NICARAGUA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,589	1	5,843	+ 10,745
Stroke	2	2,234	3	2,225	+ 9
Lung Cancers	3	1,865	23	274	+ 1,591
Hypertension	4	1,775	9	1,103	+ 672
Kidney Disease	5	1,547	2	3,533	- 1,986
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,510	33	149	+ 1,361
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,403	8	1,109	+ 295
Breast Cancer	8	1,228	20	283	+ 945
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,162	4	2,068	- 905
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,159	7	1,152	+ 8
Lung Disease	11	1,107	5	1,570	- 463
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,047	18	315	+ 732
Bladder Cancer	13	876	52	28	+ 848
Liver Disease	14	825	6	1,203	- 378
Lymphomas	15	804	29	164	+ 640
Stomach Cancer	16	597	14	478	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	17	550	15	386	+ 164
Leukemia	18	415	24	227	+ 189
Asthma	19	371	38	105	+ 266
Congenital Anomalies	20	370	11	571	- 200
Skin Cancers	21	369	45	59	+ 310
Violence	22	354	10	619	- 264
Drug Use	23	349	46	50	+ 299
Pancreas Cancer	24	339	27	178	+ 161
Parkinson's Disease	25	281	42	67	+ 215
Ovary Cancer	26	279	44	61	+ 218
Liver Cancer	27	271	12	509	- 238
Low Birth Weight	28	237	13	490	- 253
Suicide	29	237	19	285	- 48
Other Injuries	30	209	17	358	- 149
Oral Cancer	31	201	43	64	+ 137
Inflammatory/Heart	32	190	34	139	+ 51
Falls	33	184	22	276	- 92
Endocrine Disorders	34	180	28	164	+ 17
Cervical Cancer	35	167	16	374	- 207
Hepatitis B	36	153	62	5	+ 147
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	142	40	85	+ 57
Uterin Cancer	38	123	48	39	+ 84
Fires	39	123	57	16	+ 107
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	101	36	122	- 22
Tuberculosis	41	88	37	115	- 27
Birth Trauma	42	84	25	198	- 114
Drownings	43	77	32	157	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	44	65	47	42	+ 23
HIV/AIDS	45	63	35	139	- 76
Epilepsy	46	61	41	74	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	59	54	20	+ 39
Poisonings	48	48	55	18	+ 31
Meningitis	49	44	51	29	+ 15
Maternal Conditions	50	38	39	88	- 50
War	51	31	70	1	+ 31
Tetanus	52	29	79	0	+ 29
Skin Disease	53	24	31	162	- 138
Alcohol	54	22	21	279	- 256
Multiple Sclerosis	55	20	61	7	+ 14
Encephalitis	56	19	58	10	+ 9
Pertussis	57	19	67	3	+ 16
Other Neoplasms	58	18	26	192	- 174
Measles	59	15	78	0	+ 15
Malnutrition	60	14	30	163	- 149
Appendicitis	61	14	49	32	- 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	50	31	- 24
Syphilis	63	6	60	9	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	5	68	1	+ 4
Schistosomiasis	65	3	84	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	72	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	77	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	64	4	- 4
Otitis Media	72	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	53	28	- 28
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	66	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	56	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	85	0	59	10	- 10
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Lebanon

Nicaragua

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.