BELGIUM VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		BELGIUM		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	29,758	1	15,281	+ 14,478
Stroke	2	4,007	3	7,408	- 3,400
Lung Cancers	3	3,346	4	6,777	- 3,431
Hypertension	4	3,184	27	740	+ 2,444
Kidney Disease	5	2,775	8	2,952	- 177
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,709	2	9,416	- 6,707
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,517	29	666	+ 1,851
Breast Cancer	8	2,203	9	2,587	- 384
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,085	20	1,269	+ 816
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,080	6	5,677	- 3,598
Lung Disease	11	1,985	5	6,438	- 4,453
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,879	7	3,329	- 1,450
Bladder Cancer	13	1,572	22	1,078	+ 493
Liver Disease	14	1,480	17	1,433	+ 47
Lymphomas	15	1,441	16	1,552	- 111
Stomach Cancer	16	1,070	26	863	+ 207
Prostate Cancer	17	987	13	1,824	- 837
Leukemia	18	745	21	1,199	- 454
Asthma	19	665	46	128	+ 537
Congenital Anomalies	20	664	40	282	+ 383
Skin Cancers	21	662	31	522	+ 140
Violence	22	635	44	149	+ 486
Drug Use	23	626	39	287	+ 339
Pancreas Cancer	24	608	14	1,809	- 1,201
Parkinson's Disease	25	505	19	1,378	- 873
Ovary Cancer	26	500	30	653	- 152
Liver Cancer	27	486	24	976	- 490
Low Birth Weight	28	425	50	70	+ 355
Suicide	29	424	10	2,111	- 1,687
Other Injuries	30	375	11	2,006	- 1,631
Oral Cancer	31	361	28	675	- 313
Inflammatory/Heart	32	341	23	1,060	- 719
Falls	33	330	15	1,756	- 1,426
Endocrine Disorders	34	324	18	1,432	- 1,108
Cervical Cancer	35	300	41	243	+ 58
Hepatitis B	36	274	63	17	+ 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	255	42	213	+ 42
Uterin Cancer	38	221	34	384	- 163
Fires	39	220	48	75	+ 146
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	181	33	418	- 237
Tuberculosis	41	157	54	46	+ 112
Birth Trauma	42	150	53	47	+ 103
Drownings	43	137	47	79	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	44	117	25	898	- 781
HIV/AIDS	45	114	57	36	+ 78
Epilepsy	46	109	36	348	- 238
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	105	37	293	- 187
Poisonings	48	86	55	41	+ 45
Meningitis	49	79	58	28	+ 50
Maternal Conditions	50	68	64	6	+ 62
War	51	56	67	1	+ 55
Tetanus	52	52	78	0	+ 52
Skin Disease	53	42	35	380	- 337
Alcohol	54	40	32	500	- 459
Multiple Sclerosis	55	36	45	147	- 111
Encephalitis	56	35	66	1	+ 34
Pertussis	57	35	68	1	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	58	32	12	1,828	- 1,795
Measles	59	27	79	0	+ 27
Malnutrition	60	25	38	291	- 266
Appendicitis	61	25	62	17	+ 8
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	49	73	- 61
Syphilis	63	11	70	0	+ 11
Hepatitis C	64	9	52	53	- 44
Schistosomiasis	65	5	76	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	22	- 22
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	2	- 2
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	43	199	- 199
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	56	40	- 40
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	60	20	- 20
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	59	- 59
Oral conditions	86	0	61	19	- 19
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BELGIUM

Lebanon

Belgium

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.