MAURITANIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,753	4	1,636	+ 9,117
Stroke	2	1,448	6	1,307	+ 141
Lung Cancers	3	1,209	44	60	+ 1,149
Hypertension	4	1,150	22	286	+ 864
Kidney Disease	5	1,003	15	555	+ 448
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	979	24	251	+ 728
Road Traffic Accidents	7	910	8	1,158	- 249
Breast Cancer	8	796	28	189	+ 607
Diabetes Mellitus	9	753	12	594	+ 159
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	751	1	2,756	- 2,004
Lung Disease	11	717	23	275	+ 443
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	679	37	110	+ 569
Bladder Cancer	13	568	50	42	+ 525
Liver Disease	14	535	13	586	- 51
Lymphomas	15	521	43	65	+ 456
Stomach Cancer	16	387	32	132	+ 255
Prostate Cancer	17	357	34	118	+ 239
Leukemia	18	269	55	22	+ 247
Asthma	19	240	29	170	+ 70
Congenital Anomalies	20	240	10	665	- 425
Skin Cancers	21	239	46	50	+ 189
Violence	22	230	16	491	- 262
Drug Use	23	226	40	71	+ 155
Pancreas Cancer	24	220	51	39	+ 181
Parkinson's Disease	25	182	41	69	+ 113
Ovary Cancer	26	181	49	43	+ 137
Liver Cancer	27	175	21	312	- 136
Low Birth Weight	28	154	2	2,014	- 1,860
Suicide	29	153	30	141	+ 12
Other Injuries	30	135	19	343	- 208
Oral Cancer	31	131	48	45	+ 86
Inflammatory/Heart	32	123	36	110	+ 13
Falls	33	119	31	140	- 21
Endocrine Disorders	34	117	27	197	- 80
Cervical Cancer	35	109	20	333	- 225
Hepatitis B	36	99	56	22	+ 77
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	92	38	83	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	38	80	57	17	+ 63
Fires	39	80	33	123	- 43
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	65	3	1,656	- 1,591
Tuberculosis	41	57	9	717	- 660
Birth Trauma	42	54	7	1,204	- 1,150
Drownings	43	50	35	116	- 67
Oesophagus Cancer	44	42	54	30	+ 12
HIV/AIDS	45	41	25	231	- 189
Epilepsy	46	40	39	75	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	38	52	34	+ 5
Poisonings	48	31	42	67	- 36
Meningitis	49	28	18	357	- 328
Maternal Conditions	50	25	11	639	- 614
War	51	20	70	2	+ 19
Tetanus	52	19	45	58	- 39
Skin Disease	53	15	47	47	- 32
Alcohol	54	15	58	16	- 1
Multiple Sclerosis	55	13	63	5	+ 8
Encephalitis	56	13	53	33	- 21
Pertussis	57	13	14	574	- 562
Other Neoplasms	58	12	62	7	+ 4
Measles	59	10	61	9	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	9	17	462	- 453
Appendicitis	61	9	60	9	+ 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	64	4	- 0
Syphilis	63	4	26	204	- 200
Hepatitis C	64	3	67	3	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	2	59	14	- 12
Leishmaniasis	66	0	69	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	67	0	68	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	0	65	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	3	- 3
Dengue	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Lebanon

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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.