LEBANON VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,768	1	13,328	- 6,560
Stroke	2	6,485	2	1,795	+ 4,690
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	3,779	6	1,213	+ 2,566
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,601	10	931	+ 2,669
Lung Cancers	5	2,316	3	1,498	+ 817
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	2,307	12	841	+ 1,466
Lung Disease	7	2,253	11	889	+ 1,363
Diabetes Mellitus	8	1,893	9	934	+ 959
Kidney Disease	9	1,473	5	1,243	+ 230
Stomach Cancer	10	1,331	16	479	+ 851
Prostate Cancer	11	1,116	17	442	+ 674
Breast Cancer	12	1,050	8	987	+ 63
Other Injuries	13	1,018	30	168	+ 850
Hypertension	14	988	4	1,426	- 438
Pancreas Cancer	15	877	24	273	+ 605
Lymphomas	16	845	15	646	+ 199
Endocrine Disorders	17	813	34	145	+ 668
Liver Cancer	18	668	27	217	+ 450
Suicide	19	616	29	190	+ 426
Bladder Cancer	20	615	13	704	- 89
Parkinson's Disease	21	599	25	226	+ 373
Liver Disease	22	592	14	663	- 71
Falls	23	543	33	148	+ 395
Leukemia	24	534	18	334	+ 200
Oral Cancer	25	479	31	162	+ 318
Inflammatory/Heart	26	478	32	153	+ 325
Road Traffic Accidents	27	441	7	1,127	- 687
Other Neoplasms	28	343	58	14	+ 328
Oesophagus Cancer	29	327	44	52	+ 275
Skin Cancers	30	275	21	296	- 21
Epilepsy	31	218	46	49	+ 169
Uterin Cancer	32	213	38	99	+ 114
Ovary Cancer	33	209	26	224	- 15
Cervical Cancer	34	173	35	135	+ 38
HIV/AIDS	35	168	45	51	+ 117
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	121	40	81	+ 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	120	37	114	+ 6
Tuberculosis	38	112	41	70	+ 41
Skin Disease	39	106	53	19	+ 87
Congenital Anomalies	40	103	20	298	- 194
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	89	47	47	+ 41
Anemia	42	79	81	0	+ 79
Asthma	43	77	19	298	- 221
Drug Use	44	67	23	281	- 213
Alcohol	45	58	54	18	+ 40
Fires	46	57	39	99	- 42
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	52	62	5	+ 47
Violence	48	51	22	285	- 234
Hepatitis C	49	46	64	4	+ 42
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	43	84	0	+ 43
Drownings	51	42	43	62	- 20
Low Birth Weight	52	41	28	190	- 149
Malnutrition	53	41	60	11	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	54	30	55	16	+ 13
Schizophrenia	55	26	83	0	+ 26
Meningitis	56	22	49	35	- 13
Poisonings	57	15	48	39	- 23
Osteoarthritis	58	15	85	0	+ 15
Hepatitis B	59	14	36	123	- 109
Birth Trauma	60	13	42	67	- 55
Appendicitis	61	11	61	11	- 0
Upper Respiratory	62	8	67	0	+ 8
Maternal Conditions	63	4	50	30	- 27
Syphilis	64	2	63	5	- 3
Oral conditions	65	2	86	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	66	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	67	1	56	16	- 15
Leishmaniasis	68	1	66	0	+ 0
War	69	1	51	25	- 25
Leprosy	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	71	0	59	12	- 12
Pertussis	72	0	57	16	- 15
Tetanus	73	0	52	23	- 23
Diphtheria	74	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	65	2	- 2
Malaria	78	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	84	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Portugal

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.