DOMINICAN REP. VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,872	1	14,986	+ 11,886
Stroke	2	3,619	2	7,882	- 4,264
Lung Cancers	3	3,021	16	1,244	+ 1,778
Hypertension	4	2,875	10	1,894	+ 981
Kidney Disease	5	2,506	7	2,121	+ 385
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,446	11	1,808	+ 639
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,273	3	6,937	- 4,664
Breast Cancer	8	1,989	14	1,460	+ 529
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,883	4	2,762	- 879
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,878	6	2,254	- 376
Lung Disease	11	1,793	15	1,360	+ 432
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,696	20	851	+ 846
Bladder Cancer	13	1,419	49	92	+ 1,327
Liver Disease	14	1,337	5	2,680	- 1,344
Lymphomas	15	1,302	33	374	+ 927
Stomach Cancer	16	967	24	547	+ 419
Prostate Cancer	17	891	12	1,655	- 763
Leukemia	18	673	32	409	+ 264
Asthma	19	600	29	441	+ 159
Congenital Anomalies	20	600	17	1,038	- 438
Skin Cancers	21	598	41	172	+ 425
Violence	22	574	9	1,917	- 1,343
Drug Use	23	566	43	156	+ 410
Pancreas Cancer	24	549	27	456	+ 94
Parkinson's Disease	25	456	28	446	+ 9
Ovary Cancer	26	452	50	89	+ 363
Liver Cancer	27	439	21	664	- 226
Low Birth Weight	28	384	13	1,532	- 1,149
Suicide	29	383	25	530	- 146
Other Injuries	30	338	19	890	- 552
Oral Cancer	31	326	31	434	- 108
Inflammatory/Heart	32	308	35	312	- 3
Falls	33	298	30	435	- 137
Endocrine Disorders	34	292	22	602	- 310
Cervical Cancer	35	271	23	560	- 289
Hepatitis B	36	247	63	11	+ 236
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	230	36	295	- 65
Uterin Cancer	38	200	57	43	+ 157
Fires	39	199	44	139	+ 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	163	26	504	- 341
Tuberculosis	41	142	38	242	- 100
Birth Trauma	42	136	18	915	- 779
Drownings	43	124	37	248	- 124
Oesophagus Cancer	44	106	40	200	- 95
HIV/AIDS	45	103	8	1,931	- 1,828
Epilepsy	46	99	42	158	- 59
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	95	46	123	- 27
Poisonings	48	78	55	47	+ 31
Meningitis	49	71	45	134	- 63
Maternal Conditions	50	61	39	202	- 141
War	51	51	67	1	+ 50
Tetanus	52	47	61	17	+ 30
Skin Disease	53	38	53	50	- 12
Alcohol	54	36	48	120	- 84
Multiple Sclerosis	55	33	62	13	+ 20
Encephalitis	56	31	56	44	- 13
Pertussis	57	31	47	121	- 89
Other Neoplasms	58	29	58	35	- 6
Measles	59	25	79	0	+ 25
Malnutrition	60	22	34	372	- 349
Appendicitis	61	22	52	67	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	54	48	- 38
Syphilis	63	10	51	70	- 60
Hepatitis C	64	8	60	17	- 9
Schistosomiasis	65	5	59	22	- 17
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	1	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	69	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	70	1	- 0
Dengue	71	0	64	5	- 5
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	65	4	- 4
Chagas disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Lebanon

Dominican Rep.

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.