LESOTHO VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,534	5	2,101	+ 3,433
Stroke	2	745	3	2,817	- 2,072
Lung Cancers	3	622	43	51	+ 571
Hypertension	4	592	11	990	- 398
Kidney Disease	5	516	10	1,015	- 498
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	504	29	194	+ 310
Road Traffic Accidents	7	468	16	678	- 210
Breast Cancer	8	410	34	97	+ 313
Diabetes Mellitus	9	388	6	2,000	- 1,612
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	387	2	3,214	- 2,827
Lung Disease	11	369	9	1,102	- 733
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	349	48	40	+ 310
Bladder Cancer	13	292	61	10	+ 283
Liver Disease	14	275	14	792	- 517
Lymphomas	15	268	36	78	+ 190
Stomach Cancer	16	199	60	11	+ 188
Prostate Cancer	17	184	35	81	+ 103
Leukemia	18	139	49	39	+ 100
Asthma	19	124	17	678	- 554
Congenital Anomalies	20	124	19	389	- 266
Skin Cancers	21	123	46	46	+ 77
Violence	22	118	13	924	- 806
Drug Use	23	116	50	32	+ 85
Pancreas Cancer	24	113	58	12	+ 101
Parkinson's Disease	25	94	41	55	+ 39
Ovary Cancer	26	93	53	24	+ 69
Liver Cancer	27	90	39	71	+ 20
Low Birth Weight	28	79	12	957	- 878
Suicide	29	79	7	1,539	- 1,461
Other Injuries	30	70	18	533	- 463
Oral Cancer	31	67	42	52	+ 16
Inflammatory/Heart	32	63	23	305	- 242
Falls	33	61	31	128	- 66
Endocrine Disorders	34	60	27	235	- 175
Cervical Cancer	35	56	20	372	- 317
Hepatitis B	36	51	51	27	+ 24
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	47	25	279	- 231
Uterin Cancer	38	41	54	23	+ 18
Fires	39	41	26	269	- 228
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	34	4	2,354	- 2,321
Tuberculosis	41	29	8	1,208	- 1,179
Birth Trauma	42	28	15	717	- 689
Drownings	43	26	28	200	- 174
Oesophagus Cancer	44	22	37	73	- 52
HIV/AIDS	45	21	1	4,767	- 4,746
Epilepsy	46	20	30	143	- 123
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	20	32	126	- 106
Poisonings	48	16	33	111	- 95
Meningitis	49	15	22	318	- 303
Maternal Conditions	50	13	24	292	- 280
War	51	10	68	0	+ 10
Tetanus	52	10	47	45	- 36
Skin Disease	53	8	40	70	- 62
Alcohol	54	7	38	71	- 63
Multiple Sclerosis	55	7	63	6	+ 1
Encephalitis	56	6	57	14	- 7
Pertussis	57	6	44	51	- 45
Other Neoplasms	58	6	62	9	- 3
Measles	59	5	59	12	- 7
Malnutrition	60	5	21	357	- 353
Appendicitis	61	5	52	25	- 20
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	56	18	- 16
Syphilis	63	2	45	50	- 48
Hepatitis C	64	2	64	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	55	18	- 18
Diphtheria	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	70	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	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	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 LESOTHO

Lebanon

Lesotho

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.