SAUDI ARABIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	90,794	1	39,037	+ 51,757
Stroke	2	12,227	2	16,793	- 4,566
Lung Cancers	3	10,208	26	775	+ 9,433
Hypertension	4	9,714	22	834	+ 8,880
Kidney Disease	5	8,467	4	9,051	- 584
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	8,266	11	2,442	+ 5,823
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,680	3	12,317	- 4,637
Breast Cancer	8	6,721	20	908	+ 5,813
Diabetes Mellitus	9	6,362	9	3,890	+ 2,472
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	6,345	5	6,132	+ 213
Lung Disease	11	6,057	10	2,842	+ 3,214
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	5,732	14	1,630	+ 4,102
Bladder Cancer	13	4,795	46	214	+ 4,581
Liver Disease	14	4,516	7	4,931	- 415
Lymphomas	15	4,398	28	716	+ 3,682
Stomach Cancer	16	3,266	36	389	+ 2,877
Prostate Cancer	17	3,012	50	148	+ 2,864
Leukemia	18	2,274	19	925	+ 1,349
Asthma	19	2,029	17	1,168	+ 861
Congenital Anomalies	20	2,027	12	2,307	- 280
Skin Cancers	21	2,019	55	55	+ 1,965
Violence	22	1,939	30	646	+ 1,293
Drug Use	23	1,911	33	491	+ 1,420
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,856	31	526	+ 1,330
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,540	25	776	+ 763
Ovary Cancer	26	1,526	42	247	+ 1,279
Liver Cancer	27	1,482	21	845	+ 637
Low Birth Weight	28	1,297	18	989	+ 308
Suicide	29	1,295	13	2,046	- 751
Other Injuries	30	1,144	8	4,004	- 2,860
Oral Cancer	31	1,102	34	465	+ 638
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,041	16	1,342	- 301
Falls	33	1,006	6	5,340	- 4,334
Endocrine Disorders	34	988	15	1,447	- 460
Cervical Cancer	35	917	49	157	+ 760
Hepatitis B	36	835	53	57	+ 778
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	778	41	275	+ 502
Uterin Cancer	38	675	38	323	+ 352
Fires	39	673	23	825	- 153
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	551	35	457	+ 95
Tuberculosis	41	480	27	752	- 272
Birth Trauma	42	458	37	343	+ 115
Drownings	43	419	24	821	- 402
Oesophagus Cancer	44	357	44	229	+ 127
HIV/AIDS	45	347	47	192	+ 155
Epilepsy	46	334	29	694	- 360
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	322	39	280	+ 42
Poisonings	48	264	40	279	- 16
Meningitis	49	240	45	227	+ 14
Maternal Conditions	50	208	48	172	+ 35
War	51	172	65	3	+ 169
Tetanus	52	158	61	16	+ 142
Skin Disease	53	129	32	516	- 387
Alcohol	54	123	51	128	- 6
Multiple Sclerosis	55	111	56	49	+ 62
Encephalitis	56	106	43	234	- 128
Pertussis	57	106	54	56	+ 50
Other Neoplasms	58	98	57	40	+ 58
Measles	59	83	68	1	+ 82
Malnutrition	60	76	52	79	- 4
Appendicitis	61	75	58	35	+ 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	35	62	9	+ 26
Syphilis	63	34	59	33	+ 1
Hepatitis C	64	26	64	7	+ 19
Schistosomiasis	65	16	60	25	- 9
Leishmaniasis	66	2	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	70	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	68	1	69	1	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	66	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	63	9	- 9
Otitis Media	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

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.