LEBANON VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,659	1	13,328	- 8,669
Violence	2	2,084	22	285	+ 1,800
Stroke	3	1,793	2	1,795	- 2
Lung Disease	4	1,723	11	889	+ 834
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	1,165	10	931	+ 234
Road Traffic Accidents	6	840	7	1,127	- 287
Kidney Disease	7	739	5	1,243	- 504
Hypertension	8	692	4	1,426	- 734
Stomach Cancer	9	661	16	479	+ 182
Lung Cancers	10	568	3	1,498	- 931
Diabetes Mellitus	11	544	9	934	- 390
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	473	12	841	- 369
Breast Cancer	13	397	8	987	- 590
Prostate Cancer	14	388	17	442	- 54
Other Neoplasms	15	347	58	14	+ 332
Congenital Anomalies	16	320	20	298	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	17	290	45	51	+ 239
Lymphomas	18	282	15	646	- 364
Liver Disease	19	262	14	663	- 400
Cervical Cancer	20	245	35	135	+ 111
Leukemia	21	239	18	334	- 95
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	233	6	1,213	- 980
Low Birth Weight	23	227	28	190	+ 36
Liver Cancer	24	223	27	217	+ 6
Pancreas Cancer	25	219	24	273	- 54
Suicide	26	213	29	190	+ 22
Malnutrition	27	203	60	11	+ 192
Other Injuries	28	172	30	168	+ 4
Falls	29	164	33	148	+ 16
Endocrine Disorders	30	148	34	145	+ 3
Inflammatory/Heart	31	144	32	153	- 9
Tuberculosis	32	138	41	70	+ 67
Ovary Cancer	33	121	26	224	- 103
Skin Disease	34	119	53	19	+ 100
Skin Cancers	35	111	21	296	- 185
Oesophagus Cancer	36	90	44	52	+ 38
Oral Cancer	37	87	31	162	- 75
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	81	40	81	- 0
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	76	37	114	- 39
Drownings	40	75	43	62	+ 13
Birth Trauma	41	70	42	67	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	42	66	13	704	- 638
Epilepsy	43	65	46	49	+ 16
Drug Use	44	53	23	281	- 227
Uterin Cancer	45	46	38	99	- 53
Maternal Conditions	46	43	50	30	+ 12
Parkinson's Disease	47	41	25	226	- 185
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	36	84	0	+ 36
War	49	28	51	25	+ 3
Meningitis	50	26	49	35	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	26	62	5	+ 21
Appendicitis	52	23	61	11	+ 12
Chagas disease	53	22	79	0	+ 22
Asthma	54	21	19	298	- 277
Dengue	55	14	71	0	+ 14
Fires	56	14	39	99	- 85
Anemia	57	11	81	0	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	58	7	85	0	+ 7
Hepatitis C	59	7	64	4	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	60	7	55	16	- 10
Poisonings	61	7	48	39	- 32
Hepatitis B	62	5	36	123	- 117
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	4	47	47	- 43
Encephalitis	64	4	56	16	- 12
Syphilis	65	3	63	5	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	3	67	0	+ 3
Malaria	67	3	78	0	+ 3
Alcohol	68	2	54	18	- 16
Pertussis	69	2	57	16	- 14
Schizophrenia	70	2	83	0	+ 2
Tetanus	71	2	52	23	- 22
Leprosy	72	1	73	0	+ 1
Otitis Media	73	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	74	1	66	0	+ 0
Oral conditions	75	1	86	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	76	1	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	65	2	- 2
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	68	0	- 0
Chlamydia	81	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Colombia

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.