LEBANON VS CUBA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CUBA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,801	1	13,328	- 2,527
Stroke	2	5,247	2	1,795	+ 3,452
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	4,189	10	931	+ 3,258
Lung Cancers	4	2,928	3	1,498	+ 1,429
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,858	6	1,213	+ 1,644
Lung Disease	6	2,687	11	889	+ 1,798
Hypertension	7	1,697	4	1,426	+ 271
Prostate Cancer	8	1,646	17	442	+ 1,204
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	1,447	12	841	+ 605
Falls	10	1,375	33	148	+ 1,227
Liver Disease	11	916	14	663	+ 254
Other Injuries	12	914	30	168	+ 747
Diabetes Mellitus	13	876	9	934	- 58
Kidney Disease	14	832	5	1,243	- 411
Breast Cancer	15	818	8	987	- 168
Suicide	16	801	29	190	+ 611
Inflammatory/Heart	17	566	32	153	+ 413
Lymphomas	18	533	15	646	- 113
Road Traffic Accidents	19	493	7	1,127	- 635
Stomach Cancer	20	485	16	479	+ 5
Pancreas Cancer	21	443	24	273	+ 170
Oesophagus Cancer	22	430	44	52	+ 378
Oral Cancer	23	429	31	162	+ 267
Liver Cancer	24	399	27	217	+ 181
Other Neoplasms	25	376	58	14	+ 362
Bladder Cancer	26	359	13	704	- 345
Parkinson's Disease	27	338	25	226	+ 112
Alcohol	28	330	54	18	+ 312
Cervical Cancer	29	326	35	135	+ 191
Leukemia	30	310	18	334	- 24
Uterin Cancer	31	295	38	99	+ 196
Violence	32	286	22	285	+ 1
Skin Cancers	33	251	21	296	- 45
HIV/AIDS	34	231	45	51	+ 180
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	205	37	114	+ 91
Endocrine Disorders	36	202	34	145	+ 57
Congenital Anomalies	37	180	20	298	- 118
Osteoarthritis	38	160	85	0	+ 160
Ovary Cancer	39	158	26	224	- 66
Asthma	40	147	19	298	- 150
Skin Disease	41	126	53	19	+ 107
Drownings	42	113	43	62	+ 51
Diarrhoeal diseases	43	101	40	81	+ 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	79	47	47	+ 32
Hepatitis C	45	55	64	4	+ 51
Epilepsy	46	53	46	49	+ 4
Appendicitis	47	51	61	11	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	48	48	28	190	- 142
Rheumatoid Arthritis	49	42	62	5	+ 37
Meningitis	50	40	49	35	+ 5
Drug Use	51	40	23	281	- 241
Anemia	52	38	81	0	+ 38
Prostatic Hypertrophy	53	37	84	0	+ 37
Schizophrenia	54	33	83	0	+ 33
Malnutrition	55	31	60	11	+ 20
Hepatitis B	56	29	36	123	- 94
Multiple Sclerosis	57	27	55	16	+ 11
Fires	58	27	39	99	- 72
Birth Trauma	59	24	42	67	- 43
Tuberculosis	60	22	41	70	- 49
Maternal Conditions	61	21	50	30	- 9
Poisonings	62	8	48	39	- 30
Otitis Media	63	5	72	0	+ 5
Oral conditions	64	3	86	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	65	3	67	0	+ 3
Encephalitis	66	3	56	16	- 13
Leprosy	67	1	73	0	+ 1
War	68	1	51	25	- 25
Syphilis	69	0	63	5	- 5
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	23	- 23
Iodine Deficiency	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	57	16	- 15
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	76	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	77	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	82	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	83	0	66	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

Cuba

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.