LATVIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,475	1	8,099	- 3,624
Stroke	2	603	2	5,893	- 5,290
Lung Cancers	3	503	4	956	- 453
Hypertension	4	479	3	1,194	- 715
Kidney Disease	5	417	17	356	+ 61
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	407	7	664	- 256
Road Traffic Accidents	7	379	27	154	+ 225
Breast Cancer	8	331	10	472	- 141
Diabetes Mellitus	9	314	8	529	- 216
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	313	9	501	- 188
Lung Disease	11	299	18	346	- 48
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	283	6	722	- 440
Bladder Cancer	13	236	20	228	+ 8
Liver Disease	14	223	15	365	- 142
Lymphomas	15	217	19	245	- 29
Stomach Cancer	16	161	11	470	- 309
Prostate Cancer	17	148	12	464	- 316
Leukemia	18	112	25	186	- 74
Asthma	19	100	46	42	+ 58
Congenital Anomalies	20	100	43	46	+ 53
Skin Cancers	21	100	30	144	- 45
Violence	22	96	37	94	+ 1
Drug Use	23	94	48	41	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	24	92	13	436	- 345
Parkinson's Disease	25	76	35	125	- 50
Ovary Cancer	26	75	24	196	- 121
Liver Cancer	27	73	26	157	- 84
Low Birth Weight	28	64	56	11	+ 53
Suicide	29	64	14	384	- 320
Other Injuries	30	56	16	362	- 306
Oral Cancer	31	54	22	214	- 160
Inflammatory/Heart	32	51	5	921	- 870
Falls	33	50	23	201	- 152
Endocrine Disorders	34	49	41	59	- 10
Cervical Cancer	35	45	33	128	- 82
Hepatitis B	36	41	63	3	+ 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	38	31	142	- 104
Uterin Cancer	38	33	29	148	- 114
Fires	39	33	36	103	- 70
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	27	54	14	+ 14
Tuberculosis	41	24	40	71	- 48
Birth Trauma	42	23	55	12	+ 11
Drownings	43	21	34	127	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	44	18	32	131	- 114
HIV/AIDS	45	17	39	74	- 57
Epilepsy	46	16	45	44	- 28
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	16	47	41	- 25
Poisonings	48	13	49	23	- 10
Meningitis	49	12	52	15	- 3
Maternal Conditions	50	10	60	5	+ 6
War	51	8	68	0	+ 8
Tetanus	52	8	71	0	+ 8
Skin Disease	53	6	38	76	- 70
Alcohol	54	6	21	227	- 221
Multiple Sclerosis	55	5	50	20	- 15
Encephalitis	56	5	69	0	+ 5
Pertussis	57	5	70	0	+ 5
Other Neoplasms	58	5	28	153	- 148
Measles	59	4	72	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	60	4	64	2	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	4	59	5	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	51	20	- 18
Syphilis	63	2	65	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	64	1	42	53	- 52
Schistosomiasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	62	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	67	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	14	- 14
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	57	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	44	45	- 45
Osteoarthritis	85	0	58	7	- 7
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Lebanon

Latvia

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.