CUBA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,245	1	22,079	+ 5,166
Stroke	2	3,669	2	10,725	- 7,056
Lung Cancers	3	3,063	4	5,985	- 2,922
Hypertension	4	2,915	7	3,469	- 554
Kidney Disease	5	2,541	14	1,700	+ 841
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,480	5	5,841	- 3,361
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,305	19	1,007	+ 1,297
Breast Cancer	8	2,017	15	1,673	+ 344
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,909	13	1,791	+ 118
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,904	3	8,564	- 6,660
Lung Disease	11	1,817	6	5,492	- 3,675
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,720	9	2,958	- 1,238
Bladder Cancer	13	1,439	26	734	+ 705
Liver Disease	14	1,355	11	1,873	- 518
Lymphomas	15	1,320	18	1,089	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	16	980	20	991	- 11
Prostate Cancer	17	904	8	3,365	- 2,461
Leukemia	18	682	30	633	+ 49
Asthma	19	609	40	301	+ 307
Congenital Anomalies	20	608	37	368	+ 241
Skin Cancers	21	606	33	514	+ 92
Violence	22	582	32	584	- 2
Drug Use	23	573	51	82	+ 492
Pancreas Cancer	24	557	21	905	- 348
Parkinson's Disease	25	462	27	691	- 229
Ovary Cancer	26	458	39	323	+ 135
Liver Cancer	27	445	24	815	- 371
Low Birth Weight	28	389	48	98	+ 291
Suicide	29	389	16	1,638	- 1,249
Other Injuries	30	343	12	1,869	- 1,526
Oral Cancer	31	331	23	876	- 546
Inflammatory/Heart	32	312	17	1,156	- 844
Falls	33	302	10	2,810	- 2,508
Endocrine Disorders	34	296	36	412	- 116
Cervical Cancer	35	275	29	666	- 391
Hepatitis B	36	251	56	59	+ 191
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	233	35	420	- 186
Uterin Cancer	38	202	31	602	- 400
Fires	39	202	58	55	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	165	43	206	- 41
Tuberculosis	41	144	60	45	+ 99
Birth Trauma	42	138	59	49	+ 89
Drownings	43	126	42	231	- 105
Oesophagus Cancer	44	107	22	879	- 772
HIV/AIDS	45	104	34	471	- 367
Epilepsy	46	100	46	108	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	97	44	162	- 65
Poisonings	48	79	62	17	+ 62
Meningitis	49	72	50	83	- 11
Maternal Conditions	50	62	61	43	+ 19
War	51	52	68	1	+ 50
Tetanus	52	47	71	1	+ 47
Skin Disease	53	39	41	258	- 219
Alcohol	54	37	28	675	- 639
Multiple Sclerosis	55	33	57	55	- 22
Encephalitis	56	32	66	6	+ 26
Pertussis	57	32	73	0	+ 32
Other Neoplasms	58	29	25	769	- 739
Measles	59	25	76	0	+ 25
Malnutrition	60	23	55	64	- 41
Appendicitis	61	23	47	104	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	49	87	- 76
Syphilis	63	10	69	1	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	8	45	112	- 104
Schistosomiasis	65	5	81	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	66	1	83	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	65	6	- 5
Diphtheria	68	0	75	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	63	11	- 11
Leprosy	73	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	52	77	- 77
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	68	- 68
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	85	0	38	326	- 326
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Lebanon

Cuba

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.