LEBANON VS BELGIUM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	BELGIUM		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,844	1	13,328	- 6,484
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,217	6	1,213	+ 3,004
Stroke	3	3,318	2	1,795	+ 1,523
Lung Cancers	4	3,035	3	1,498	+ 1,537
Lung Disease	5	2,883	11	889	+ 1,994
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	2,543	10	931	+ 1,611
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,491	12	841	+ 649
Kidney Disease	8	1,322	5	1,243	+ 79
Breast Cancer	9	1,159	8	987	+ 172
Suicide	10	945	29	190	+ 755
Other Injuries	11	899	30	168	+ 731
Other Neoplasms	12	819	58	14	+ 804
Prostate Cancer	13	817	17	442	+ 375
Pancreas Cancer	14	810	24	273	+ 538
Falls	15	786	33	148	+ 639
Lymphomas	16	695	15	646	+ 50
Liver Disease	17	642	14	663	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	18	641	34	145	+ 496
Parkinson's Disease	19	617	25	226	+ 391
Diabetes Mellitus	20	569	9	934	- 365
Leukemia	21	537	18	334	+ 203
Bladder Cancer	22	483	13	704	- 221
Inflammatory/Heart	23	475	32	153	+ 322
Liver Cancer	24	437	27	217	+ 219
Oesophagus Cancer	25	402	44	52	+ 350
Stomach Cancer	26	387	16	479	- 93
Hypertension	27	331	4	1,426	- 1,095
Oral Cancer	28	302	31	162	+ 140
Road Traffic Accidents	29	298	7	1,127	- 829
Ovary Cancer	30	292	26	224	+ 68
Skin Cancers	31	234	21	296	- 63
Alcohol	32	224	54	18	+ 206
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	187	40	81	+ 106
Uterin Cancer	34	172	38	99	+ 73
Skin Disease	35	170	53	19	+ 151
Epilepsy	36	156	46	49	+ 107
Rheumatic Heart Disease	37	131	47	47	+ 84
Malnutrition	38	130	60	11	+ 119
Drug Use	39	129	23	281	- 152
Congenital Anomalies	40	126	20	298	- 171
Cervical Cancer	41	109	35	135	- 26
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	95	37	114	- 19
Anemia	43	89	81	0	+ 89
Violence	44	67	22	285	- 218
Multiple Sclerosis	45	66	55	16	+ 50
Asthma	46	57	19	298	- 241
Drownings	47	35	43	62	- 26
Fires	48	34	39	99	- 65
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	32	62	5	+ 27
Low Birth Weight	50	31	28	190	- 159
Osteoarthritis	51	26	85	0	+ 26
Hepatitis C	52	24	64	4	+ 20
Birth Trauma	53	21	42	67	- 46
Tuberculosis	54	20	41	70	- 50
Poisonings	55	18	48	39	- 20
Schizophrenia	56	18	83	0	+ 18
HIV/AIDS	57	16	45	51	- 35
Meningitis	58	13	49	35	- 22
Upper Respiratory	59	10	67	0	+ 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	60	9	84	0	+ 9
Oral conditions	61	8	86	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	62	7	61	11	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	7	36	123	- 115
Maternal Conditions	64	3	50	30	- 28
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	66	1	56	16	- 15
War	67	1	51	25	- 25
Pertussis	68	0	57	16	- 15
Diphtheria	69	0	68	0	- 0
Syphilis	70	0	63	5	- 5
Chlamydia	71	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	73	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	76	0	65	2	- 2
Chagas disease	77	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	78	0	52	23	- 23
Measles	79	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	83	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	84	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Belgium

Lebanon

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.