LEBANON VS IRAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	IRAN		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,663	1	13,328	- 7,665
Stroke	2	2,229	2	1,795	+ 434
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,081	7	1,127	- 47
Hypertension	4	996	4	1,426	- 430
Diabetes Mellitus	5	844	9	934	- 90
Kidney Disease	6	717	5	1,243	- 526
Lung Disease	7	692	11	889	- 197
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	682	10	931	- 249
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	670	6	1,213	- 543
Stomach Cancer	10	596	16	479	+ 117
Lung Cancers	11	412	3	1,498	- 1,087
Liver Disease	12	403	14	663	- 260
Low Birth Weight	13	295	28	190	+ 105
Congenital Anomalies	14	294	20	298	- 4
Colon-Rectum Cancers	15	278	12	841	- 564
Suicide	16	263	29	190	+ 73
Other Injuries	17	246	30	168	+ 78
Leukemia	18	241	18	334	- 93
Breast Cancer	19	227	8	987	- 760
Liver Cancer	20	225	27	217	+ 8
Prostate Cancer	21	217	17	442	- 225
Asthma	22	204	19	298	- 94
Lymphomas	23	175	15	646	- 471
Falls	24	171	33	148	+ 24
Birth Trauma	25	166	42	67	+ 99
Parkinson's Disease	26	154	25	226	- 72
Violence	27	154	22	285	- 131
HIV/AIDS	28	153	45	51	+ 102
Pancreas Cancer	29	147	24	273	- 126
Oesophagus Cancer	30	144	44	52	+ 92
Drug Use	31	136	23	281	- 144
Endocrine Disorders	32	127	34	145	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	33	111	40	81	+ 31
Fires	34	111	39	99	+ 12
Inflammatory/Heart	35	98	32	153	- 55
Bladder Cancer	36	86	13	704	- 618
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	76	37	114	- 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	60	47	47	+ 13
Ovary Cancer	39	57	26	224	- 167
Drownings	40	56	43	62	- 5
Tuberculosis	41	54	41	70	- 17
War	42	51	51	25	+ 26
Poisonings	43	50	48	39	+ 11
Epilepsy	44	44	46	49	- 5
Oral Cancer	45	40	31	162	- 122
Meningitis	46	39	49	35	+ 4
Skin Cancers	47	31	21	296	- 265
Cervical Cancer	48	30	35	135	- 104
Hepatitis B	49	26	36	123	- 97
Multiple Sclerosis	50	25	55	16	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	51	22	38	99	- 77
Maternal Conditions	52	17	50	30	- 13
Alcohol	53	15	54	18	- 3
Encephalitis	54	15	56	16	- 1
Skin Disease	55	14	53	19	- 5
Malnutrition	56	9	60	11	- 2
Appendicitis	57	9	61	11	- 2
Other Neoplasms	58	7	58	14	- 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	5	62	5	- 0
Pertussis	60	5	57	16	- 11
Syphilis	61	3	63	5	- 2
Tetanus	62	2	52	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	63	1	67	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	66	0	65	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	68	0	59	12	- 12
Hepatitis C	69	0	64	4	- 4
Diphtheria	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

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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.