RWANDA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	33,847	4	3,605	+ 30,241
Stroke	2	4,558	2	5,060	- 502
Lung Cancers	3	3,805	39	234	+ 3,571
Hypertension	4	3,621	14	1,357	+ 2,264
Kidney Disease	5	3,156	15	1,206	+ 1,951
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,081	25	657	+ 2,424
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,863	3	3,718	- 855
Breast Cancer	8	2,505	27	600	+ 1,906
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,372	11	1,858	+ 513
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,365	1	5,280	- 2,914
Lung Disease	11	2,258	13	1,555	+ 703
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,137	28	591	+ 1,546
Bladder Cancer	13	1,788	62	35	+ 1,752
Liver Disease	14	1,684	8	2,548	- 864
Lymphomas	15	1,640	30	450	+ 1,190
Stomach Cancer	16	1,217	20	780	+ 437
Prostate Cancer	17	1,123	32	396	+ 727
Leukemia	18	848	35	317	+ 531
Asthma	19	756	22	717	+ 39
Congenital Anomalies	20	756	12	1,777	- 1,021
Skin Cancers	21	753	50	113	+ 640
Violence	22	723	29	548	+ 175
Drug Use	23	712	60	45	+ 668
Pancreas Cancer	24	692	43	214	+ 478
Parkinson's Disease	25	574	47	146	+ 428
Ovary Cancer	26	569	53	92	+ 477
Liver Cancer	27	552	23	706	- 154
Low Birth Weight	28	483	9	2,193	- 1,709
Suicide	29	483	24	704	- 221
Other Injuries	30	426	17	944	- 518
Oral Cancer	31	411	37	272	+ 139
Inflammatory/Heart	32	388	34	347	+ 41
Falls	33	375	31	412	- 37
Endocrine Disorders	34	368	41	219	+ 149
Cervical Cancer	35	342	18	941	- 599
Hepatitis B	36	311	55	68	+ 243
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	290	33	362	- 72
Uterin Cancer	38	251	56	58	+ 193
Fires	39	251	38	270	- 19
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	205	6	3,121	- 2,916
Tuberculosis	41	179	26	625	- 446
Birth Trauma	42	171	10	1,888	- 1,717
Drownings	43	156	36	285	- 128
Oesophagus Cancer	44	133	44	213	- 80
HIV/AIDS	45	130	7	2,826	- 2,696
Epilepsy	46	125	45	191	- 67
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	120	48	136	- 16
Poisonings	48	98	40	220	- 122
Meningitis	49	90	19	847	- 758
Maternal Conditions	50	77	21	722	- 645
War	51	64	69	3	+ 62
Tetanus	52	59	58	53	+ 6
Skin Disease	53	48	52	103	- 55
Alcohol	54	46	49	125	- 80
Multiple Sclerosis	55	41	66	7	+ 34
Encephalitis	56	40	61	39	+ 1
Pertussis	57	39	42	218	- 178
Other Neoplasms	58	37	64	16	+ 20
Measles	59	31	59	51	- 21
Malnutrition	60	28	16	1,168	- 1,140
Appendicitis	61	28	54	70	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	13	63	23	- 10
Syphilis	63	13	46	173	- 160
Hepatitis C	64	10	65	12	- 3
Schistosomiasis	65	6	51	111	- 105
Leishmaniasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	57	58	- 58
Diphtheria	68	0	71	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 2
Ascariasis	70	0	67	5	- 4
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	4	- 4
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	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 RWANDA

Lebanon

Rwanda

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.