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Lebanon
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Lebanon and Benin health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Benin
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Lebanon Population Pyramid
6,528,162
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
59.3
63.0
61.1
59
55
59
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
62.8
66.9
64.8
61
61
62
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
64.4
69.1
66.7
66
71
72
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
66.6
71.2
68.8
68
83
80
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
71.2
74.3
72.7
44
77
53
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
73.6
76.3
74.9
41
80
57
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
74.0
79.2
76.4
60
60
59
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.0
79.2
60
60
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
74.0
79.2
60
60
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
74.6
79.7
62
67
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
74.7
79.8
61
67
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
74.8
79.8
62
67
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
75.0
79.9
62
66
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
75.3
80.0
63
65
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
75.5
80.2
63
64
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
75.8
80.3
65
65
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
76.1
80.5
65
65
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
76.5
80.8
70
66
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
77.0
81.2
74
66
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
77.7
81.7
76
65
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
78.8
82.4
77
65
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
80.2
83.4
77
65
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
81.9
84.6
80
64
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
84.2
86.2
80
65
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
86.8
88.2
80
65
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
89.9
90.7
82
66
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
211.21
25
113.27
90
2. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
23.23
37
3. Stroke
28.55
153
119.03
42
4. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
1.08
180
5. Hypertension
22.75
69
21.93
72
6. Kidney Disease
19.79
108
33.45
44
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.14
67
20.23
42
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.56
89
33.95
38
9. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
47.73
8
10. Diabetes Mellitus
15.05
123
37.49
67
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.80
137
112.94
20
12. Lung Disease
14.23
146
25.54
76
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
5.06
150
14. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
0.67
172
15. Liver Disease
10.40
125
39.37
27
16. Lymphomas
10.14
4
5.99
42
17. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
6.49
83
18. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
2.43
165
19. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.48
96
20. Asthma
4.75
92
15.55
37
21. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
2.06
80
22. Drug Use
4.25
14
2.36
35
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
3.03
111
24. Violence
4.10
99
6.79
71
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.05
135
9.44
13
26. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
22.59
31
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.63
121
5.27
41
28. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
6.58
63
29. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
3.34
38
30. Suicide
2.76
164
12.71
43
31. Other Injuries
2.52
177
15.04
24
32. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
2.67
96
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
156
7.05
48
34. Falls
2.27
168
9.00
32
35. Low Birth Weight
2.25
142
13.84
10
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.24
143
10.91
17
37. Hepatitis B
1.95
12
1.56
19
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.81
122
7.54
27
39. Fires
1.48
94
4.20
25
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.26
124
67.45
16
41. Tuberculosis
1.02
127
10.94
64
42. Drownings
0.90
153
3.85
49
43. Birth Trauma
0.80
133
11.26
16
44. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
6.30
26
45. HIV/AIDS
0.74
119
25.19
39
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
133
3.06
41
47. Epilepsy
0.73
165
3.60
10
48. Poisonings
0.57
91
2.64
29
49. Meningitis
0.54
111
15.80
13
50. Maternal Conditions
0.43
117
10.57
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
13,328
38.76
5,397
6.48
2. Stroke
1,795
5.22
5,855
7.03
3. Lung Cancers
1,498
4.36
66
0.08
4. Hypertension
1,426
4.15
1,088
1.31
5. Kidney Disease
1,243
3.62
1,929
2.32
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,213
3.53
715
0.86
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,127
3.28
3,162
3.80
8. Breast Cancer
987
2.87
784
0.94
9. Diabetes Mellitus
934
2.72
1,912
2.29
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
931
2.71
10,205
12.25
11. Lung Disease
889
2.59
1,220
1.46
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
841
2.45
311
0.37
13. Bladder Cancer
704
2.05
43
0.05
14. Liver Disease
663
1.93
2,447
2.94
15. Lymphomas
646
1.88
387
0.46
16. Stomach Cancer
479
1.39
361
0.43
17. Prostate Cancer
442
1.29
867
1.04
18. Leukemia
334
0.97
196
0.24
19. Congenital Anomalies
298
0.87
2,265
2.72
20. Asthma
298
0.87
891
1.07
21. Skin Cancers
296
0.86
102
0.12
22. Violence
285
0.83
726
0.87
23. Drug Use
281
0.82
197
0.24
24. Pancreas Cancer
273
0.79
177
0.21
25. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.66
212
0.25
26. Ovary Cancer
224
0.65
86
0.10
27. Liver Cancer
217
0.63
322
0.39
28. Low Birth Weight
190
0.55
4,908
5.89
29. Suicide
190
0.55
922
1.11
30. Other Injuries
168
0.49
1,532
1.84
31. Oral Cancer
162
0.47
156
0.19
32. Inflammatory/Heart
153
0.44
457
0.55
33. Falls
148
0.43
543
0.65
34. Endocrine Disorders
145
0.42
1,454
1.75
35. Cervical Cancer
135
0.39
669
0.80
36. Hepatitis B
123
0.36
143
0.17
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
114
0.33
442
0.53
38. Uterin Cancer
99
0.29
99
0.12
39. Fires
99
0.29
431
0.52
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.24
6,830
8.20
41. Tuberculosis
70
0.20
919
1.10
42. Birth Trauma
67
0.19
3,950
4.74
43. Drownings
62
0.18
570
0.68
44. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.15
326
0.39
45. HIV/AIDS
51
0.15
2,263
2.72
46. Epilepsy
49
0.14
369
0.44
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
47
0.14
197
0.24
48. Poisonings
39
0.11
307
0.37
49. Meningitis
35
0.10
1,967
2.36
50. Maternal Conditions
30
0.09
1,039
1.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
23.23
37
2. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
1.08
180
3. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
47.73
8
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
5.06
150
5. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
0.67
172
6. Lymphomas
10.14
4
5.99
42
7. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
6.49
83
8. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
2.43
165
9. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.48
96
10. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
2.06
80
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
3.03
111
12. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
22.59
31
13. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
6.58
63
14. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
3.34
38
15. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
2.67
96
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
6.30
26
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.