SYRIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	59,293	1	28,203	+ 31,090
Stroke	2	7,985	2	8,088	- 104
Lung Cancers	3	6,666	9	2,048	+ 4,619
Hypertension	4	6,344	23	707	+ 5,636
Kidney Disease	5	5,529	6	2,329	+ 3,200
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	5,398	14	1,551	+ 3,847
Road Traffic Accidents	7	5,015	5	2,550	+ 2,465
Breast Cancer	8	4,389	10	1,953	+ 2,436
Diabetes Mellitus	9	4,155	15	1,534	+ 2,621
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	4,144	4	2,958	+ 1,185
Lung Disease	11	3,955	13	1,601	+ 2,354
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,743	16	1,224	+ 2,520
Bladder Cancer	13	3,132	20	757	+ 2,374
Liver Disease	14	2,949	11	1,720	+ 1,230
Lymphomas	15	2,872	18	827	+ 2,045
Stomach Cancer	16	2,133	22	725	+ 1,408
Prostate Cancer	17	1,967	28	404	+ 1,563
Leukemia	18	1,485	19	796	+ 689
Asthma	19	1,325	17	1,052	+ 272
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,324	8	2,077	- 753
Skin Cancers	21	1,319	38	276	+ 1,042
Violence	22	1,266	25	444	+ 822
Drug Use	23	1,248	39	249	+ 999
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,212	27	411	+ 801
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,005	30	367	+ 638
Ovary Cancer	26	997	34	328	+ 669
Liver Cancer	27	968	31	366	+ 601
Low Birth Weight	28	847	12	1,652	- 805
Suicide	29	846	33	333	+ 513
Other Injuries	30	747	24	521	+ 226
Oral Cancer	31	720	36	289	+ 431
Inflammatory/Heart	32	680	32	337	+ 342
Falls	33	657	29	383	+ 274
Endocrine Disorders	34	645	26	418	+ 227
Cervical Cancer	35	599	42	188	+ 410
Hepatitis B	36	545	63	5	+ 540
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	508	49	79	+ 429
Uterin Cancer	38	440	44	146	+ 295
Fires	39	439	43	179	+ 260
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	360	7	2,156	- 1,796
Tuberculosis	41	314	56	23	+ 290
Birth Trauma	42	299	21	744	- 445
Drownings	43	274	40	215	+ 59
Oesophagus Cancer	44	233	47	97	+ 135
HIV/AIDS	45	227	58	15	+ 212
Epilepsy	46	218	48	92	+ 126
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	210	41	197	+ 13
Poisonings	48	172	46	98	+ 74
Meningitis	49	157	35	295	- 138
Maternal Conditions	50	136	45	105	+ 31
War	51	112	3	7,760	- 7,648
Tetanus	52	103	52	57	+ 46
Skin Disease	53	84	61	8	+ 77
Alcohol	54	80	53	51	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	55	72	59	14	+ 58
Encephalitis	56	69	50	77	- 8
Pertussis	57	69	37	289	- 220
Other Neoplasms	58	64	57	21	+ 43
Measles	59	54	70	0	+ 54
Malnutrition	60	50	51	73	- 23
Appendicitis	61	49	54	36	+ 13
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	23	62	7	+ 16
Syphilis	63	22	55	31	- 9
Hepatitis C	64	17	68	1	+ 16
Schistosomiasis	65	10	60	11	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	65	5	- 4
Upper Respiratory	67	1	66	3	- 2
Diphtheria	68	1	64	5	- 4
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	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 SYRIA

Lebanon

Syria

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.