SINGAPORE VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	14,978	1	5,292	+ 9,686
Stroke	2	2,017	3	1,559	+ 458
Lung Cancers	3	1,684	4	1,540	+ 144
Hypertension	4	1,602	8	732	+ 871
Kidney Disease	5	1,397	6	1,028	+ 368
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	1,364	36	32	+ 1,331
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,267	26	121	+ 1,146
Breast Cancer	8	1,109	10	605	+ 503
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,050	28	108	+ 942
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,047	2	5,189	- 4,142
Lung Disease	11	999	14	383	+ 616
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	946	5	1,203	- 257
Bladder Cancer	13	791	27	120	+ 671
Liver Disease	14	745	20	209	+ 536
Lymphomas	15	726	13	397	+ 329
Stomach Cancer	16	539	12	405	+ 134
Prostate Cancer	17	497	16	303	+ 194
Leukemia	18	375	17	249	+ 126
Asthma	19	335	35	37	+ 298
Congenital Anomalies	20	334	31	80	+ 255
Skin Cancers	21	333	34	56	+ 277
Violence	22	320	46	15	+ 305
Drug Use	23	315	44	19	+ 296
Pancreas Cancer	24	306	11	537	- 231
Parkinson's Disease	25	254	29	90	+ 164
Ovary Cancer	26	252	21	204	+ 48
Liver Cancer	27	244	7	746	- 501
Low Birth Weight	28	214	41	25	+ 189
Suicide	29	214	9	650	- 437
Other Injuries	30	189	32	79	+ 110
Oral Cancer	31	182	15	317	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	32	172	19	215	- 44
Falls	33	166	18	218	- 52
Endocrine Disorders	34	163	37	30	+ 133
Cervical Cancer	35	151	30	85	+ 66
Hepatitis B	36	138	52	4	+ 134
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	128	33	69	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	38	111	23	147	- 36
Fires	39	111	49	7	+ 104
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	91	39	28	+ 63
Tuberculosis	41	79	40	26	+ 54
Birth Trauma	42	76	55	3	+ 72
Drownings	43	69	38	29	+ 40
Oesophagus Cancer	44	59	24	137	- 78
HIV/AIDS	45	57	45	18	+ 39
Epilepsy	46	55	42	25	+ 30
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	53	43	22	+ 31
Poisonings	48	43	60	1	+ 42
Meningitis	49	40	48	8	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	50	34	53	3	+ 31
War	51	28	59	2	+ 26
Tetanus	52	26	73	0	+ 26
Skin Disease	53	21	25	136	- 115
Alcohol	54	20	47	10	+ 10
Multiple Sclerosis	55	18	57	3	+ 16
Encephalitis	56	18	61	0	+ 17
Pertussis	57	17	62	0	+ 17
Other Neoplasms	58	16	22	195	- 179
Measles	59	14	72	0	+ 14
Malnutrition	60	13	63	0	+ 12
Appendicitis	61	12	50	6	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	58	2	+ 3
Syphilis	63	6	65	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	4	56	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	0	76	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	54	3	- 3
Diphtheria	68	0	64	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	66	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	79	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	74	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	51	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Lebanon

Singapore

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.