LEBANON VS SOMALIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOMALIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	8,947	10	931	+ 8,016
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	6,331	40	81	+ 6,250
Measles	3	4,770	59	12	+ 4,758
Tuberculosis	4	4,229	41	70	+ 4,158
Birth Trauma	5	3,945	42	67	+ 3,878
Stroke	6	3,542	2	1,795	+ 1,747
Coronary Heart Disease	7	2,981	1	13,328	- 10,347
Low Birth Weight	8	2,576	28	190	+ 2,385
Meningitis	9	2,218	49	35	+ 2,182
Malnutrition	10	1,988	60	11	+ 1,977
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,744	7	1,127	+ 616
Maternal Conditions	12	1,701	50	30	+ 1,670
Liver Disease	13	1,614	14	663	+ 951
Other Injuries	14	1,484	30	168	+ 1,316
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,405	20	298	+ 1,108
Diabetes Mellitus	16	1,190	9	934	+ 256
Tetanus	17	1,091	52	23	+ 1,068
Hypertension	18	1,089	4	1,426	- 337
Lung Disease	19	1,007	11	889	+ 117
Pertussis	20	846	57	16	+ 831
Kidney Disease	21	845	5	1,243	- 398
Malaria	22	800	78	0	+ 800
Asthma	23	774	19	298	+ 476
War	24	543	51	25	+ 518
Drownings	25	524	43	62	+ 462
Breast Cancer	26	508	8	987	- 479
Suicide	27	502	29	190	+ 312
Cervical Cancer	28	364	35	135	+ 229
Violence	29	341	22	285	+ 57
Fires	30	334	39	99	+ 235
Poisonings	31	312	48	39	+ 274
Alzheimers & Dementia	32	267	6	1,213	- 947
HIV/AIDS	33	251	45	51	+ 200
Lymphomas	34	249	15	646	- 396
Leukemia	35	231	18	334	- 102
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	230	37	114	+ 116
Falls	37	226	33	148	+ 78
Colon-Rectum Cancers	38	225	12	841	- 616
Inflammatory/Heart	39	215	32	153	+ 62
Oesophagus Cancer	40	213	44	52	+ 160
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	184	47	47	+ 137
Schistosomiasis	42	179	65	2	+ 177
Epilepsy	43	173	46	49	+ 123
Endocrine Disorders	44	167	34	145	+ 22
Syphilis	45	156	63	5	+ 151
Oral Cancer	46	135	31	162	- 27
Upper Respiratory	47	134	67	0	+ 134
Hepatitis B	48	130	36	123	+ 7
Stomach Cancer	49	128	16	479	- 352
Ovary Cancer	50	122	26	224	- 103
Leishmaniasis	51	119	66	0	+ 119
Prostate Cancer	52	117	17	442	- 325
Liver Cancer	53	105	27	217	- 112
Lung Cancers	54	96	3	1,498	- 1,402
Appendicitis	55	77	61	11	+ 66
Parkinson's Disease	56	76	25	226	- 150
Skin Cancers	57	67	21	296	- 229
Skin Disease	58	62	53	19	+ 43
Alcohol	59	62	54	18	+ 44
Diphtheria	60	62	68	0	+ 61
Bladder Cancer	61	62	13	704	- 642
Pancreas Cancer	62	44	24	273	- 228
Encephalitis	63	37	56	16	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	64	32	38	99	- 67
Drug Use	65	22	23	281	- 258
Rheumatoid Arthritis	66	14	62	5	+ 9
Hepatitis C	67	14	64	4	+ 10
Otitis Media	68	13	72	0	+ 13
Ascariasis	69	12	70	0	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	70	5	58	14	- 9
Multiple Sclerosis	71	3	55	16	- 13
Chlamydia	72	2	69	0	+ 2
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	77	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	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

Somalia

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.