ZIMBABWE VS LEBANON: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LEBANON		ZIMBABWE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	42,610	3	8,493	+ 34,117
Stroke	2	5,738	5	5,126	+ 612
Lung Cancers	3	4,791	43	286	+ 4,505
Hypertension	4	4,559	24	1,146	+ 3,413
Kidney Disease	5	3,974	12	2,214	+ 1,760
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	3,879	31	768	+ 3,111
Road Traffic Accidents	7	3,604	4	6,037	- 2,433
Breast Cancer	8	3,154	28	839	+ 2,315
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,986	9	3,344	- 358
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	2,978	2	10,779	- 7,802
Lung Disease	11	2,842	23	1,163	+ 1,679
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,690	40	505	+ 2,185
Bladder Cancer	13	2,250	54	125	+ 2,126
Liver Disease	14	2,120	17	1,941	+ 178
Lymphomas	15	2,064	26	960	+ 1,104
Stomach Cancer	16	1,533	33	559	+ 974
Prostate Cancer	17	1,414	32	628	+ 786
Leukemia	18	1,067	45	244	+ 824
Asthma	19	952	21	1,531	- 579
Congenital Anomalies	20	951	11	2,217	- 1,266
Skin Cancers	21	948	44	264	+ 684
Violence	22	910	18	1,916	- 1,006
Drug Use	23	897	48	213	+ 684
Pancreas Cancer	24	871	47	217	+ 655
Parkinson's Disease	25	723	46	226	+ 497
Ovary Cancer	26	716	51	173	+ 543
Liver Cancer	27	695	38	510	+ 186
Low Birth Weight	28	609	7	4,038	- 3,429
Suicide	29	608	13	2,069	- 1,461
Other Injuries	30	537	20	1,656	- 1,119
Oral Cancer	31	517	49	208	+ 310
Inflammatory/Heart	32	489	25	1,047	- 559
Falls	33	472	41	465	+ 7
Endocrine Disorders	34	463	34	553	- 90
Cervical Cancer	35	430	14	2,023	- 1,593
Hepatitis B	36	392	60	57	+ 335
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	365	35	548	- 183
Uterin Cancer	38	317	50	182	+ 135
Fires	39	316	30	793	- 477
Diarrhoeal diseases	40	259	6	4,595	- 4,336
Tuberculosis	41	225	16	1,999	- 1,774
Birth Trauma	42	215	8	3,405	- 3,190
Drownings	43	197	27	956	- 759
Oesophagus Cancer	44	167	29	801	- 634
HIV/AIDS	45	163	1	19,988	- 19,825
Epilepsy	46	157	39	508	- 351
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	151	36	542	- 391
Poisonings	48	124	37	515	- 391
Meningitis	49	113	22	1,325	- 1,212
Maternal Conditions	50	97	19	1,749	- 1,652
War	51	81	65	26	+ 55
Tetanus	52	74	57	102	- 28
Skin Disease	53	61	52	173	- 112
Alcohol	54	58	61	48	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	55	52	67	14	+ 38
Encephalitis	56	50	56	117	- 68
Pertussis	57	50	42	419	- 369
Other Neoplasms	58	46	62	37	+ 9
Measles	59	39	63	30	+ 8
Malnutrition	60	36	10	2,396	- 2,360
Appendicitis	61	35	58	66	- 31
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	16	64	26	- 10
Syphilis	63	16	55	124	- 109
Hepatitis C	64	12	66	14	- 2
Schistosomiasis	65	7	53	172	- 165
Leishmaniasis	66	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	67	1	59	65	- 64
Diphtheria	68	1	72	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	69	3	- 3
Ascariasis	70	0	70	2	- 2
Dengue	71	0	73	0	- 0
Otitis Media	72	0	68	3	- 3
Leprosy	73	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	15	2,003	- 2,003
Chagas disease	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	86	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 ZIMBABWE

Lebanon

Zimbabwe

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.