NORWAY VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,689	1	5,321	+ 8,368
Stroke	2	1,843	4	2,475	- 632
Lung Cancers	3	1,539	5	2,320	- 781
Hypertension	4	1,465	28	230	+ 1,235
Kidney Disease	5	1,277	14	611	+ 666
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,246	2	4,464	- 3,218
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,158	42	114	+ 1,044
Breast Cancer	8	1,013	11	698	+ 315
Diabetes Mellitus	9	959	16	560	+ 400
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	957	6	1,797	- 840
Lung Disease	11	913	3	2,723	- 1,810
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	864	7	1,787	- 922
Bladder Cancer	13	723	20	356	+ 367
Liver Disease	14	681	30	214	+ 467
Lymphomas	15	663	12	646	+ 17
Stomach Cancer	16	492	22	343	+ 149
Prostate Cancer	17	454	8	1,172	- 718
Leukemia	18	343	21	354	- 11
Asthma	19	306	43	85	+ 221
Congenital Anomalies	20	306	34	136	+ 169
Skin Cancers	21	304	18	407	- 103
Violence	22	292	50	32	+ 260
Drug Use	23	288	25	264	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	24	280	10	770	- 490
Parkinson's Disease	25	232	17	554	- 322
Ovary Cancer	26	230	24	309	- 79
Liver Cancer	27	223	26	259	- 36
Low Birth Weight	28	196	52	23	+ 172
Suicide	29	195	13	633	- 438
Other Injuries	30	172	15	583	- 411
Oral Cancer	31	166	32	168	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	32	157	29	221	- 64
Falls	33	152	9	777	- 626
Endocrine Disorders	34	149	19	359	- 210
Cervical Cancer	35	138	39	125	+ 13
Hepatitis B	36	126	63	3	+ 123
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	117	33	160	- 42
Uterin Cancer	38	102	36	134	- 32
Fires	39	101	48	45	+ 57
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	83	37	128	- 45
Tuberculosis	41	72	56	15	+ 57
Birth Trauma	42	69	54	17	+ 52
Drownings	43	63	45	65	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	44	54	27	248	- 194
HIV/AIDS	45	52	61	10	+ 42
Epilepsy	46	50	40	119	- 69
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	48	46	61	- 13
Poisonings	48	40	57	14	+ 25
Meningitis	49	36	58	14	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	50	31	66	1	+ 30
War	51	26	68	1	+ 25
Tetanus	52	24	69	0	+ 23
Skin Disease	53	19	38	128	- 108
Alcohol	54	18	31	205	- 186
Multiple Sclerosis	55	17	41	119	- 102
Encephalitis	56	16	70	0	+ 16
Pertussis	57	16	64	1	+ 15
Other Neoplasms	58	15	23	324	- 310
Measles	59	13	72	0	+ 13
Malnutrition	60	11	35	135	- 124
Appendicitis	61	11	59	12	- 1
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	47	60	- 55
Syphilis	63	5	67	1	+ 4
Hepatitis C	64	4	55	17	- 13
Schistosomiasis	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	81	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	12	- 11
Diphtheria	68	0	71	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	65	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	84	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	75	- 75
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	53	23	- 23
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	49	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	51	27	- 27
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

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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.