LEBANON VS ZIMBABWE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ZIMBABWE		LEBANON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	6,252	45	51	+ 6,201
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	3,372	10	931	+ 2,440
Coronary Heart Disease	3	2,657	1	13,328	- 10,672
Road Traffic Accidents	4	1,888	7	1,127	+ 761
Stroke	5	1,603	2	1,795	- 191
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	1,437	40	81	+ 1,356
Low Birth Weight	7	1,263	28	190	+ 1,073
Birth Trauma	8	1,065	42	67	+ 998
Diabetes Mellitus	9	1,046	9	934	+ 112
Malnutrition	10	749	60	11	+ 738
Congenital Anomalies	11	694	20	298	+ 396
Kidney Disease	12	692	5	1,243	- 551
Suicide	13	647	29	190	+ 457
Cervical Cancer	14	633	35	135	+ 498
Malaria	15	627	78	0	+ 627
Tuberculosis	16	625	41	70	+ 555
Liver Disease	17	607	14	663	- 56
Violence	18	599	22	285	+ 315
Maternal Conditions	19	547	50	30	+ 517
Other Injuries	20	518	30	168	+ 350
Asthma	21	479	19	298	+ 181
Meningitis	22	414	49	35	+ 379
Lung Disease	23	364	11	889	- 525
Hypertension	24	358	4	1,426	- 1,068
Inflammatory/Heart	25	328	32	153	+ 175
Lymphomas	26	300	15	646	- 345
Drownings	27	299	43	62	+ 237
Breast Cancer	28	262	8	987	- 724
Oesophagus Cancer	29	251	44	52	+ 198
Fires	30	248	39	99	+ 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	240	6	1,213	- 973
Prostate Cancer	32	196	17	442	- 246
Stomach Cancer	33	175	16	479	- 305
Endocrine Disorders	34	173	34	145	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	171	37	114	+ 57
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	170	47	47	+ 122
Poisonings	37	161	48	39	+ 122
Liver Cancer	38	159	27	217	- 58
Epilepsy	39	159	46	49	+ 110
Colon-Rectum Cancers	40	158	12	841	- 683
Falls	41	145	33	148	- 2
Pertussis	42	131	57	16	+ 115
Lung Cancers	43	89	3	1,498	- 1,409
Skin Cancers	44	83	21	296	- 214
Leukemia	45	76	18	334	- 258
Parkinson's Disease	46	71	25	226	- 155
Pancreas Cancer	47	68	24	273	- 205
Drug Use	48	66	23	281	- 214
Oral Cancer	49	65	31	162	- 97
Uterin Cancer	50	57	38	99	- 42
Ovary Cancer	51	54	26	224	- 170
Skin Disease	52	54	53	19	+ 35
Schistosomiasis	53	54	65	2	+ 52
Bladder Cancer	54	39	13	704	- 665
Syphilis	55	39	63	5	+ 34
Encephalitis	56	37	56	16	+ 21
Tetanus	57	32	52	23	+ 9
Appendicitis	58	21	61	11	+ 10
Upper Respiratory	59	20	67	0	+ 20
Hepatitis B	60	18	36	123	- 105
Alcohol	61	15	54	18	- 3
Other Neoplasms	62	12	58	14	- 3
Measles	63	10	59	12	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	8	62	5	+ 3
War	65	8	51	25	- 17
Hepatitis C	66	4	64	4	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	67	4	55	16	- 12
Otitis Media	68	1	72	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	70	1	70	0	+ 1
Trypanosomiasis	71	1	77	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	72	1	68	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	71	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	66	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	74	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LEBANON

Zimbabwe

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.