GREECE VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		GREECE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,990	1	21,124	+ 4,866
Stroke	2	3,500	2	14,077	- 10,577
Lung Cancers	3	2,922	4	7,355	- 4,433
Hypertension	4	2,781	9	2,922	- 142
Kidney Disease	5	2,424	6	4,759	- 2,335
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,366	7	3,940	- 1,574
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,198	22	870	+ 1,328
Breast Cancer	8	1,924	11	2,520	- 597
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,821	20	1,266	+ 556
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,816	3	8,282	- 6,466
Lung Disease	11	1,734	5	5,526	- 3,792
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,641	8	3,264	- 1,623
Bladder Cancer	13	1,373	15	1,551	- 178
Liver Disease	14	1,293	23	809	+ 484
Lymphomas	15	1,259	19	1,268	- 9
Stomach Cancer	16	935	16	1,535	- 601
Prostate Cancer	17	862	12	2,023	- 1,161
Leukemia	18	651	18	1,354	- 703
Asthma	19	581	55	27	+ 553
Congenital Anomalies	20	580	38	174	+ 406
Skin Cancers	21	578	31	438	+ 140
Violence	22	555	42	104	+ 451
Drug Use	23	547	37	193	+ 354
Pancreas Cancer	24	531	13	1,904	- 1,373
Parkinson's Disease	25	441	10	2,646	- 2,205
Ovary Cancer	26	437	27	557	- 120
Liver Cancer	27	424	14	1,566	- 1,141
Low Birth Weight	28	371	41	127	+ 244
Suicide	29	371	28	533	- 162
Other Injuries	30	327	17	1,453	- 1,126
Oral Cancer	31	316	30	440	- 125
Inflammatory/Heart	32	298	24	725	- 427
Falls	33	288	21	1,245	- 957
Endocrine Disorders	34	283	29	526	- 243
Cervical Cancer	35	262	36	243	+ 19
Hepatitis B	36	239	48	56	+ 183
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	223	26	611	- 388
Uterin Cancer	38	193	33	373	- 179
Fires	39	193	39	146	+ 46
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	158	44	95	+ 63
Tuberculosis	41	137	46	66	+ 71
Birth Trauma	42	131	57	17	+ 114
Drownings	43	120	32	435	- 315
Oesophagus Cancer	44	102	35	246	- 144
HIV/AIDS	45	99	50	47	+ 52
Epilepsy	46	96	34	249	- 154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	92	43	100	- 8
Poisonings	48	75	56	19	+ 56
Meningitis	49	69	53	33	+ 35
Maternal Conditions	50	59	61	2	+ 57
War	51	49	64	1	+ 48
Tetanus	52	45	62	2	+ 43
Skin Disease	53	37	47	56	- 19
Alcohol	54	35	49	50	- 15
Multiple Sclerosis	55	32	40	135	- 103
Encephalitis	56	30	67	1	+ 30
Pertussis	57	30	69	0	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	58	28	25	679	- 650
Measles	59	24	68	0	+ 23
Malnutrition	60	22	66	1	+ 21
Appendicitis	61	22	58	9	+ 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	45	67	- 57
Syphilis	63	10	65	1	+ 9
Hepatitis C	64	7	52	38	- 31
Schistosomiasis	65	4	75	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	66	1	60	4	- 3
Upper Respiratory	67	0	59	8	- 8
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	47	- 47
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	54	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	63	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GREECE

Lebanon

Greece

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.