SWITZERLAND VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SWITZERLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,014	1	10,713	+ 11,301
Stroke	2	2,965	3	3,918	- 953
Lung Cancers	3	2,475	4	3,520	- 1,044
Hypertension	4	2,355	6	2,471	- 116
Kidney Disease	5	2,053	13	1,261	+ 792
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	2,004	2	7,192	- 5,188
Road Traffic Accidents	7	1,862	34	193	+ 1,669
Breast Cancer	8	1,629	11	1,577	+ 53
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,543	17	1,022	+ 521
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	1,538	8	1,949	- 411
Lung Disease	11	1,468	5	2,902	- 1,434
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	1,390	7	1,995	- 605
Bladder Cancer	13	1,163	23	669	+ 493
Liver Disease	14	1,095	21	677	+ 418
Lymphomas	15	1,066	15	1,131	- 65
Stomach Cancer	16	792	24	614	+ 178
Prostate Cancer	17	730	10	1,579	- 849
Leukemia	18	551	22	671	- 120
Asthma	19	492	46	95	+ 397
Congenital Anomalies	20	492	31	305	+ 186
Skin Cancers	21	490	27	493	- 4
Violence	22	470	51	42	+ 428
Drug Use	23	463	36	176	+ 287
Pancreas Cancer	24	450	12	1,486	- 1,036
Parkinson's Disease	25	373	18	857	- 484
Ovary Cancer	26	370	29	457	- 87
Liver Cancer	27	359	19	805	- 446
Low Birth Weight	28	314	43	105	+ 210
Suicide	29	314	14	1,249	- 935
Other Injuries	30	277	30	410	- 132
Oral Cancer	31	267	26	500	- 233
Inflammatory/Heart	32	252	16	1,027	- 774
Falls	33	244	9	1,919	- 1,675
Endocrine Disorders	34	239	25	593	- 353
Cervical Cancer	35	222	42	105	+ 117
Hepatitis B	36	202	63	5	+ 198
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	189	41	122	+ 66
Uterin Cancer	38	164	33	224	- 60
Fires	39	163	55	21	+ 142
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	134	35	186	- 52
Tuberculosis	41	116	56	21	+ 95
Birth Trauma	42	111	52	32	+ 79
Drownings	43	102	50	49	+ 52
Oesophagus Cancer	44	86	28	491	- 404
HIV/AIDS	45	84	54	29	+ 55
Epilepsy	46	81	39	159	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	78	48	78	+ 0
Poisonings	48	64	60	13	+ 51
Meningitis	49	58	57	20	+ 38
Maternal Conditions	50	50	64	4	+ 46
War	51	42	67	1	+ 41
Tetanus	52	38	70	0	+ 38
Skin Disease	53	31	40	129	- 98
Alcohol	54	30	32	229	- 199
Multiple Sclerosis	55	27	38	160	- 133
Encephalitis	56	26	68	1	+ 25
Pertussis	57	26	73	0	+ 26
Other Neoplasms	58	24	20	681	- 658
Measles	59	20	75	0	+ 20
Malnutrition	60	18	47	84	- 66
Appendicitis	61	18	59	15	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	49	68	- 59
Syphilis	63	8	65	2	+ 7
Hepatitis C	64	6	58	15	- 9
Schistosomiasis	65	4	72	0	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	66	1	71	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	67	0	61	11	- 11
Diphtheria	68	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	71	0	81	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	66	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	75	0	83	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	44	102	- 102
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	45	96	- 96
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	53	32	- 32
Osteoarthritis	85	0	37	170	- 170
Oral conditions	86	0	62	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SWITZERLAND

Lebanon

Switzerland

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.