LEBANON VS JAMAICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JAMAICA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	4,587	2	1,795	+ 2,793
Diabetes Mellitus	2	3,946	9	934	+ 3,012
Coronary Heart Disease	3	3,279	1	13,328	- 10,049
Violence	4	2,820	22	285	+ 2,535
Prostate Cancer	5	1,678	17	442	+ 1,236
Kidney Disease	6	1,507	5	1,243	+ 264
HIV/AIDS	7	1,439	45	51	+ 1,388
Hypertension	8	1,236	4	1,426	- 190
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	1,116	6	1,213	- 98
Lung Cancers	10	898	3	1,498	- 601
Lung Disease	11	859	11	889	- 31
Road Traffic Accidents	12	844	7	1,127	- 284
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	829	12	841	- 12
Breast Cancer	14	785	8	987	- 201
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	746	10	931	- 185
Cervical Cancer	16	680	35	135	+ 545
Lymphomas	17	477	15	646	- 169
Low Birth Weight	18	457	28	190	+ 267
Stomach Cancer	19	438	16	479	- 41
Endocrine Disorders	20	335	34	145	+ 190
Liver Disease	21	294	14	663	- 369
Skin Disease	22	276	53	19	+ 257
Congenital Anomalies	23	264	20	298	- 34
Inflammatory/Heart	24	253	32	153	+ 100
Parkinson's Disease	25	252	25	226	+ 26
Leukemia	26	245	18	334	- 89
Pancreas Cancer	27	225	24	273	- 47
Uterin Cancer	28	202	38	99	+ 103
Liver Cancer	29	192	27	217	- 25
Ovary Cancer	30	184	26	224	- 40
Other Injuries	31	173	30	168	+ 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	157	37	114	+ 42
Falls	33	156	33	148	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	34	140	44	52	+ 88
Suicide	35	133	29	190	- 57
Asthma	36	124	19	298	- 174
Birth Trauma	37	124	42	67	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	38	113	13	704	- 591
Oral Cancer	39	112	31	162	- 50
Malnutrition	40	91	60	11	+ 80
Epilepsy	41	87	46	49	+ 38
Diarrhoeal diseases	42	66	40	81	- 15
Maternal Conditions	43	66	50	30	+ 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	51	47	47	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	45	35	58	14	+ 21
Fires	46	30	39	99	- 69
Meningitis	47	30	49	35	- 6
Drug Use	48	25	23	281	- 256
Encephalitis	49	25	56	16	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	21	62	5	+ 16
Drownings	51	19	43	62	- 42
Skin Cancers	52	19	21	296	- 277
Appendicitis	53	17	61	11	+ 6
Tuberculosis	54	15	41	70	- 56
Alcohol	55	14	54	18	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	56	6	55	16	- 10
Poisonings	57	4	48	39	- 34
Dengue	58	2	71	0	+ 2
Hepatitis B	59	2	36	123	- 121
Syphilis	60	1	63	5	- 4
War	61	1	51	25	- 24
Chlamydia	62	1	69	0	+ 1
Tetanus	63	0	52	23	- 23
Hepatitis C	64	0	64	4	- 4
Upper Respiratory	65	0	67	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	66	0	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	67	0	57	16	- 15
Diphtheria	68	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	69	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	71	0	66	0	- 0
Malaria	72	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	65	2	- 2
Trypanosomiasis	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	59	12	- 12
Trichuriasis	78	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Jamaica

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.