SOMALIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	32,341	7	7,233	+ 25,109
Stroke	2	4,355	6	8,595	- 4,240
Lung Cancers	3	3,636	54	233	+ 3,403
Hypertension	4	3,460	18	2,643	+ 817
Kidney Disease	5	3,016	21	2,051	+ 965
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,944	32	647	+ 2,297
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,736	11	4,231	- 1,495
Breast Cancer	8	2,394	26	1,232	+ 1,162
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,266	16	2,888	- 622
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,260	1	21,712	- 19,452
Lung Disease	11	2,157	19	2,442	- 285
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,042	38	546	+ 1,495
Bladder Cancer	13	1,708	61	149	+ 1,559
Liver Disease	14	1,609	13	3,917	- 2,308
Lymphomas	15	1,567	34	605	+ 962
Stomach Cancer	16	1,163	49	310	+ 853
Prostate Cancer	17	1,073	52	285	+ 788
Leukemia	18	810	35	562	+ 249
Asthma	19	723	23	1,878	- 1,156
Congenital Anomalies	20	722	15	3,410	- 2,688
Skin Cancers	21	719	57	164	+ 556
Violence	22	691	29	828	- 138
Drug Use	23	681	65	54	+ 626
Pancreas Cancer	24	661	62	108	+ 554
Parkinson's Disease	25	548	56	184	+ 365
Ovary Cancer	26	544	50	295	+ 249
Liver Cancer	27	528	53	256	+ 272
Low Birth Weight	28	462	8	6,250	- 5,788
Suicide	29	461	27	1,219	- 758
Other Injuries	30	407	14	3,602	- 3,194
Oral Cancer	31	393	46	328	+ 65
Inflammatory/Heart	32	371	39	521	- 150
Falls	33	358	37	548	- 189
Endocrine Disorders	34	352	44	406	- 54
Cervical Cancer	35	327	28	883	- 556
Hepatitis B	36	297	48	315	- 17
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	277	36	559	- 282
Uterin Cancer	38	240	64	78	+ 162
Fires	39	240	30	810	- 571
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	196	2	15,363	- 15,166
Tuberculosis	41	171	4	10,261	- 10,090
Birth Trauma	42	163	5	9,573	- 9,410
Drownings	43	149	25	1,272	- 1,122
Oesophagus Cancer	44	127	40	516	- 389
HIV/AIDS	45	124	33	610	- 486
Epilepsy	46	119	43	419	- 300
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	115	41	446	- 331
Poisonings	48	94	31	758	- 664
Meningitis	49	86	9	5,381	- 5,296
Maternal Conditions	50	74	12	4,127	- 4,053
War	51	61	24	1,318	- 1,257
Tetanus	52	56	17	2,648	- 2,592
Skin Disease	53	46	58	151	- 105
Alcohol	54	44	59	151	- 107
Multiple Sclerosis	55	40	71	8	+ 32
Encephalitis	56	38	63	91	- 53
Pertussis	57	38	20	2,054	- 2,016
Other Neoplasms	58	35	70	12	+ 23
Measles	59	30	3	11,576	- 11,546
Malnutrition	60	27	10	4,825	- 4,798
Appendicitis	61	27	55	188	- 161
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	12	66	35	- 23
Syphilis	63	12	45	378	- 366
Hepatitis C	64	9	67	34	- 25
Schistosomiasis	65	6	42	435	- 430
Leishmaniasis	66	1	51	290	- 289
Upper Respiratory	67	0	47	326	- 325
Diphtheria	68	0	60	150	- 149
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 5
Ascariasis	70	0	69	30	- 29
Dengue	71	0	73	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	68	32	- 32
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

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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.