GHANA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		GHANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	85,936	3	14,103	+ 71,834
Stroke	2	11,573	2	15,163	- 3,590
Lung Cancers	3	9,662	55	237	+ 9,425
Hypertension	4	9,194	19	2,231	+ 6,964
Kidney Disease	5	8,014	13	4,161	+ 3,853
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	7,823	29	1,294	+ 6,529
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,269	7	7,808	- 539
Breast Cancer	8	6,361	25	1,937	+ 4,424
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,022	12	5,929	+ 93
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	6,006	1	16,262	- 10,256
Lung Disease	11	5,733	15	3,120	+ 2,613
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,425	34	803	+ 4,622
Bladder Cancer	13	4,539	53	245	+ 4,294
Liver Disease	14	4,275	11	6,053	- 1,779
Lymphomas	15	4,163	32	875	+ 3,288
Stomach Cancer	16	3,091	33	870	+ 2,221
Prostate Cancer	17	2,851	31	1,031	+ 1,820
Leukemia	18	2,152	45	340	+ 1,812
Asthma	19	1,920	23	1,979	- 59
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,919	14	3,935	- 2,017
Skin Cancers	21	1,911	58	214	+ 1,697
Violence	22	1,835	27	1,857	- 22
Drug Use	23	1,809	39	630	+ 1,179
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,757	46	334	+ 1,423
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,457	43	387	+ 1,071
Ovary Cancer	26	1,445	38	698	+ 746
Liver Cancer	27	1,402	17	2,851	- 1,449
Low Birth Weight	28	1,227	8	6,662	- 5,434
Suicide	29	1,226	21	1,993	- 768
Other Injuries	30	1,083	18	2,433	- 1,350
Oral Cancer	31	1,043	42	483	+ 561
Inflammatory/Heart	32	985	28	1,615	- 630
Falls	33	952	30	1,168	- 215
Endocrine Disorders	34	935	24	1,965	- 1,030
Cervical Cancer	35	868	20	2,161	- 1,293
Hepatitis B	36	790	62	101	+ 689
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	736	48	321	+ 415
Uterin Cancer	38	638	57	219	+ 420
Fires	39	637	37	729	- 93
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	522	9	6,538	- 6,016
Tuberculosis	41	454	6	10,214	- 9,760
Birth Trauma	42	434	10	6,194	- 5,760
Drownings	43	397	36	740	- 344
Oesophagus Cancer	44	338	49	285	+ 52
HIV/AIDS	45	329	4	13,565	- 13,236
Epilepsy	46	316	47	329	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	304	52	256	+ 49
Poisonings	48	250	40	522	- 272
Meningitis	49	227	16	2,983	- 2,756
Maternal Conditions	50	197	22	1,991	- 1,794
War	51	163	64	29	+ 134
Tetanus	52	149	56	220	- 71
Skin Disease	53	122	50	264	- 142
Alcohol	54	116	54	244	- 128
Multiple Sclerosis	55	105	61	113	- 7
Encephalitis	56	101	44	357	- 256
Pertussis	57	100	35	744	- 645
Other Neoplasms	58	93	63	48	+ 45
Measles	59	78	60	135	- 57
Malnutrition	60	72	26	1,868	- 1,796
Appendicitis	61	71	59	146	- 75
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	33	67	16	+ 17
Syphilis	63	32	41	483	- 451
Hepatitis C	64	25	65	28	- 3
Schistosomiasis	65	15	51	257	- 242
Leishmaniasis	66	2	77	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	16	- 15
Diphtheria	68	1	69	4	- 3
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	1	68	12	- 12
Dengue	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	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	5	11,162	- 11,162
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GHANA

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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.