EQU. GUINEA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,462	7	419	+ 4,043
Stroke	2	601	6	437	+ 164
Lung Cancers	3	502	41	27	+ 475
Hypertension	4	477	16	165	+ 312
Kidney Disease	5	416	14	198	+ 218
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	406	29	55	+ 351
Road Traffic Accidents	7	377	8	368	+ 9
Breast Cancer	8	330	24	84	+ 246
Diabetes Mellitus	9	313	11	299	+ 13
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	312	2	913	- 601
Lung Disease	11	298	20	120	+ 177
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	282	40	29	+ 253
Bladder Cancer	13	236	56	9	+ 227
Liver Disease	14	222	13	199	+ 23
Lymphomas	15	216	45	19	+ 197
Stomach Cancer	16	160	49	16	+ 145
Prostate Cancer	17	148	35	43	+ 105
Leukemia	18	112	61	4	+ 108
Asthma	19	100	26	65	+ 34
Congenital Anomalies	20	100	12	249	- 150
Skin Cancers	21	99	48	16	+ 83
Violence	22	95	33	45	+ 51
Drug Use	23	94	30	50	+ 44
Pancreas Cancer	24	91	55	11	+ 80
Parkinson's Disease	25	76	46	18	+ 58
Ovary Cancer	26	75	52	13	+ 62
Liver Cancer	27	73	34	43	+ 30
Low Birth Weight	28	64	4	457	- 393
Suicide	29	64	22	107	- 44
Other Injuries	30	56	23	105	- 49
Oral Cancer	31	54	37	35	+ 20
Inflammatory/Heart	32	51	27	63	- 12
Falls	33	49	32	46	+ 4
Endocrine Disorders	34	49	25	73	- 25
Cervical Cancer	35	45	28	56	- 11
Hepatitis B	36	41	65	3	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	38	43	22	+ 16
Uterin Cancer	38	33	58	8	+ 25
Fires	39	33	39	30	+ 3
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	27	9	349	- 322
Tuberculosis	41	24	10	321	- 297
Birth Trauma	42	23	5	441	- 418
Drownings	43	21	36	39	- 19
Oesophagus Cancer	44	18	54	12	+ 6
HIV/AIDS	45	17	1	1,838	- 1,821
Epilepsy	46	16	38	32	- 16
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	16	50	14	+ 2
Poisonings	48	13	44	21	- 8
Meningitis	49	12	19	127	- 115
Maternal Conditions	50	10	17	139	- 128
War	51	8	71	0	+ 8
Tetanus	52	8	42	23	- 16
Skin Disease	53	6	51	13	- 7
Alcohol	54	6	53	12	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	55	5	67	1	+ 4
Encephalitis	56	5	57	8	- 3
Pertussis	57	5	21	109	- 104
Other Neoplasms	58	5	63	3	+ 2
Measles	59	4	15	181	- 177
Malnutrition	60	4	31	48	- 44
Appendicitis	61	4	59	6	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	62	4	- 2
Syphilis	63	2	18	134	- 132
Hepatitis C	64	1	69	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	60	4	- 4
Leishmaniasis	66	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	64	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Malaria	78	0	3	668	- 668
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Lebanon

Equ. Guinea

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.