SRI LANKA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	54,616	1	26,304	+ 28,312
Stroke	2	7,355	6	6,805	+ 550
Lung Cancers	3	6,141	12	1,775	+ 4,366
Hypertension	4	5,843	20	1,055	+ 4,788
Kidney Disease	5	5,093	5	6,858	- 1,765
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,972	4	6,939	- 1,967
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,620	9	4,200	+ 420
Breast Cancer	8	4,043	15	1,383	+ 2,660
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,827	2	12,460	- 8,633
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	3,817	8	5,117	- 1,300
Lung Disease	11	3,643	3	9,456	- 5,813
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,448	24	911	+ 2,536
Bladder Cancer	13	2,885	34	432	+ 2,453
Liver Disease	14	2,717	17	1,303	+ 1,414
Lymphomas	15	2,646	21	1,027	+ 1,618
Stomach Cancer	16	1,964	16	1,321	+ 643
Prostate Cancer	17	1,812	30	507	+ 1,305
Leukemia	18	1,368	18	1,155	+ 213
Asthma	19	1,220	7	6,471	- 5,251
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,219	22	989	+ 230
Skin Cancers	21	1,215	52	58	+ 1,156
Violence	22	1,166	31	499	+ 667
Drug Use	23	1,150	40	257	+ 892
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,117	43	214	+ 903
Parkinson's Disease	25	926	45	168	+ 758
Ovary Cancer	26	918	37	281	+ 637
Liver Cancer	27	891	19	1,090	- 199
Low Birth Weight	28	780	29	536	+ 244
Suicide	29	779	10	2,977	- 2,199
Other Injuries	30	688	14	1,529	- 841
Oral Cancer	31	663	11	2,893	- 2,230
Inflammatory/Heart	32	626	35	425	+ 201
Falls	33	605	23	964	- 359
Endocrine Disorders	34	594	32	462	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	35	551	26	762	- 211
Hepatitis B	36	502	62	6	+ 496
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	468	56	38	+ 430
Uterin Cancer	38	406	42	218	+ 188
Fires	39	405	41	239	+ 166
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	332	28	605	- 273
Tuberculosis	41	289	25	769	- 480
Birth Trauma	42	276	44	193	+ 83
Drownings	43	252	27	731	- 478
Oesophagus Cancer	44	215	13	1,544	- 1,330
HIV/AIDS	45	209	55	39	+ 170
Epilepsy	46	201	39	269	- 68
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	193	53	49	+ 144
Poisonings	48	159	49	93	+ 65
Meningitis	49	144	46	146	- 2
Maternal Conditions	50	125	48	96	+ 29
War	51	103	38	280	- 176
Tetanus	52	95	57	27	+ 67
Skin Disease	53	78	36	293	- 215
Alcohol	54	74	51	82	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	55	67	69	2	+ 64
Encephalitis	56	64	61	10	+ 54
Pertussis	57	64	59	15	+ 49
Other Neoplasms	58	59	50	86	- 27
Measles	59	50	77	0	+ 50
Malnutrition	60	46	54	43	+ 2
Appendicitis	61	45	64	5	+ 40
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	21	60	11	+ 10
Syphilis	63	20	58	15	+ 5
Hepatitis C	64	16	75	0	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	65	9	81	0	+ 9
Leishmaniasis	66	1	73	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	5	- 4
Diphtheria	68	1	74	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	47	131	- 131
Otitis Media	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	33	445	- 445
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	65	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	70	2	- 2
Osteoarthritis	85	0	67	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

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.