MALAWI VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		MALAWI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,071	7	4,929	+ 49,142
Stroke	2	7,282	5	5,939	+ 1,343
Lung Cancers	3	6,079	51	131	+ 5,949
Hypertension	4	5,785	17	1,797	+ 3,989
Kidney Disease	5	5,042	19	1,567	+ 3,475
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,922	25	782	+ 4,140
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,574	4	6,221	- 1,648
Breast Cancer	8	4,002	27	600	+ 3,402
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,789	14	2,267	+ 1,522
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	3,779	2	7,739	- 3,960
Lung Disease	11	3,607	21	1,340	+ 2,266
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,413	44	234	+ 3,179
Bladder Cancer	13	2,856	33	388	+ 2,468
Liver Disease	14	2,690	10	3,259	- 569
Lymphomas	15	2,619	24	839	+ 1,781
Stomach Cancer	16	1,945	45	206	+ 1,739
Prostate Cancer	17	1,794	40	271	+ 1,523
Leukemia	18	1,354	56	82	+ 1,272
Asthma	19	1,208	26	705	+ 503
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,207	13	2,509	- 1,302
Skin Cancers	21	1,202	36	331	+ 872
Violence	22	1,155	32	406	+ 748
Drug Use	23	1,138	59	48	+ 1,091
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,106	60	38	+ 1,068
Parkinson's Disease	25	917	46	200	+ 717
Ovary Cancer	26	909	48	158	+ 751
Liver Cancer	27	882	38	317	+ 566
Low Birth Weight	28	772	8	4,339	- 3,567
Suicide	29	771	23	1,007	- 236
Other Injuries	30	681	22	1,266	- 585
Oral Cancer	31	656	43	251	+ 405
Inflammatory/Heart	32	620	35	370	+ 249
Falls	33	599	28	562	+ 37
Endocrine Disorders	34	588	42	257	+ 332
Cervical Cancer	35	546	12	2,876	- 2,330
Hepatitis B	36	497	55	88	+ 409
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	463	39	280	+ 184
Uterin Cancer	38	402	62	23	+ 379
Fires	39	401	34	380	+ 21
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	328	6	5,782	- 5,454
Tuberculosis	41	286	11	2,992	- 2,706
Birth Trauma	42	273	9	3,563	- 3,290
Drownings	43	250	30	458	- 208
Oesophagus Cancer	44	212	16	1,842	- 1,629
HIV/AIDS	45	207	1	12,839	- 12,632
Epilepsy	46	199	41	260	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	192	49	154	+ 37
Poisonings	48	157	37	325	- 168
Meningitis	49	143	18	1,792	- 1,649
Maternal Conditions	50	124	15	1,854	- 1,730
War	51	102	71	2	+ 100
Tetanus	52	94	47	178	- 84
Skin Disease	53	77	53	101	- 24
Alcohol	54	73	52	114	- 41
Multiple Sclerosis	55	66	66	9	+ 57
Encephalitis	56	63	58	48	+ 15
Pertussis	57	63	31	436	- 373
Other Neoplasms	58	58	63	17	+ 42
Measles	59	49	67	6	+ 43
Malnutrition	60	45	20	1,499	- 1,454
Appendicitis	61	45	54	94	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	61	29	- 8
Syphilis	63	20	29	480	- 460
Hepatitis C	64	16	64	15	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	9	50	143	- 134
Leishmaniasis	66	1	74	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	57	60	- 59
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	1	70	3	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	69	4	- 4
Dengue	71	0	65	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	68	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	3	6,308	- 6,308
Chagas disease	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	80	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 MALAWI

Lebanon

Malawi

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.