BURKINA FASO VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		BURKINA FASO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	57,248	4	8,117	+ 49,132
Stroke	2	7,709	7	6,324	+ 1,385
Lung Cancers	3	6,436	48	242	+ 6,194
Hypertension	4	6,125	19	2,020	+ 4,105
Kidney Disease	5	5,339	17	2,398	+ 2,941
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,212	33	767	+ 4,444
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,842	8	6,303	- 1,461
Breast Cancer	8	4,238	30	862	+ 3,376
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,012	16	2,609	+ 1,403
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	4,001	1	16,807	- 12,806
Lung Disease	11	3,819	26	1,161	+ 2,658
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,614	39	478	+ 3,136
Bladder Cancer	13	3,024	45	265	+ 2,758
Liver Disease	14	2,848	14	2,722	+ 125
Lymphomas	15	2,773	43	280	+ 2,493
Stomach Cancer	16	2,059	32	777	+ 1,282
Prostate Cancer	17	1,899	38	514	+ 1,385
Leukemia	18	1,434	58	112	+ 1,322
Asthma	19	1,279	27	941	+ 338
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,278	10	3,515	- 2,236
Skin Cancers	21	1,273	50	220	+ 1,053
Violence	22	1,222	21	1,943	- 721
Drug Use	23	1,205	54	172	+ 1,033
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,171	57	148	+ 1,023
Parkinson's Disease	25	971	46	252	+ 719
Ovary Cancer	26	962	52	174	+ 788
Liver Cancer	27	934	24	1,309	- 375
Low Birth Weight	28	818	5	6,809	- 5,992
Suicide	29	816	22	1,521	- 704
Other Injuries	30	721	15	2,637	- 1,915
Oral Cancer	31	695	49	227	+ 468
Inflammatory/Heart	32	656	35	743	- 86
Falls	33	634	31	828	- 194
Endocrine Disorders	34	623	9	4,794	- 4,171
Cervical Cancer	35	578	18	2,122	- 1,544
Hepatitis B	36	526	55	164	+ 362
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	490	41	410	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	38	425	62	74	+ 351
Fires	39	424	36	704	- 280
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	348	3	11,887	- 11,539
Tuberculosis	41	303	20	1,968	- 1,665
Birth Trauma	42	289	6	6,426	- 6,137
Drownings	43	264	28	910	- 645
Oesophagus Cancer	44	225	59	101	+ 124
HIV/AIDS	45	219	12	3,100	- 2,881
Epilepsy	46	211	40	477	- 266
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	203	44	269	- 66
Poisonings	48	166	37	620	- 454
Meningitis	49	151	11	3,375	- 3,223
Maternal Conditions	50	131	23	1,379	- 1,248
War	51	108	29	884	- 775
Tetanus	52	100	51	181	- 82
Skin Disease	53	81	53	174	- 93
Alcohol	54	77	56	152	- 74
Multiple Sclerosis	55	70	66	24	+ 46
Encephalitis	56	67	61	83	- 16
Pertussis	57	67	34	746	- 680
Other Neoplasms	58	62	67	23	+ 39
Measles	59	52	25	1,196	- 1,143
Malnutrition	60	48	13	2,868	- 2,821
Appendicitis	61	47	60	95	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	22	68	15	+ 7
Syphilis	63	21	42	294	- 273
Hepatitis C	64	16	64	58	- 41
Schistosomiasis	65	10	47	249	- 239
Leishmaniasis	66	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	65	48	- 47
Diphtheria	68	1	69	7	- 6
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	63	74	- 73
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	2	14,602	- 14,602
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BURKINA FASO

Lebanon

Burkina Faso

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.