LEBANON VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	2,079	10	931	+ 1,148
Stroke	2	1,993	2	1,795	+ 198
Road Traffic Accidents	3	1,464	7	1,127	+ 337
Coronary Heart Disease	4	1,420	1	13,328	- 11,908
Malaria	5	1,299	78	0	+ 1,299
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,229	40	81	+ 1,148
HIV/AIDS	7	1,113	45	51	+ 1,062
Liver Disease	8	1,003	14	663	+ 340
Low Birth Weight	9	863	28	190	+ 673
Birth Trauma	10	744	42	67	+ 676
Diabetes Mellitus	11	732	9	934	- 202
Congenital Anomalies	12	700	20	298	+ 402
Lung Disease	13	612	11	889	- 277
Hypertension	14	534	4	1,426	- 891
Kidney Disease	15	475	5	1,243	- 768
Malnutrition	16	460	60	11	+ 449
Other Injuries	17	372	30	168	+ 204
Cervical Cancer	18	370	35	135	+ 236
Meningitis	19	334	49	35	+ 298
Stomach Cancer	20	307	16	479	- 172
Maternal Conditions	21	284	50	30	+ 254
Asthma	22	282	19	298	- 15
Liver Cancer	23	278	27	217	+ 61
Suicide	24	277	29	190	+ 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	259	6	1,213	- 954
Tuberculosis	26	246	41	70	+ 176
Breast Cancer	27	236	8	987	- 750
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	233	12	841	- 609
Violence	29	216	22	285	- 69
Lymphomas	30	177	15	646	- 469
Falls	31	162	33	148	+ 15
Prostate Cancer	32	156	17	442	- 286
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	143	37	114	+ 29
Inflammatory/Heart	34	137	32	153	- 16
Leukemia	35	125	18	334	- 209
Drownings	36	112	43	62	+ 51
Oral Cancer	37	107	31	162	- 55
Fires	38	106	39	99	+ 7
Lung Cancers	39	92	3	1,498	- 1,406
Poisonings	40	87	48	39	+ 48
Endocrine Disorders	41	86	34	145	- 59
Pertussis	42	86	57	16	+ 70
Pancreas Cancer	43	84	24	273	- 188
Oesophagus Cancer	44	84	44	52	+ 32
Epilepsy	45	75	46	49	+ 26
Syphilis	46	68	63	5	+ 63
Parkinson's Disease	47	58	25	226	- 169
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	54	47	47	+ 6
Alcohol	49	49	54	18	+ 31
Skin Cancers	50	44	21	296	- 252
Schistosomiasis	51	44	65	2	+ 41
Skin Disease	52	40	53	19	+ 22
Ovary Cancer	53	36	26	224	- 188
Appendicitis	54	28	61	11	+ 17
Hepatitis B	55	27	36	123	- 96
Uterin Cancer	56	23	38	99	- 76
Upper Respiratory	57	23	67	0	+ 23
Tetanus	58	21	52	23	- 2
Measles	59	20	59	12	+ 8
Drug Use	60	18	23	281	- 263
Encephalitis	61	15	56	16	- 0
Bladder Cancer	62	14	13	704	- 690
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	9	62	5	+ 4
Other Neoplasms	64	6	58	14	- 8
Hepatitis C	65	5	64	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	66	3	55	16	- 13
Ascariasis	67	2	70	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
War	69	1	51	25	- 24
Chlamydia	70	1	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	71	0	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Rwanda

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.