AFGHANISTAN VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	99,682	1	40,195	+ 59,487
Stroke	2	13,424	3	19,060	- 5,636
Lung Cancers	3	11,207	32	1,076	+ 10,131
Hypertension	4	10,665	8	7,995	+ 2,670
Kidney Disease	5	9,296	10	6,590	+ 2,706
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	9,075	23	1,765	+ 7,310
Road Traffic Accidents	7	8,432	11	6,033	+ 2,398
Breast Cancer	8	7,378	22	1,822	+ 5,556
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,985	12	5,750	+ 1,235
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	6,966	4	14,649	- 7,683
Lung Disease	11	6,649	15	4,650	+ 1,999
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	6,293	39	741	+ 5,551
Bladder Cancer	13	5,265	54	272	+ 4,993
Liver Disease	14	4,958	16	4,600	+ 359
Lymphomas	15	4,829	36	946	+ 3,883
Stomach Cancer	16	3,585	26	1,501	+ 2,085
Prostate Cancer	17	3,307	55	258	+ 3,049
Leukemia	18	2,497	42	610	+ 1,886
Asthma	19	2,227	17	3,403	- 1,176
Congenital Anomalies	20	2,226	14	5,001	- 2,775
Skin Cancers	21	2,217	59	145	+ 2,072
Violence	22	2,129	19	3,217	- 1,088
Drug Use	23	2,098	51	328	+ 1,770
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,038	56	229	+ 1,809
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,690	41	628	+ 1,063
Ovary Cancer	26	1,676	48	369	+ 1,307
Liver Cancer	27	1,627	40	657	+ 970
Low Birth Weight	28	1,424	5	12,631	- 11,207
Suicide	29	1,422	24	1,573	- 151
Other Injuries	30	1,256	18	3,241	- 1,986
Oral Cancer	31	1,210	27	1,467	- 257
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,143	45	527	+ 616
Falls	33	1,105	37	905	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,084	28	1,364	- 280
Cervical Cancer	35	1,006	44	541	+ 466
Hepatitis B	36	917	38	863	+ 53
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	854	25	1,505	- 651
Uterin Cancer	38	741	53	289	+ 452
Fires	39	738	50	348	+ 390
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	605	13	5,555	- 4,950
Tuberculosis	41	527	7	9,839	- 9,312
Birth Trauma	42	503	6	10,723	- 10,220
Drownings	43	460	34	996	- 536
Oesophagus Cancer	44	392	29	1,314	- 923
HIV/AIDS	45	381	46	464	- 82
Epilepsy	46	367	35	993	- 626
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	353	33	1,041	- 688
Poisonings	48	289	47	384	- 94
Meningitis	49	264	20	2,626	- 2,362
Maternal Conditions	50	228	9	7,807	- 7,579
War	51	189	2	25,620	- 25,431
Tetanus	52	173	30	1,254	- 1,081
Skin Disease	53	142	61	94	+ 48
Alcohol	54	135	58	150	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	55	122	62	84	+ 38
Encephalitis	56	117	31	1,190	- 1,073
Pertussis	57	116	21	2,107	- 1,991
Other Neoplasms	58	108	63	29	+ 79
Measles	59	91	49	350	- 259
Malnutrition	60	83	43	589	- 506
Appendicitis	61	83	52	298	- 216
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	38	65	25	+ 13
Syphilis	63	37	60	94	- 57
Hepatitis C	64	29	64	28	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	17	79	0	+ 17
Leishmaniasis	66	2	70	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	68	9	- 8
Diphtheria	68	1	67	16	- 15
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	1	66	17	- 16
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	57	185	- 185
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Lebanon

Afghanistan

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.