LEBANON VS USA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	UNITED STATES		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,921	1	13,328	- 5,407
Alzheimers & Dementia	2	4,505	6	1,213	+ 3,292
Lung Disease	3	3,065	11	889	+ 2,176
Stroke	4	2,487	2	1,795	+ 692
Lung Cancers	5	2,440	3	1,498	+ 941
Kidney Disease	6	1,347	5	1,243	+ 104
Drug Use	7	1,168	23	281	+ 887
Hypertension	8	1,035	4	1,426	- 391
Colon-Rectum Cancers	9	970	12	841	+ 129
Diabetes Mellitus	10	963	9	934	+ 30
Influenza and Pneumonia	11	946	10	931	+ 15
Suicide	12	833	29	190	+ 643
Breast Cancer	13	764	8	987	- 223
Endocrine Disorders	14	737	34	145	+ 592
Pancreas Cancer	15	695	24	273	+ 422
Liver Disease	16	681	14	663	+ 18
Road Traffic Accidents	17	654	7	1,127	- 473
Falls	18	634	33	148	+ 486
Lymphomas	19	632	15	646	- 14
Prostate Cancer	20	559	17	442	+ 116
Parkinson's Disease	21	541	25	226	+ 315
Inflammatory/Heart	22	510	32	153	+ 357
Liver Cancer	23	425	27	217	+ 207
Leukemia	24	423	18	334	+ 89
Other Injuries	25	408	30	168	+ 240
Bladder Cancer	26	308	13	704	- 396
Violence	27	298	22	285	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	28	280	44	52	+ 227
Other Neoplasms	29	278	58	14	+ 264
Alcohol	30	230	54	18	+ 212
Ovary Cancer	31	229	26	224	+ 5
Skin Cancers	32	224	21	296	- 72
Stomach Cancer	33	205	16	479	- 274
Congenital Anomalies	34	185	20	298	- 113
Oral Cancer	35	181	31	162	+ 19
Uterin Cancer	36	158	38	99	+ 59
Diarrhoeal diseases	37	156	40	81	+ 75
Cervical Cancer	38	110	35	135	- 25
Low Birth Weight	39	109	28	190	- 82
Malnutrition	40	106	60	11	+ 95
Hepatitis C	41	89	64	4	+ 85
HIV/AIDS	42	89	45	51	+ 38
Skin Disease	43	85	53	19	+ 66
Multiple Sclerosis	44	79	55	16	+ 63
Drownings	45	64	43	62	+ 2
Asthma	46	60	19	298	- 238
Rheumatic Heart Disease	47	57	47	47	+ 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	54	37	114	- 60
Fires	49	50	39	99	- 49
Epilepsy	50	50	46	49	+ 1
Anemia	51	49	81	0	+ 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	52	39	62	5	+ 33
Poisonings	53	26	48	39	- 12
Birth Trauma	54	19	42	67	- 48
War	55	19	51	25	- 6
Maternal Conditions	56	12	50	30	- 18
Schizophrenia	57	11	83	0	+ 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	58	11	84	0	+ 11
Hepatitis B	59	10	36	123	- 113
Meningitis	60	10	49	35	- 26
Osteoarthritis	61	9	85	0	+ 9
Tuberculosis	62	9	41	70	- 62
Appendicitis	63	7	61	11	- 4
Oral conditions	64	4	86	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	65	4	67	0	+ 3
Syphilis	66	1	63	5	- 4
Otitis Media	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Encephalitis	68	0	56	16	- 15
Pertussis	69	0	57	16	- 15
Chagas disease	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Tetanus	71	0	52	23	- 23
Schistosomiasis	72	0	65	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	74	0	+ 0
Leprosy	74	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	75	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	76	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	66	0	- 0
Measles	80	0	59	12	- 12
Hookworm Disease	81	0	75	0	- 0
Ascariasis	82	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

United States

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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.