LEBANON VS SOUTH AFRICA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SOUTH AFRICA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,390	45	51	+ 6,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,492	10	931	+ 2,560
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,906	1	13,328	- 10,422
Stroke	4	2,724	2	1,795	+ 929
Diabetes Mellitus	5	2,679	9	934	+ 1,745
Tuberculosis	6	1,950	41	70	+ 1,879
Violence	7	1,864	22	285	+ 1,579
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	1,406	40	81	+ 1,325
Kidney Disease	9	1,358	5	1,243	+ 115
Suicide	10	1,222	29	190	+ 1,032
Road Traffic Accidents	11	1,155	7	1,127	+ 28
Hypertension	12	1,135	4	1,426	- 291
Lung Disease	13	1,056	11	889	+ 167
Liver Disease	14	800	14	663	+ 137
Lung Cancers	15	684	3	1,498	- 815
Low Birth Weight	16	555	28	190	+ 364
Other Injuries	17	534	30	168	+ 366
Asthma	18	529	19	298	+ 232
Endocrine Disorders	19	523	34	145	+ 378
Cervical Cancer	20	493	35	135	+ 358
Inflammatory/Heart	21	480	32	153	+ 327
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	415	6	1,213	- 798
Breast Cancer	23	402	8	987	- 584
Prostate Cancer	24	388	17	442	- 54
Congenital Anomalies	25	386	20	298	+ 89
Meningitis	26	325	49	35	+ 290
Fires	27	321	39	99	+ 222
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	318	12	841	- 523
Oesophagus Cancer	29	309	44	52	+ 257
Birth Trauma	30	267	42	67	+ 199
Lymphomas	31	250	15	646	- 396
Drownings	32	213	43	62	+ 152
Liver Cancer	33	212	27	217	- 6
Malnutrition	34	211	60	11	+ 200
Pancreas Cancer	35	178	24	273	- 94
Peptic Ulcer Disease	36	168	37	114	+ 54
Epilepsy	37	166	46	49	+ 117
Maternal Conditions	38	151	50	30	+ 120
Stomach Cancer	39	136	16	479	- 343
Leukemia	40	130	18	334	- 204
Oral Cancer	41	125	31	162	- 37
Falls	42	124	33	148	- 24
Pertussis	43	101	57	16	+ 86
Syphilis	44	100	63	5	+ 95
Skin Disease	45	98	53	19	+ 79
Parkinson's Disease	46	96	25	226	- 130
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	90	47	47	+ 43
Skin Cancers	48	88	21	296	- 208
Alcohol	49	88	54	18	+ 70
Poisonings	50	87	48	39	+ 48
Ovary Cancer	51	84	26	224	- 140
Bladder Cancer	52	74	13	704	- 630
Drug Use	53	68	23	281	- 212
Uterin Cancer	54	45	38	99	- 54
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	33	62	5	+ 28
Appendicitis	56	24	61	11	+ 13
Measles	57	24	59	12	+ 12
Other Neoplasms	58	24	58	14	+ 9
Encephalitis	59	21	56	16	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	60	20	67	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	61	12	36	123	- 110
Multiple Sclerosis	62	10	55	16	- 6
Malaria	63	7	78	0	+ 7
War	64	6	51	25	- 19
Tetanus	65	3	52	23	- 20
Schistosomiasis	66	3	65	2	+ 1
Otitis Media	67	2	72	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	68	2	69	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	68	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	70	1	64	4	- 3
Ascariasis	71	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	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
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	84	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

South Africa

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.