COSTA RICA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,082	1	2,639	+ 10,443
Stroke	2	1,762	2	1,624	+ 137
Lung Cancers	3	1,471	20	343	+ 1,127
Hypertension	4	1,400	6	863	+ 537
Kidney Disease	5	1,220	3	1,482	- 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,191	8	818	+ 373
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,107	9	746	+ 361
Breast Cancer	8	968	16	384	+ 584
Diabetes Mellitus	9	917	5	953	- 37
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	914	7	836	+ 79
Lung Disease	11	873	4	1,046	- 174
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	826	12	621	+ 205
Bladder Cancer	13	691	36	100	+ 591
Liver Disease	14	651	18	370	+ 281
Lymphomas	15	634	19	356	+ 278
Stomach Cancer	16	471	10	661	- 190
Prostate Cancer	17	434	14	448	- 14
Leukemia	18	328	24	262	+ 66
Asthma	19	292	45	60	+ 232
Congenital Anomalies	20	292	21	315	- 23
Skin Cancers	21	291	31	137	+ 154
Violence	22	279	11	635	- 356
Drug Use	23	275	43	63	+ 212
Pancreas Cancer	24	267	22	294	- 26
Parkinson's Disease	25	222	30	138	+ 84
Ovary Cancer	26	220	40	80	+ 140
Liver Cancer	27	213	17	382	- 168
Low Birth Weight	28	187	28	178	+ 9
Suicide	29	187	15	407	- 220
Other Injuries	30	165	13	571	- 406
Oral Cancer	31	159	38	96	+ 63
Inflammatory/Heart	32	150	26	191	- 41
Falls	33	145	35	116	+ 29
Endocrine Disorders	34	142	27	183	- 41
Cervical Cancer	35	132	29	159	- 27
Hepatitis B	36	120	59	7	+ 113
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	112	42	74	+ 39
Uterin Cancer	38	97	41	80	+ 17
Fires	39	97	58	10	+ 87
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	79	39	87	- 8
Tuberculosis	41	69	50	32	+ 38
Birth Trauma	42	66	47	48	+ 18
Drownings	43	60	37	97	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	44	51	44	61	- 9
HIV/AIDS	45	50	25	192	- 142
Epilepsy	46	48	34	116	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	46	49	32	+ 14
Poisonings	48	38	60	5	+ 33
Meningitis	49	35	54	18	+ 17
Maternal Conditions	50	30	55	17	+ 13
War	51	25	68	1	+ 24
Tetanus	52	23	74	0	+ 23
Skin Disease	53	19	32	126	- 108
Alcohol	54	18	33	126	- 108
Multiple Sclerosis	55	16	57	11	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	15	63	3	+ 13
Pertussis	57	15	69	0	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	58	14	23	266	- 251
Measles	59	12	75	0	+ 12
Malnutrition	60	11	48	37	- 26
Appendicitis	61	11	52	22	- 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	46	55	- 50
Syphilis	63	5	65	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	64	1	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	65	2	76	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	73	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	70	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	83	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	25	- 25
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	21	- 21
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	13	- 13
Osteoarthritis	85	0	61	5	- 5
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

Lebanon

Costa Rica

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.