer	60	76	57	218	- 142
Syphilis	61	52	26	2,115	- 2,063
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	39	63	81	- 42
Leishmaniasis	63	17	77	0	+ 17
Tetanus	64	10	49	402	- 392
Hepatitis C	65	6	66	40	- 34
Ascariasis	66	2	65	56	- 54
Upper Respiratory	67	2	54	299	- 297
Diphtheria	68	1	70	11	- 9
Chlamydia	69	1	71	9	- 8
Otitis Media	70	0	69	17	- 17
Leprosy	71	0	76	0	- 0
Measles	72	0	55	295	- 295
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	3	21,758	- 21,758
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	72	3	- 3
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TANZANIA

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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.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.