FINLAND VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,979	2	9,831	+ 4,148
Stroke	2	1,882	3	4,115	- 2,232
Lung Cancers	3	1,572	4	2,312	- 740
Hypertension	4	1,496	5	2,030	- 534
Kidney Disease	5	1,304	26	342	+ 962
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,273	1	11,120	- 9,848
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,182	33	215	+ 967
Breast Cancer	8	1,035	12	948	+ 87
Diabetes Mellitus	9	980	22	418	+ 562
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	977	21	436	+ 541
Lung Disease	11	932	8	1,289	- 357
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	882	6	1,433	- 551
Bladder Cancer	13	738	28	308	+ 430
Liver Disease	14	695	10	1,068	- 373
Lymphomas	15	677	14	851	- 174
Stomach Cancer	16	503	19	447	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	17	464	11	970	- 506
Leukemia	18	350	24	371	- 21
Asthma	19	312	40	85	+ 228
Congenital Anomalies	20	312	35	192	+ 120
Skin Cancers	21	311	29	297	+ 14
Violence	22	298	43	64	+ 234
Drug Use	23	294	30	269	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	24	286	9	1,247	- 961
Parkinson's Disease	25	237	13	853	- 616
Ovary Cancer	26	235	25	344	- 109
Liver Cancer	27	228	16	545	- 317
Low Birth Weight	28	200	48	26	+ 173
Suicide	29	199	15	846	- 647
Other Injuries	30	176	20	437	- 261
Oral Cancer	31	170	34	207	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	32	160	17	518	- 358
Falls	33	155	7	1,325	- 1,170
Endocrine Disorders	34	152	31	257	- 105
Cervical Cancer	35	141	44	62	+ 79
Hepatitis B	36	129	63	2	+ 127
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	120	36	151	- 32
Uterin Cancer	38	104	32	225	- 121
Fires	39	104	45	62	+ 42
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	85	52	15	+ 70
Tuberculosis	41	74	46	32	+ 42
Birth Trauma	42	71	56	8	+ 63
Drownings	43	65	37	106	- 41
Oesophagus Cancer	44	55	27	320	- 265
HIV/AIDS	45	53	59	6	+ 48
Epilepsy	46	51	38	104	- 53
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	50	50	19	+ 31
Poisonings	48	41	49	25	+ 16
Meningitis	49	37	55	9	+ 28
Maternal Conditions	50	32	64	2	+ 30
War	51	26	65	1	+ 26
Tetanus	52	24	70	0	+ 24
Skin Disease	53	20	47	27	- 7
Alcohol	54	19	18	464	- 445
Multiple Sclerosis	55	17	42	80	- 63
Encephalitis	56	16	66	0	+ 16
Pertussis	57	16	69	0	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	58	15	23	377	- 362
Measles	59	13	72	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	60	12	57	7	+ 5
Appendicitis	61	12	54	10	+ 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	41	83	- 78
Syphilis	63	5	67	0	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	4	60	5	- 1
Schistosomiasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	58	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	39	93	- 93
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	11	- 11
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Lebanon

Finland

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.