LEBANON VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,340	1	13,328	- 6,988
Stroke	2	1,818	2	1,795	+ 23
War	3	1,744	51	25	+ 1,719
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	665	10	931	- 266
Road Traffic Accidents	5	573	7	1,127	- 554
Kidney Disease	6	524	5	1,243	- 719
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	485	40	81	+ 404
Congenital Anomalies	8	467	20	298	+ 169
Lung Cancers	9	460	3	1,498	- 1,038
Breast Cancer	10	439	8	987	- 548
Liver Disease	11	387	14	663	- 276
Low Birth Weight	12	371	28	190	+ 181
Lung Disease	13	360	11	889	- 529
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	349	6	1,213	- 865
Diabetes Mellitus	15	345	9	934	- 589
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	275	12	841	- 566
Asthma	17	237	19	298	- 61
Lymphomas	18	186	15	646	- 460
Leukemia	19	179	18	334	- 155
Bladder Cancer	20	170	13	704	- 534
Birth Trauma	21	167	42	67	+ 100
Stomach Cancer	22	163	16	479	- 317
Hypertension	23	159	4	1,426	- 1,267
Other Injuries	24	117	30	168	- 51
Violence	25	100	22	285	- 185
Endocrine Disorders	26	94	34	145	- 51
Pancreas Cancer	27	92	24	273	- 180
Prostate Cancer	28	91	17	442	- 351
Falls	29	86	33	148	- 62
Parkinson's Disease	30	83	25	226	- 144
Liver Cancer	31	82	27	217	- 135
Inflammatory/Heart	32	76	32	153	- 77
Suicide	33	75	29	190	- 115
Ovary Cancer	34	74	26	224	- 150
Meningitis	35	66	49	35	+ 31
Oral Cancer	36	65	31	162	- 97
Pertussis	37	65	57	16	+ 49
Skin Cancers	38	62	21	296	- 234
Drug Use	39	56	23	281	- 224
Drownings	40	48	43	62	- 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	44	47	47	- 3
Cervical Cancer	42	42	35	135	- 92
Fires	43	40	39	99	- 59
Uterin Cancer	44	33	38	99	- 66
Maternal Conditions	45	24	50	30	- 7
Poisonings	46	22	48	39	- 17
Oesophagus Cancer	47	22	44	52	- 30
Epilepsy	48	21	46	49	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	18	37	114	- 96
Encephalitis	50	17	56	16	+ 2
Malnutrition	51	16	60	11	+ 5
Tetanus	52	13	52	23	- 10
Alcohol	53	11	54	18	- 7
Appendicitis	54	8	61	11	- 3
Syphilis	55	7	63	5	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	5	41	70	- 65
Other Neoplasms	57	5	58	14	- 10
HIV/AIDS	58	3	45	51	- 48
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	55	16	- 13
Schistosomiasis	60	3	65	2	+ 0
Skin Disease	61	2	53	19	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	62	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	1	36	123	- 121
Diphtheria	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	66	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	59	12	- 12
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	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
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Syria

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.