ZAMBIA VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		ZAMBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	51,675	10	4,432	+ 47,243
Stroke	2	6,959	3	7,948	- 989
Lung Cancers	3	5,810	41	226	+ 5,584
Hypertension	4	5,529	13	2,616	+ 2,912
Kidney Disease	5	4,819	18	1,760	+ 3,059
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,704	29	590	+ 4,115
Road Traffic Accidents	7	4,371	11	3,654	+ 717
Breast Cancer	8	3,825	35	366	+ 3,459
Diabetes Mellitus	9	3,621	14	2,395	+ 1,226
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	3,611	2	9,517	- 5,906
Lung Disease	11	3,447	21	1,273	+ 2,175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	3,262	43	203	+ 3,060
Bladder Cancer	13	2,729	50	132	+ 2,598
Liver Disease	14	2,570	9	4,501	- 1,930
Lymphomas	15	2,503	31	548	+ 1,955
Stomach Cancer	16	1,859	42	206	+ 1,652
Prostate Cancer	17	1,714	30	561	+ 1,153
Leukemia	18	1,294	39	261	+ 1,033
Asthma	19	1,155	26	741	+ 414
Congenital Anomalies	20	1,154	12	3,146	- 1,992
Skin Cancers	21	1,149	54	108	+ 1,041
Violence	22	1,103	23	1,153	- 50
Drug Use	23	1,088	53	122	+ 965
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,057	62	42	+ 1,014
Parkinson's Disease	25	876	47	164	+ 712
Ovary Cancer	26	869	57	82	+ 786
Liver Cancer	27	843	46	177	+ 667
Low Birth Weight	28	738	8	4,857	- 4,119
Suicide	29	737	20	1,303	- 566
Other Injuries	30	651	19	1,729	- 1,078
Oral Cancer	31	627	48	155	+ 472
Inflammatory/Heart	32	592	33	501	+ 91
Falls	33	573	28	596	- 24
Endocrine Disorders	34	562	37	354	+ 208
Cervical Cancer	35	522	17	1,799	- 1,277
Hepatitis B	36	475	55	104	+ 371
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	443	40	246	+ 197
Uterin Cancer	38	384	64	30	+ 354
Fires	39	383	32	546	- 163
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	314	5	6,275	- 5,962
Tuberculosis	41	273	6	5,941	- 5,668
Birth Trauma	42	261	7	5,062	- 4,801
Drownings	43	239	27	689	- 450
Oesophagus Cancer	44	203	36	359	- 156
HIV/AIDS	45	198	1	17,234	- 17,037
Epilepsy	46	190	38	332	- 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	183	45	190	- 7
Poisonings	48	150	34	456	- 306
Meningitis	49	137	16	1,976	- 1,839
Maternal Conditions	50	118	22	1,188	- 1,070
War	51	98	69	6	+ 91
Tetanus	52	90	44	190	- 100
Skin Disease	53	74	52	126	- 52
Alcohol	54	70	49	140	- 70
Multiple Sclerosis	55	63	67	13	+ 50
Encephalitis	56	61	59	70	- 10
Pertussis	57	60	25	743	- 683
Other Neoplasms	58	56	65	20	+ 36
Measles	59	47	61	48	- 1
Malnutrition	60	43	15	2,303	- 2,259
Appendicitis	61	43	56	84	- 41
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	20	63	30	- 10
Syphilis	63	19	24	885	- 866
Hepatitis C	64	15	66	18	- 3
Schistosomiasis	65	9	51	128	- 119
Leishmaniasis	66	1	58	72	- 71
Upper Respiratory	67	1	60	68	- 67
Diphtheria	68	1	73	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	68	9	- 8
Dengue	71	0	74	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	70	5	- 5
Leprosy	73	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	78	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	72	3	- 3
Malaria	78	0	4	7,882	- 7,882
Chagas disease	79	0	79	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	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ZAMBIA

Lebanon

Zambia

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.