CAMEROON VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	76,935	6	10,695	+ 66,240
Stroke	2	10,361	5	11,199	- 839
Lung Cancers	3	8,650	51	301	+ 8,349
Hypertension	4	8,231	22	2,035	+ 6,196
Kidney Disease	5	7,175	13	5,140	+ 2,034
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	7,004	31	1,157	+ 5,847
Road Traffic Accidents	7	6,508	9	7,810	- 1,302
Breast Cancer	8	5,695	23	1,874	+ 3,820
Diabetes Mellitus	9	5,391	11	5,468	- 77
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	5,377	1	19,694	- 14,318
Lung Disease	11	5,132	20	2,310	+ 2,822
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	4,857	43	569	+ 4,288
Bladder Cancer	13	4,063	62	65	+ 3,999
Liver Disease	14	3,827	14	4,531	- 704
Lymphomas	15	3,727	44	489	+ 3,238
Stomach Cancer	16	2,767	45	458	+ 2,310
Prostate Cancer	17	2,552	34	940	+ 1,612
Leukemia	18	1,927	54	275	+ 1,652
Asthma	19	1,719	25	1,619	+ 100
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,718	12	5,258	- 3,540
Skin Cancers	21	1,711	56	204	+ 1,507
Violence	22	1,643	24	1,666	- 23
Drug Use	23	1,619	35	928	+ 691
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,573	52	290	+ 1,283
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,305	46	449	+ 855
Ovary Cancer	26	1,293	50	303	+ 991
Liver Cancer	27	1,255	37	875	+ 380
Low Birth Weight	28	1,099	8	7,950	- 6,852
Suicide	29	1,097	19	2,333	- 1,236
Other Injuries	30	969	16	3,289	- 2,320
Oral Cancer	31	934	39	845	+ 89
Inflammatory/Heart	32	882	33	986	- 104
Falls	33	853	27	1,235	- 382
Endocrine Disorders	34	837	18	2,474	- 1,637
Cervical Cancer	35	777	26	1,582	- 805
Hepatitis B	36	707	47	336	+ 372
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	659	40	754	- 95
Uterin Cancer	38	572	60	75	+ 497
Fires	39	570	36	908	- 338
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	467	3	11,849	- 11,382
Tuberculosis	41	407	10	7,414	- 7,007
Birth Trauma	42	388	7	8,243	- 7,855
Drownings	43	355	29	1,178	- 823
Oesophagus Cancer	44	302	59	135	+ 167
HIV/AIDS	45	294	2	13,888	- 13,594
Epilepsy	46	283	38	867	- 583
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	273	49	323	- 51
Poisonings	48	223	41	666	- 442
Meningitis	49	203	15	3,441	- 3,237
Maternal Conditions	50	176	17	2,615	- 2,439
War	51	146	42	643	- 498
Tetanus	52	134	55	223	- 89
Skin Disease	53	110	48	324	- 214
Alcohol	54	104	57	198	- 94
Multiple Sclerosis	55	94	64	41	+ 53
Encephalitis	56	90	58	187	- 96
Pertussis	57	90	21	2,288	- 2,198
Other Neoplasms	58	83	63	49	+ 35
Measles	59	70	32	1,028	- 958
Malnutrition	60	64	28	1,218	- 1,154
Appendicitis	61	64	61	72	- 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	30	68	26	+ 4
Syphilis	63	29	30	1,170	- 1,142
Hepatitis C	64	22	66	27	- 5
Schistosomiasis	65	13	53	288	- 274
Leishmaniasis	66	2	69	20	- 18
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	19	- 18
Diphtheria	68	1	67	26	- 25
Chlamydia	69	1	72	4	- 4
Ascariasis	70	1	65	30	- 30
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	10	- 10
Malaria	78	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 CAMEROON

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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.