EL SALVADOR VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		EL SALVADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,469	1	5,814	+ 10,655
Stroke	2	2,218	5	1,595	+ 623
Lung Cancers	3	1,852	23	290	+ 1,562
Hypertension	4	1,762	31	146	+ 1,616
Kidney Disease	5	1,536	3	4,726	- 3,190
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,499	18	320	+ 1,179
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,393	8	1,347	+ 46
Breast Cancer	8	1,219	22	291	+ 928
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,154	7	1,385	- 231
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,151	4	2,418	- 1,267
Lung Disease	11	1,099	6	1,493	- 394
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,040	20	315	+ 725
Bladder Cancer	13	870	49	42	+ 828
Liver Disease	14	819	10	797	+ 22
Lymphomas	15	798	28	186	+ 612
Stomach Cancer	16	592	11	702	- 110
Prostate Cancer	17	546	17	328	+ 218
Leukemia	18	412	21	312	+ 101
Asthma	19	368	35	122	+ 246
Congenital Anomalies	20	368	14	449	- 81
Skin Cancers	21	366	47	60	+ 307
Violence	22	352	2	5,485	- 5,134
Drug Use	23	347	43	74	+ 273
Pancreas Cancer	24	337	29	161	+ 176
Parkinson's Disease	25	279	44	70	+ 210
Ovary Cancer	26	277	40	93	+ 184
Liver Cancer	27	269	16	355	- 86
Low Birth Weight	28	235	19	317	- 82
Suicide	29	235	15	391	- 156
Other Injuries	30	207	38	95	+ 112
Oral Cancer	31	200	39	94	+ 106
Inflammatory/Heart	32	189	42	78	+ 111
Falls	33	182	24	243	- 60
Endocrine Disorders	34	179	25	223	- 44
Cervical Cancer	35	166	13	451	- 285
Hepatitis B	36	151	66	5	+ 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	141	30	157	- 16
Uterin Cancer	38	122	50	39	+ 83
Fires	39	122	54	21	+ 101
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	100	27	199	- 99
Tuberculosis	41	87	46	60	+ 27
Birth Trauma	42	83	37	121	- 38
Drownings	43	76	33	137	- 60
Oesophagus Cancer	44	65	41	80	- 16
HIV/AIDS	45	63	9	842	- 779
Epilepsy	46	61	48	50	+ 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	58	65	6	+ 52
Poisonings	48	48	57	15	+ 33
Meningitis	49	44	51	36	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	50	38	53	26	+ 11
War	51	31	70	1	+ 31
Tetanus	52	29	60	11	+ 17
Skin Disease	53	23	36	121	- 97
Alcohol	54	22	12	648	- 626
Multiple Sclerosis	55	20	64	7	+ 13
Encephalitis	56	19	63	7	+ 12
Pertussis	57	19	52	32	- 13
Other Neoplasms	58	18	32	145	- 127
Measles	59	15	76	0	+ 15
Malnutrition	60	14	26	214	- 201
Appendicitis	61	14	56	18	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	59	14	- 8
Syphilis	63	6	58	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	64	5	75	0	+ 5
Schistosomiasis	65	3	82	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	9	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	77	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	55	18	- 18
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	34	131	- 131
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	67	4	- 4
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	45	64	- 64
Osteoarthritis	85	0	69	1	- 1
Oral conditions	86	0	68	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EL SALVADOR

Lebanon

El Salvador

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.