LEBANON VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,546	1	13,328	- 4,782
Stroke	2	5,511	2	1,795	+ 3,716
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,647	6	1,213	+ 2,433
Lung Cancers	4	3,005	3	1,498	+ 1,507
Lung Disease	5	2,849	11	889	+ 1,960
Hypertension	6	2,634	4	1,426	+ 1,208
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	1,870	12	841	+ 1,029
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,745	9	934	+ 811
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	1,438	10	931	+ 506
Breast Cancer	10	1,220	8	987	+ 234
Kidney Disease	11	1,120	5	1,243	- 123
Other Injuries	12	1,066	30	168	+ 898
Pancreas Cancer	13	1,064	24	273	+ 792
Stomach Cancer	14	902	16	479	+ 423
Other Neoplasms	15	879	58	14	+ 864
Lymphomas	16	851	15	646	+ 205
Liver Cancer	17	847	27	217	+ 629
Endocrine Disorders	18	742	34	145	+ 597
Parkinson's Disease	19	742	25	226	+ 516
Prostate Cancer	20	740	17	442	+ 298
Leukemia	21	592	18	334	+ 258
Bladder Cancer	22	590	13	704	- 113
Liver Disease	23	489	14	663	- 174
Inflammatory/Heart	24	487	32	153	+ 334
Falls	25	372	33	148	+ 224
Suicide	26	356	29	190	+ 166
Oral Cancer	27	294	31	162	+ 132
Ovary Cancer	28	289	26	224	+ 65
Skin Cancers	29	285	21	296	- 11
Road Traffic Accidents	30	283	7	1,127	- 844
Hepatitis C	31	216	64	4	+ 212
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	195	47	47	+ 148
Uterin Cancer	33	193	38	99	+ 94
Oesophagus Cancer	34	180	44	52	+ 128
Anemia	35	147	81	0	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	143	40	81	+ 62
Congenital Anomalies	37	127	20	298	- 171
Skin Disease	38	127	53	19	+ 108
Epilepsy	39	118	46	49	+ 69
Cervical Cancer	40	102	35	135	- 33
Malnutrition	41	68	60	11	+ 57
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	62	62	5	+ 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	61	37	114	- 53
Multiple Sclerosis	44	60	55	16	+ 43
Drug Use	45	58	23	281	- 223
HIV/AIDS	46	46	45	51	- 5
Asthma	47	43	19	298	- 254
Osteoarthritis	48	42	85	0	+ 42
Schizophrenia	49	37	83	0	+ 37
Violence	50	36	22	285	- 249
Low Birth Weight	51	31	28	190	- 159
Drownings	52	30	43	62	- 31
Tuberculosis	53	30	41	70	- 41
Hepatitis B	54	29	36	123	- 93
Alcohol	55	24	54	18	+ 6
Fires	56	24	39	99	- 75
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	21	84	0	+ 21
Poisonings	58	14	48	39	- 25
Birth Trauma	59	12	42	67	- 55
Meningitis	60	11	49	35	- 24
Appendicitis	61	4	61	11	- 7
Oral conditions	62	4	86	0	+ 4
Tetanus	63	2	52	23	- 21
Upper Respiratory	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	65	1	72	0	+ 1
War	66	1	51	25	- 25
Maternal Conditions	67	1	50	30	- 30
Encephalitis	68	0	56	16	- 15
Syphilis	69	0	63	5	- 5
Leishmaniasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	71	0	59	12	- 12
Chagas disease	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	57	16	- 15
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	68	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	81	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	75	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Italy

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.