DR CONGO VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		DR CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	286,718	7	34,713	+ 252,005
Stroke	2	38,612	6	36,596	+ 2,015
Lung Cancers	3	32,236	47	1,158	+ 31,078
Hypertension	4	30,676	12	15,743	+ 14,933
Kidney Disease	5	26,738	20	9,077	+ 17,661
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	26,102	28	4,548	+ 21,554
Road Traffic Accidents	7	24,252	10	30,256	- 6,004
Breast Cancer	8	21,223	35	3,416	+ 17,807
Diabetes Mellitus	9	20,091	16	12,902	+ 7,189
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	20,037	1	73,546	- 53,509
Lung Disease	11	19,126	14	13,527	+ 5,599
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	18,100	36	2,966	+ 15,134
Bladder Cancer	13	15,143	65	270	+ 14,873
Liver Disease	14	14,262	13	15,044	- 782
Lymphomas	15	13,889	38	2,061	+ 11,827
Stomach Cancer	16	10,313	37	2,579	+ 7,733
Prostate Cancer	17	9,512	30	3,948	+ 5,564
Leukemia	18	7,181	41	1,871	+ 5,310
Asthma	19	6,406	24	7,733	- 1,327
Congenital Anomalies	20	6,402	11	16,256	- 9,854
Skin Cancers	21	6,376	55	765	+ 5,611
Violence	22	6,122	18	11,120	- 4,998
Drug Use	23	6,035	59	638	+ 5,396
Pancreas Cancer	24	5,862	50	1,017	+ 4,846
Parkinson's Disease	25	4,862	49	1,035	+ 3,827
Ovary Cancer	26	4,820	58	656	+ 4,165
Liver Cancer	27	4,679	31	3,840	+ 839
Low Birth Weight	28	4,095	8	34,668	- 30,574
Suicide	29	4,089	26	5,812	- 1,723
Other Injuries	30	3,612	22	8,272	- 4,660
Oral Cancer	31	3,481	51	1,003	+ 2,478
Inflammatory/Heart	32	3,287	29	4,045	- 758
Falls	33	3,177	33	3,483	- 306
Endocrine Disorders	34	3,119	25	7,380	- 4,261
Cervical Cancer	35	2,895	27	4,823	- 1,927
Hepatitis B	36	2,637	61	456	+ 2,181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	2,456	40	1,923	+ 533
Uterin Cancer	38	2,130	63	352	+ 1,778
Fires	39	2,124	39	2,007	+ 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	1,741	5	41,301	- 39,561
Tuberculosis	41	1,516	2	43,759	- 42,243
Birth Trauma	42	1,447	9	33,075	- 31,628
Drownings	43	1,324	34	3,454	- 2,129
Oesophagus Cancer	44	1,126	53	790	+ 336
HIV/AIDS	45	1,097	15	13,286	- 12,189
Epilepsy	46	1,055	44	1,727	- 672
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	1,016	43	1,728	- 712
Poisonings	48	833	42	1,729	- 896
Meningitis	49	758	17	11,568	- 10,810
Maternal Conditions	50	656	19	10,513	- 9,857
War	51	543	45	1,658	- 1,115
Tetanus	52	498	46	1,166	- 667
Skin Disease	53	408	54	781	- 373
Alcohol	54	387	60	635	- 248
Multiple Sclerosis	55	350	71	44	+ 307
Encephalitis	56	336	57	680	- 344
Pertussis	57	334	23	7,921	- 7,588
Other Neoplasms	58	310	67	88	+ 222
Measles	59	262	3	42,254	- 41,992
Malnutrition	60	239	21	8,910	- 8,671
Appendicitis	61	237	56	703	- 466
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	110	66	217	- 107
Syphilis	63	106	32	3,751	- 3,645
Hepatitis C	64	83	69	69	+ 14
Schistosomiasis	65	49	48	1,071	- 1,021
Leishmaniasis	66	7	52	869	- 862
Upper Respiratory	67	4	62	370	- 366
Diphtheria	68	4	70	47	- 43
Chlamydia	69	3	73	15	- 12
Ascariasis	70	2	68	80	- 77
Dengue	71	1	74	1	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	38	- 38
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	64	347	- 347
Malaria	78	0	4	41,813	- 41,813
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DR CONGO

Lebanon

DR Congo

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.