SWAZILAND VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SWAZILAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,828	5	755	+ 2,073
Stroke	2	381	4	800	- 420
Lung Cancers	3	318	46	17	+ 301
Hypertension	4	303	10	292	+ 10
Kidney Disease	5	264	8	381	- 117
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	257	27	77	+ 181
Road Traffic Accidents	7	239	7	384	- 145
Breast Cancer	8	209	35	37	+ 172
Diabetes Mellitus	9	198	3	892	- 694
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	198	2	921	- 723
Lung Disease	11	189	12	264	- 76
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	179	43	19	+ 160
Bladder Cancer	13	149	55	6	+ 143
Liver Disease	14	141	11	274	- 133
Lymphomas	15	137	36	31	+ 106
Stomach Cancer	16	102	53	7	+ 95
Prostate Cancer	17	94	31	45	+ 49
Leukemia	18	71	47	16	+ 55
Asthma	19	63	20	150	- 86
Congenital Anomalies	20	63	19	160	- 97
Skin Cancers	21	63	42	20	+ 43
Violence	22	60	16	212	- 152
Drug Use	23	60	38	27	+ 33
Pancreas Cancer	24	58	56	6	+ 52
Parkinson's Disease	25	48	41	24	+ 24
Ovary Cancer	26	48	52	10	+ 38
Liver Cancer	27	46	37	29	+ 17
Low Birth Weight	28	40	14	233	- 193
Suicide	29	40	9	338	- 297
Other Injuries	30	36	17	190	- 154
Oral Cancer	31	34	51	10	+ 24
Inflammatory/Heart	32	32	24	94	- 61
Falls	33	31	32	41	- 10
Endocrine Disorders	34	31	28	74	- 43
Cervical Cancer	35	29	15	215	- 186
Hepatitis B	36	26	57	6	+ 20
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	24	29	51	- 27
Uterin Cancer	38	21	50	11	+ 10
Fires	39	21	26	84	- 63
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	17	6	517	- 500
Tuberculosis	41	15	13	256	- 241
Birth Trauma	42	14	18	166	- 152
Drownings	43	13	25	87	- 74
Oesophagus Cancer	44	11	44	18	- 7
HIV/AIDS	45	11	1	2,314	- 2,303
Epilepsy	46	10	30	46	- 35
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	10	39	26	- 16
Poisonings	48	8	34	37	- 29
Meningitis	49	7	23	97	- 90
Maternal Conditions	50	6	21	116	- 109
War	51	5	71	0	+ 5
Tetanus	52	5	62	4	+ 1
Skin Disease	53	4	40	25	- 21
Alcohol	54	4	48	16	- 12
Multiple Sclerosis	55	3	63	1	+ 2
Encephalitis	56	3	59	5	- 2
Pertussis	57	3	33	39	- 35
Other Neoplasms	58	3	61	4	- 1
Measles	59	3	64	1	+ 2
Malnutrition	60	2	22	106	- 103
Appendicitis	61	2	54	7	- 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	58	5	- 4
Syphilis	63	1	45	17	- 16
Hepatitis C	64	1	65	0	+ 0
Schistosomiasis	65	0	49	13	- 12
Leishmaniasis	66	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	60	4	- 4
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	75	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	67	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	80	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWAZILAND

Lebanon

Swaziland

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.