Libyan cause of death report: Analysis of cause of death data for two years, 2016-2017: A book review

Abstract :

This report on Mortality in Libya, with a particular emphasis on causes of death in the country for two years, 2016-2017, comes when there is a shortage of mortality studies in this country and in the developing world. The importance of death studies lies in the fact that they map out the hidden features of a community's health program. Unfortunately, there are no robust death studies in most developing countries, most of which are descriptive studies of statistical reports or public surveys. This study aims to read and review this report scientifically and impartially critically and to shed more light on this report. This report is the first of its kind in Libya. It discusses the causes of death in Libya for two years, 2016-2017. The report was issued in English and Arabic languages. The report relied basically on medically documented death certificates for the death cases in hospitals or homes in Libya. The report indicated that there were 25 478 deaths in Libya in 2016 and 27 167 deaths in 2017, with a crude death rate of 4.0/1000 of the population for 2016 and 4.1/1000 inhabitants for the year 2017. Furthermore, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death at all ages and sexes during the two years covered by the study. There is an urgent need for well-designed meta-analytical studies on mortality in Libya.

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References

1. HIC (2019) Libyan Cause of Death Report: Analysis of cause of death data for two years 2016-2017. Tripoli: Libya, Ministry of Health -Health Information Centre (HIC).
2. Gomes M, Begum R, Sati P, Dikshit R, Gupta PC, Kumar R, Sheth J, Habib A, Jha P (2017) Nationwide mortality studies to quantify causes of death: relevant lessons from India’s million death study. Health Affairs. 36 (11): 1887-1895. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0635
3. Pan CL (1949) The population of Libya. Population Studies. 3 (1): 100-125. doi: Nil.
4. Golino FR (1970) Area handbook for Libya prepared by Stanford Research Institute Washington, US Government Printing Office. 1969. 550 (85). ISSN 0892-8541.
5. Hunter J, Mitchell BR (2004) International Historical Statistics: Africa, Asia and Oceania, 1750-2000 (Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan). Business History. 46: 314-317.
6. Nelson HD (1979) Libya, a country study, Washington, D.C., USA, Library of Congress. Federal Research Division. Library of Congress Control Number: 88600480.
7. Nyrop RF (1973) Area handbook for Libya, US Government Printing Office.
8. United Nations (2020) 2019 Demographic Yearbook/Annuaire Demographique, New York, United Nations Publications.
9. CIA (2020) The CIA world factbook 2019-2020, Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
10. United Nations (2021) World Population Prospects, Libya Death Rate 1950-2021 [Online]. Savviest financial analysts. Available: https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/LBY/libya/death-rate [Accessed May 25 2021]
11. Daw MA, EL-bouzedi AH, Dau, AA (2019) Trends and patterns of deaths, injuries and intentional disabilities within the Libyan armed conflict: 2012-2017. Public library of Science one. 14 (5): e0216061. doi: 10.1371/ 10.137journal.pone.0216061

Citation :

Elkalmi RM (2022) Libyan cause of death report: Analysis of cause of death data for two years, 2016-2017: A book review. Mediterr J Pharm Pharm Sci. 2 (1): 4-6. [Article number: 46]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6397714