SWEDEN VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SWEDEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	26,310	1	15,136	+ 11,175
Stroke	2	3,543	3	6,035	- 2,492
Lung Cancers	3	2,958	5	3,722	- 764
Hypertension	4	2,815	10	1,838	+ 977
Kidney Disease	5	2,454	12	1,629	+ 825
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,395	2	10,917	- 8,522
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,225	34	315	+ 1,910
Breast Cancer	8	1,947	13	1,582	+ 365
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,844	11	1,834	+ 9
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,839	7	2,659	- 820
Lung Disease	11	1,755	4	4,344	- 2,589
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,661	6	3,049	- 1,388
Bladder Cancer	13	1,390	21	760	+ 629
Liver Disease	14	1,309	23	723	+ 585
Lymphomas	15	1,274	16	1,357	- 82
Stomach Cancer	16	946	26	612	+ 334
Prostate Cancer	17	873	8	2,622	- 1,749
Leukemia	18	659	20	825	- 167
Asthma	19	588	42	158	+ 430
Congenital Anomalies	20	587	35	308	+ 280
Skin Cancers	21	585	25	650	- 65
Violence	22	562	47	113	+ 449
Drug Use	23	554	30	423	+ 130
Pancreas Cancer	24	538	9	1,849	- 1,311
Parkinson's Disease	25	446	19	943	- 497
Ovary Cancer	26	442	27	553	- 110
Liver Cancer	27	429	22	752	- 322
Low Birth Weight	28	376	51	50	+ 325
Suicide	29	375	14	1,479	- 1,104
Other Injuries	30	331	15	1,374	- 1,042
Oral Cancer	31	319	31	379	- 60
Inflammatory/Heart	32	302	28	547	- 245
Falls	33	292	17	1,109	- 817
Endocrine Disorders	34	286	24	702	- 416
Cervical Cancer	35	266	38	228	+ 38
Hepatitis B	36	242	62	9	+ 232
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	225	37	277	- 52
Uterin Cancer	38	195	33	345	- 149
Fires	39	195	49	65	+ 130
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	160	36	289	- 130
Tuberculosis	41	139	56	24	+ 115
Birth Trauma	42	133	55	34	+ 99
Drownings	43	122	46	114	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	44	103	29	538	- 435
HIV/AIDS	45	101	61	13	+ 88
Epilepsy	46	97	44	121	- 24
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	93	48	110	- 17
Poisonings	48	76	60	18	+ 59
Meningitis	49	70	54	35	+ 34
Maternal Conditions	50	60	64	5	+ 55
War	51	50	65	2	+ 48
Tetanus	52	46	68	0	+ 45
Skin Disease	53	37	39	220	- 182
Alcohol	54	36	32	359	- 323
Multiple Sclerosis	55	32	41	170	- 138
Encephalitis	56	31	71	0	+ 31
Pertussis	57	31	67	0	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	58	28	18	1,036	- 1,008
Measles	59	24	83	0	+ 24
Malnutrition	60	22	45	117	- 95
Appendicitis	61	22	59	18	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	43	129	- 119
Syphilis	63	10	72	0	+ 10
Hepatitis C	64	8	53	44	- 37
Schistosomiasis	65	5	69	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	66	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	0	58	20	- 19
Diphtheria	68	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	81	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	66	1	- 1
Leprosy	73	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	82	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	40	175	- 175
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	50	63	- 63
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	52	46	- 46
Osteoarthritis	85	0	57	24	- 24
Oral conditions	86	0	63	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWEDEN

Lebanon

Sweden

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.