GAMBIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		GAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,269	3	1,007	+ 5,263
Stroke	2	844	4	802	+ 42
Lung Cancers	3	705	38	34	+ 671
Hypertension	4	671	22	172	+ 499
Kidney Disease	5	585	16	266	+ 319
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	571	28	89	+ 482
Road Traffic Accidents	7	530	6	695	- 165
Breast Cancer	8	464	40	26	+ 438
Diabetes Mellitus	9	439	15	290	+ 150
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	438	1	1,340	- 902
Lung Disease	11	418	19	206	+ 212
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	396	52	11	+ 385
Bladder Cancer	13	331	56	4	+ 327
Liver Disease	14	312	14	323	- 11
Lymphomas	15	304	51	12	+ 292
Stomach Cancer	16	225	47	14	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	17	208	43	21	+ 187
Leukemia	18	157	59	2	+ 155
Asthma	19	140	24	134	+ 6
Congenital Anomalies	20	140	11	383	- 243
Skin Cancers	21	139	68	0	+ 139
Violence	22	134	20	195	- 61
Drug Use	23	132	39	28	+ 104
Pancreas Cancer	24	128	53	6	+ 123
Parkinson's Disease	25	106	37	34	+ 72
Ovary Cancer	26	105	61	2	+ 103
Liver Cancer	27	102	12	377	- 275
Low Birth Weight	28	90	8	662	- 572
Suicide	29	89	25	113	- 23
Other Injuries	30	79	21	194	- 115
Oral Cancer	31	76	71	0	+ 76
Inflammatory/Heart	32	72	32	59	+ 13
Falls	33	69	29	83	- 13
Endocrine Disorders	34	68	17	230	- 162
Cervical Cancer	35	63	23	145	- 82
Hepatitis B	36	58	46	14	+ 44
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	54	33	56	- 3
Uterin Cancer	38	47	66	1	+ 46
Fires	39	46	31	67	- 20
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	38	9	626	- 588
Tuberculosis	41	33	10	445	- 412
Birth Trauma	42	32	5	754	- 723
Drownings	43	29	30	69	- 40
Oesophagus Cancer	44	25	54	5	+ 19
HIV/AIDS	45	24	2	1,125	- 1,101
Epilepsy	46	23	35	43	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	22	41	24	- 1
Poisonings	48	18	36	42	- 24
Meningitis	49	17	18	229	- 212
Maternal Conditions	50	14	13	345	- 331
War	51	12	69	0	+ 12
Tetanus	52	11	45	18	- 7
Skin Disease	53	9	44	19	- 10
Alcohol	54	8	50	12	- 4
Multiple Sclerosis	55	8	58	3	+ 5
Encephalitis	56	7	48	14	- 6
Pertussis	57	7	27	99	- 91
Other Neoplasms	58	7	57	3	+ 4
Measles	59	6	49	13	- 8
Malnutrition	60	5	26	110	- 104
Appendicitis	61	5	55	5	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	62	2	+ 1
Syphilis	63	2	34	55	- 52
Hepatitis C	64	2	65	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	42	23	- 22
Leishmaniasis	66	0	60	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	2	- 1
Diphtheria	68	0	67	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	63	2	- 2
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	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	7	674	- 674
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GAMBIA

Lebanon

Gambia

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.