COLOMBIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		COLOMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	123,202	1	43,066	+ 80,136
Stroke	2	16,591	3	16,573	+ 19
Lung Cancers	3	13,852	10	5,250	+ 8,602
Hypertension	4	13,182	8	6,400	+ 6,782
Kidney Disease	5	11,489	7	6,834	+ 4,655
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	11,216	22	2,157	+ 9,059
Road Traffic Accidents	7	10,421	6	7,765	+ 2,656
Breast Cancer	8	9,119	13	3,669	+ 5,450
Diabetes Mellitus	9	8,633	11	5,028	+ 3,605
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	8,610	5	10,773	- 2,164
Lung Disease	11	8,218	4	15,928	- 7,710
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	7,778	12	4,371	+ 3,407
Bladder Cancer	13	6,507	42	609	+ 5,898
Liver Disease	14	6,128	19	2,426	+ 3,702
Lymphomas	15	5,968	18	2,603	+ 3,365
Stomach Cancer	16	4,431	9	6,112	- 1,681
Prostate Cancer	17	4,087	14	3,584	+ 503
Leukemia	18	3,086	21	2,208	+ 877
Asthma	19	2,753	54	191	+ 2,561
Congenital Anomalies	20	2,751	16	2,963	- 212
Skin Cancers	21	2,740	35	1,028	+ 1,711
Violence	22	2,631	2	19,268	- 16,637
Drug Use	23	2,593	44	492	+ 2,102
Pancreas Cancer	24	2,519	25	2,022	+ 497
Parkinson's Disease	25	2,089	47	383	+ 1,706
Ovary Cancer	26	2,071	33	1,122	+ 949
Liver Cancer	27	2,010	24	2,065	- 54
Low Birth Weight	28	1,760	23	2,095	- 336
Suicide	29	1,757	26	1,965	- 208
Other Injuries	30	1,552	28	1,592	- 40
Oral Cancer	31	1,496	37	807	+ 689
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,412	31	1,329	+ 83
Falls	33	1,365	29	1,518	- 152
Endocrine Disorders	34	1,340	30	1,367	- 27
Cervical Cancer	35	1,244	20	2,266	- 1,022
Hepatitis B	36	1,133	62	50	+ 1,082
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	1,055	39	698	+ 357
Uterin Cancer	38	915	45	423	+ 492
Fires	39	913	56	127	+ 786
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	748	38	747	+ 0
Tuberculosis	41	651	32	1,272	- 620
Birth Trauma	42	622	41	648	- 26
Drownings	43	569	40	689	- 120
Oesophagus Cancer	44	484	36	835	- 351
HIV/AIDS	45	471	17	2,683	- 2,212
Epilepsy	46	453	43	597	- 144
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	436	63	38	+ 399
Poisonings	48	358	61	61	+ 297
Meningitis	49	326	50	244	+ 82
Maternal Conditions	50	282	46	394	- 112
War	51	233	49	260	- 27
Tetanus	52	214	71	14	+ 200
Skin Disease	53	175	34	1,102	- 927
Alcohol	54	166	68	23	+ 143
Multiple Sclerosis	55	151	60	62	+ 88
Encephalitis	56	144	64	38	+ 107
Pertussis	57	143	69	18	+ 125
Other Neoplasms	58	133	15	3,205	- 3,071
Measles	59	113	78	0	+ 112
Malnutrition	60	103	27	1,878	- 1,775
Appendicitis	61	102	52	213	- 111
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	47	51	242	- 195
Syphilis	63	46	65	30	+ 15
Hepatitis C	64	35	59	65	- 29
Schistosomiasis	65	21	77	1	+ 21
Leishmaniasis	66	3	74	7	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	2	66	27	- 25
Diphtheria	68	2	80	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	81	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	76	5	- 4
Dengue	71	0	55	133	- 133
Otitis Media	72	0	73	7	- 7
Leprosy	73	0	72	8	- 8
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	84	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	26	- 26
Chagas disease	79	0	53	203	- 203
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	57	101	- 101
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	70	18	- 18
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	48	333	- 333
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	67	- 67
Oral conditions	86	0	75	7	- 7
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COLOMBIA

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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.