NEW ZEALAND VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,823	1	5,095	+ 7,728
Stroke	2	1,727	3	2,378	- 651
Lung Cancers	3	1,442	4	1,873	- 432
Hypertension	4	1,372	20	327	+ 1,045
Kidney Disease	5	1,196	17	432	+ 764
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,167	2	3,032	- 1,864
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,085	16	458	+ 627
Breast Cancer	8	949	10	737	+ 212
Diabetes Mellitus	9	899	8	769	+ 130
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	896	7	920	- 24
Lung Disease	11	855	5	1,815	- 959
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	810	6	1,495	- 685
Bladder Cancer	13	677	26	267	+ 410
Liver Disease	14	638	32	158	+ 480
Lymphomas	15	621	13	608	+ 13
Stomach Cancer	16	461	22	323	+ 138
Prostate Cancer	17	425	9	739	- 313
Leukemia	18	321	18	391	- 70
Asthma	19	287	36	91	+ 196
Congenital Anomalies	20	286	30	176	+ 111
Skin Cancers	21	285	12	612	- 326
Violence	22	274	42	57	+ 217
Drug Use	23	270	40	69	+ 201
Pancreas Cancer	24	262	14	543	- 281
Parkinson's Disease	25	217	19	353	- 136
Ovary Cancer	26	216	29	207	+ 9
Liver Cancer	27	209	24	288	- 79
Low Birth Weight	28	183	38	78	+ 105
Suicide	29	183	15	528	- 346
Other Injuries	30	162	28	218	- 57
Oral Cancer	31	156	31	164	- 8
Inflammatory/Heart	32	147	23	313	- 166
Falls	33	142	11	627	- 485
Endocrine Disorders	34	139	21	325	- 185
Cervical Cancer	35	129	41	61	+ 69
Hepatitis B	36	118	56	14	+ 104
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	110	39	70	+ 40
Uterin Cancer	38	95	33	145	- 49
Fires	39	95	53	17	+ 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	78	37	81	- 3
Tuberculosis	41	68	52	17	+ 51
Birth Trauma	42	65	54	15	+ 50
Drownings	43	59	44	54	+ 5
Oesophagus Cancer	44	50	25	279	- 229
HIV/AIDS	45	49	57	10	+ 39
Epilepsy	46	47	43	55	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	45	35	113	- 67
Poisonings	48	37	58	9	+ 28
Meningitis	49	34	59	9	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	50	29	63	5	+ 25
War	51	24	68	1	+ 24
Tetanus	52	22	69	0	+ 22
Skin Disease	53	18	34	118	- 100
Alcohol	54	17	45	51	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	55	16	47	43	- 28
Encephalitis	56	15	66	1	+ 14
Pertussis	57	15	65	1	+ 14
Other Neoplasms	58	14	27	245	- 231
Measles	59	12	82	0	+ 12
Malnutrition	60	11	55	14	- 3
Appendicitis	61	11	62	6	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	46	47	- 42
Syphilis	63	5	70	0	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	48	30	- 26
Schistosomiasis	65	2	77	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	80	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	64	4	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	83	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	84	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	51	17	- 17
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	60	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	50	22	- 22
Osteoarthritis	85	0	49	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Lebanon

New Zealand

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.