LEBANON VS LIBERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	LIBERIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Tuberculosis	1	2,729	41	70	+ 2,659
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	2,657	10	931	+ 1,725
Measles	3	2,520	59	12	+ 2,508
Malaria	4	2,395	78	0	+ 2,395
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,895	7	1,127	+ 767
HIV/AIDS	6	1,893	45	51	+ 1,842
Coronary Heart Disease	7	1,859	1	13,328	- 11,469
Low Birth Weight	8	1,630	28	190	+ 1,439
Birth Trauma	9	1,580	42	67	+ 1,513
Diarrhoeal diseases	10	1,570	40	81	+ 1,490
Stroke	11	1,557	2	1,795	- 238
Maternal Conditions	12	858	50	30	+ 828
Liver Disease	13	847	14	663	+ 184
Congenital Anomalies	14	822	20	298	+ 524
Diabetes Mellitus	15	641	9	934	- 293
Kidney Disease	16	600	5	1,243	- 642
Meningitis	17	545	49	35	+ 509
Violence	18	471	22	285	+ 186
Cervical Cancer	19	467	35	135	+ 333
Liver Cancer	20	433	27	217	+ 216
Syphilis	21	389	63	5	+ 384
Other Injuries	22	375	30	168	+ 207
Hypertension	23	366	4	1,426	- 1,060
Malnutrition	24	349	60	11	+ 338
Prostate Cancer	25	293	17	442	- 149
Lung Disease	26	290	11	889	- 599
Breast Cancer	27	242	8	987	- 744
Endocrine Disorders	28	242	34	145	+ 97
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	231	6	1,213	- 982
Suicide	30	217	29	190	+ 27
Asthma	31	197	19	298	- 101
Pertussis	32	195	57	16	+ 179
Falls	33	153	33	148	+ 6
Fires	34	151	39	99	+ 52
Drownings	35	125	43	62	+ 64
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	124	37	114	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	37	120	16	479	- 359
Inflammatory/Heart	38	114	32	153	- 39
Lymphomas	39	92	15	646	- 553
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	88	12	841	- 753
Poisonings	41	81	48	39	+ 42
Epilepsy	42	80	46	49	+ 31
Parkinson's Disease	43	71	25	226	- 155
Lung Cancers	44	65	3	1,498	- 1,433
Schistosomiasis	45	51	65	2	+ 48
Skin Cancers	46	50	21	296	- 246
Ovary Cancer	47	50	26	224	- 174
Oral Cancer	48	50	31	162	- 112
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	49	47	47	+ 2
Drug Use	50	42	23	281	- 239
Skin Disease	51	41	53	19	+ 22
Hepatitis B	52	39	36	123	- 84
Pancreas Cancer	53	37	24	273	- 235
Tetanus	54	31	52	23	+ 8
Uterin Cancer	55	28	38	99	- 71
Encephalitis	56	27	56	16	+ 11
Alcohol	57	25	54	18	+ 7
Leukemia	58	23	18	334	- 311
Bladder Cancer	59	19	13	704	- 685
Oesophagus Cancer	60	15	44	52	- 37
Appendicitis	61	12	61	11	+ 1
Other Neoplasms	62	6	58	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	63	4	55	16	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	4	62	5	- 1
Hepatitis C	65	4	64	4	- 0
Ascariasis	66	4	70	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	67	3	67	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	68	1	68	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 0
War	70	1	51	25	- 25
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	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 LEBANON

Liberia

Lebanon

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.