SURINAME VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SURINAME		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,607	1	650	+ 957
Stroke	2	216	2	615	- 399
Lung Cancers	3	181	11	102	+ 78
Hypertension	4	172	9	134	+ 38
Kidney Disease	5	150	4	281	- 131
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	146	10	117	+ 29
Road Traffic Accidents	7	136	13	89	+ 47
Breast Cancer	8	119	17	55	+ 64
Diabetes Mellitus	9	113	3	286	- 174
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	112	5	171	- 58
Lung Disease	11	107	12	93	+ 14
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	101	16	72	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	13	85	48	5	+ 80
Liver Disease	14	80	8	134	- 54
Lymphomas	15	78	34	23	+ 55
Stomach Cancer	16	58	33	25	+ 33
Prostate Cancer	17	53	14	78	- 25
Leukemia	18	40	35	20	+ 21
Asthma	19	36	39	16	+ 20
Congenital Anomalies	20	36	22	40	- 4
Skin Cancers	21	36	60	1	+ 35
Violence	22	34	26	34	+ 1
Drug Use	23	34	45	7	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	24	33	32	26	+ 6
Parkinson's Disease	25	27	31	28	- 0
Ovary Cancer	26	27	42	14	+ 13
Liver Cancer	27	26	21	45	- 19
Low Birth Weight	28	23	19	51	- 28
Suicide	29	23	6	148	- 125
Other Injuries	30	20	15	73	- 52
Oral Cancer	31	20	40	16	+ 4
Inflammatory/Heart	32	18	23	37	- 19
Falls	33	18	25	34	- 16
Endocrine Disorders	34	17	24	37	- 20
Cervical Cancer	35	16	20	48	- 32
Hepatitis B	36	15	63	1	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	14	28	29	- 15
Uterin Cancer	38	12	49	5	+ 7
Fires	39	12	44	13	- 1
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	10	27	31	- 22
Tuberculosis	41	8	37	17	- 8
Birth Trauma	42	8	30	28	- 20
Drownings	43	7	29	28	- 20
Oesophagus Cancer	44	6	56	2	+ 4
HIV/AIDS	45	6	7	138	- 132
Epilepsy	46	6	36	18	- 12
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	6	47	6	- 1
Poisonings	48	5	57	2	+ 3
Meningitis	49	4	50	5	- 1
Maternal Conditions	50	4	41	14	- 10
War	51	3	66	0	+ 3
Tetanus	52	3	62	1	+ 2
Skin Disease	53	2	18	53	- 51
Alcohol	54	2	38	16	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	55	2	61	1	+ 1
Encephalitis	56	2	51	4	- 2
Pertussis	57	2	59	1	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	58	2	54	3	- 1
Measles	59	1	73	0	+ 1
Malnutrition	60	1	43	13	- 12
Appendicitis	61	1	53	3	- 2
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	1	- 1
Syphilis	63	1	52	3	- 3
Hepatitis C	64	0	70	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	55	2	- 2
Leishmaniasis	66	0	65	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	67	0	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	72	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	46	7	- 7
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	64	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SURINAME

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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.