LEBANON VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,695	1	13,328	- 8,633
Kidney Disease	2	2,838	5	1,243	+ 1,596
Stroke	3	1,787	2	1,795	- 8
Diabetes Mellitus	4	1,661	9	934	+ 727
Lung Disease	5	1,261	11	889	+ 372
Liver Disease	6	967	14	663	+ 304
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	925	10	931	- 6
Road Traffic Accidents	8	891	7	1,127	- 237
Hypertension	9	886	4	1,426	- 540
Violence	10	497	22	285	+ 212
Congenital Anomalies	11	459	20	298	+ 161
Liver Cancer	12	409	27	217	+ 191
Low Birth Weight	13	393	28	190	+ 203
Stomach Cancer	14	384	16	479	- 96
Prostate Cancer	15	310	17	442	- 132
Cervical Cancer	16	301	35	135	+ 166
Other Injuries	17	287	30	168	+ 119
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	253	12	841	- 588
Suicide	19	229	29	190	+ 39
Breast Cancer	20	227	8	987	- 759
Alcohol	21	224	54	18	+ 206
Falls	22	222	33	148	+ 74
Lung Cancers	23	220	3	1,498	- 1,278
Leukemia	24	182	18	334	- 151
Birth Trauma	25	159	42	67	+ 92
Other Neoplasms	26	154	58	14	+ 140
Pancreas Cancer	27	143	24	273	- 130
Endocrine Disorders	28	131	34	145	- 14
Lymphomas	29	131	15	646	- 514
Malnutrition	30	131	60	11	+ 120
Skin Disease	31	130	53	19	+ 111
Drownings	32	126	43	62	+ 64
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	120	6	1,213	- 1,094
Inflammatory/Heart	34	112	32	153	- 41
HIV/AIDS	35	112	45	51	+ 61
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	98	40	81	+ 17
Tuberculosis	37	92	41	70	+ 22
Asthma	38	84	19	298	- 213
Maternal Conditions	39	71	50	30	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	69	37	114	- 45
Epilepsy	41	60	46	49	+ 11
Parkinson's Disease	42	54	25	226	- 172
Oral Cancer	43	52	31	162	- 110
Ovary Cancer	44	49	26	224	- 175
Skin Cancers	45	47	21	296	- 249
Drug Use	46	40	23	281	- 240
Oesophagus Cancer	47	34	44	52	- 19
Uterin Cancer	48	31	38	99	- 68
Appendicitis	49	25	61	11	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	25	62	5	+ 19
Meningitis	51	23	49	35	- 12
Bladder Cancer	52	22	13	704	- 681
Anemia	53	22	81	0	+ 22
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	16	47	47	- 31
Poisonings	55	14	48	39	- 25
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	14	84	0	+ 14
Fires	57	13	39	99	- 86
Encephalitis	58	8	56	16	- 7
Osteoarthritis	59	8	85	0	+ 8
Syphilis	60	8	63	5	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	5	55	16	- 11
Hepatitis B	62	4	36	123	- 118
Oral conditions	63	4	86	0	+ 4
Dengue	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Chagas disease	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Schizophrenia	66	3	83	0	+ 3
Pertussis	67	2	57	16	- 13
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	4	- 3
Ascariasis	69	1	70	0	+ 1
War	70	1	51	25	- 25
Leprosy	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	72	0	67	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	0	72	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	66	0	- 0
Diphtheria	77	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	78	0	59	12	- 12
Tetanus	79	0	52	23	- 23
Hookworm Disease	80	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	65	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Nicaragua

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.