LEBANON VS COSTA RICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COSTA RICA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,689	1	13,328	- 10,639
Stroke	2	1,655	2	1,795	- 140
Kidney Disease	3	1,510	5	1,243	+ 267
Lung Disease	4	1,066	11	889	+ 177
Diabetes Mellitus	5	971	9	934	+ 37
Hypertension	6	879	4	1,426	- 547
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	851	10	931	- 80
Alzheimers & Dementia	8	834	6	1,213	- 380
Road Traffic Accidents	9	760	7	1,127	- 367
Stomach Cancer	10	673	16	479	+ 194
Violence	11	647	22	285	+ 363
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	632	12	841	- 209
Other Injuries	13	581	30	168	+ 414
Prostate Cancer	14	457	17	442	+ 14
Suicide	15	414	29	190	+ 224
Breast Cancer	16	391	8	987	- 595
Liver Cancer	17	389	27	217	+ 172
Liver Disease	18	377	14	663	- 286
Lymphomas	19	362	15	646	- 283
Lung Cancers	20	350	3	1,498	- 1,149
Congenital Anomalies	21	321	20	298	+ 24
Pancreas Cancer	22	299	24	273	+ 27
Other Neoplasms	23	271	58	14	+ 256
Leukemia	24	266	18	334	- 67
HIV/AIDS	25	196	45	51	+ 145
Inflammatory/Heart	26	195	32	153	+ 42
Endocrine Disorders	27	187	34	145	+ 42
Low Birth Weight	28	181	28	190	- 9
Cervical Cancer	29	162	35	135	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	30	141	25	226	- 85
Skin Cancers	31	139	21	296	- 157
Skin Disease	32	129	53	19	+ 110
Alcohol	33	129	54	18	+ 111
Epilepsy	34	118	46	49	+ 69
Falls	35	118	33	148	- 29
Bladder Cancer	36	102	13	704	- 602
Drownings	37	99	43	62	+ 37
Oral Cancer	38	98	31	162	- 64
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	89	40	81	+ 8
Ovary Cancer	40	82	26	224	- 142
Uterin Cancer	41	82	38	99	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	75	37	114	- 39
Drug Use	43	64	23	281	- 216
Oesophagus Cancer	44	62	44	52	+ 10
Asthma	45	62	19	298	- 236
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	56	62	5	+ 51
Birth Trauma	47	49	42	67	- 18
Malnutrition	48	37	60	11	+ 26
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	33	47	47	- 14
Tuberculosis	50	32	41	70	- 38
Anemia	51	25	81	0	+ 25
Appendicitis	52	22	61	11	+ 11
Schizophrenia	53	21	83	0	+ 21
Meningitis	54	18	49	35	- 17
Maternal Conditions	55	17	50	30	- 13
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	13	84	0	+ 13
Multiple Sclerosis	57	11	55	16	- 5
Fires	58	10	39	99	- 88
Hepatitis B	59	7	36	123	- 116
Poisonings	60	5	48	39	- 33
Osteoarthritis	61	5	85	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	62	3	67	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	63	3	56	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	64	1	64	4	- 3
Syphilis	65	1	63	5	- 4
Oral conditions	66	1	86	0	+ 1
Leprosy	67	1	73	0	+ 1
War	68	1	51	25	- 25
Pertussis	69	0	57	16	- 15
Dengue	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	72	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	73	0	68	0	- 0
Tetanus	74	0	52	23	- 23
Measles	75	0	59	12	- 12
Schistosomiasis	76	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Otitis Media	82	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	83	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Costa Rica

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.