AUSTRALIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	66,506	1	21,548	+ 44,958
Stroke	2	8,956	3	10,331	- 1,375
Lung Cancers	3	7,477	4	8,769	- 1,291
Hypertension	4	7,116	23	1,631	+ 5,484
Kidney Disease	5	6,202	12	3,139	+ 3,063
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	6,054	2	15,588	- 9,534
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,625	29	1,245	+ 4,381
Breast Cancer	8	4,923	10	3,405	+ 1,517
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,660	7	4,471	+ 189
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	4,648	8	4,446	+ 202
Lung Disease	11	4,436	5	8,487	- 4,051
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,198	6	6,209	- 2,010
Bladder Cancer	13	3,513	30	1,187	+ 2,325
Liver Disease	14	3,308	26	1,421	+ 1,887
Lymphomas	15	3,222	15	3,039	+ 183
Stomach Cancer	16	2,392	27	1,288	+ 1,104
Prostate Cancer	17	2,206	9	3,766	- 1,560
Leukemia	18	1,666	18	2,126	- 460
Asthma	19	1,486	36	455	+ 1,031
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,485	33	711	+ 774
Skin Cancers	21	1,479	17	2,319	- 840
Violence	22	1,420	44	243	+ 1,177
Drug Use	23	1,400	21	1,783	- 383
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,360	13	3,118	- 1,758
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,128	19	2,036	- 908
Ovary Cancer	26	1,118	31	1,003	+ 116
Liver Cancer	27	1,085	20	2,036	- 951
Low Birth Weight	28	950	43	248	+ 702
Suicide	29	948	11	3,150	- 2,201
Other Injuries	30	838	22	1,642	- 805
Oral Cancer	31	807	32	972	- 165
Inflammatory/Heart	32	762	24	1,571	- 808
Falls	33	737	14	3,116	- 2,379
Endocrine Disorders	34	723	16	2,328	- 1,605
Cervical Cancer	35	672	39	342	+ 330
Hepatitis B	36	612	58	41	+ 570
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	570	42	276	+ 294
Uterin Cancer	38	494	35	524	- 30
Fires	39	493	55	55	+ 438
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	404	40	296	+ 108
Tuberculosis	41	352	56	53	+ 299
Birth Trauma	42	336	50	140	+ 196
Drownings	43	307	47	177	+ 130
Oesophagus Cancer	44	261	25	1,494	- 1,232
HIV/AIDS	45	254	57	50	+ 204
Epilepsy	46	245	41	285	- 40
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	236	38	379	- 143
Poisonings	48	193	61	35	+ 158
Meningitis	49	176	60	37	+ 139
Maternal Conditions	50	152	63	20	+ 132
War	51	126	65	8	+ 118
Tetanus	52	116	70	1	+ 114
Skin Disease	53	95	34	594	- 500
Alcohol	54	90	37	380	- 290
Multiple Sclerosis	55	81	46	188	- 106
Encephalitis	56	78	68	3	+ 75
Pertussis	57	77	69	1	+ 76
Other Neoplasms	58	72	28	1,252	- 1,180
Measles	59	61	78	0	+ 61
Malnutrition	60	56	51	117	- 61
Appendicitis	61	55	62	26	+ 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	26	45	229	- 203
Syphilis	63	25	67	3	+ 22
Hepatitis C	64	19	48	173	- 154
Schistosomiasis	65	11	79	0	+ 11
Leishmaniasis	66	2	81	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	64	17	- 16
Diphtheria	68	1	71	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	6	- 6
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	49	157	- 157
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	64	- 64
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	71	- 71
Osteoarthritis	85	0	52	114	- 114
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Lebanon

Australia

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.