GUINEA-BISSAU VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,298	5	907	+ 4,391
Stroke	2	713	6	829	- 116
Lung Cancers	3	596	50	18	+ 577
Hypertension	4	567	21	177	+ 389
Kidney Disease	5	494	15	268	+ 226
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	482	34	69	+ 413
Road Traffic Accidents	7	448	10	619	- 171
Breast Cancer	8	392	29	93	+ 299
Diabetes Mellitus	9	371	14	313	+ 58
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	370	2	1,390	- 1,019
Lung Disease	11	353	20	191	+ 162
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	334	38	50	+ 285
Bladder Cancer	13	280	51	17	+ 262
Liver Disease	14	264	11	405	- 141
Lymphomas	15	257	45	28	+ 229
Stomach Cancer	16	191	36	55	+ 135
Prostate Cancer	17	176	42	41	+ 135
Leukemia	18	133	61	6	+ 126
Asthma	19	118	24	150	- 32
Congenital Anomalies	20	118	12	373	- 255
Skin Cancers	21	118	52	17	+ 101
Violence	22	113	22	173	- 60
Drug Use	23	112	55	13	+ 98
Pancreas Cancer	24	108	54	14	+ 95
Parkinson's Disease	25	90	46	27	+ 63
Ovary Cancer	26	89	48	19	+ 70
Liver Cancer	27	86	28	116	- 30
Low Birth Weight	28	76	8	705	- 629
Suicide	29	76	26	134	- 58
Other Injuries	30	67	17	234	- 168
Oral Cancer	31	64	56	13	+ 51
Inflammatory/Heart	32	61	37	53	+ 8
Falls	33	59	33	71	- 12
Endocrine Disorders	34	58	18	221	- 164
Cervical Cancer	35	53	23	154	- 101
Hepatitis B	36	49	47	20	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	45	32	77	- 32
Uterin Cancer	38	39	59	8	+ 31
Fires	39	39	35	64	- 25
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	32	4	913	- 881
Tuberculosis	41	28	3	1,387	- 1,359
Birth Trauma	42	27	7	790	- 763
Drownings	43	24	30	89	- 65
Oesophagus Cancer	44	21	49	19	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	45	20	1	1,445	- 1,425
Epilepsy	46	19	39	48	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	19	43	33	- 14
Poisonings	48	15	41	45	- 29
Meningitis	49	14	16	258	- 244
Maternal Conditions	50	12	13	333	- 321
War	51	10	70	0	+ 10
Tetanus	52	9	40	48	- 39
Skin Disease	53	8	53	16	- 9
Alcohol	54	7	57	12	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	55	6	64	2	+ 4
Encephalitis	56	6	58	10	- 4
Pertussis	57	6	19	212	- 206
Other Neoplasms	58	6	65	2	+ 4
Measles	59	5	25	147	- 142
Malnutrition	60	4	27	121	- 117
Appendicitis	61	4	60	7	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	67	2	+ 0
Syphilis	63	2	31	85	- 83
Hepatitis C	64	2	63	3	- 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	44	30	- 29
Leishmaniasis	66	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	9	684	- 684
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Lebanon

Guinea-Bissau

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.