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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 China 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.

China
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
China Population Pyramid
1,402,405,167
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
       
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
 
35.1
37.6
36.3
162
160
162
1970
62.8
66.9
64.8
61
61
62
 
61.0
62.5
61.7
67
79
74
1980
64.4
69.1
66.7
66
71
72
 
64.4
66.7
65.5
67
83
79
1990
66.6
71.2
68.8
68
83
80
 
66.9
69.7
68.3
62
95
87
2000
71.2
74.3
72.7
44
77
53
 
70.1
73.5
71.7
56
86
70
2010
73.6
76.3
74.9
41
80
57
 
73.5
76.7
75.0
42
74
54
2019
74.0
79.2
76.4
60
60
59
 
74.7
80.5
77.4
52
46
48
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.0
79.2
60
60
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age
74.0
79.2
60
60
74.7
80.5
52
46
Age 5
74.6
79.7
62
67
75.4
81.1
53
46
Age 10
74.7
79.8
61
67
75.4
81.2
53
46
Age 15
74.8
79.8
62
67
75.5
81.2
53
46
Age 20
75.0
79.9
62
66
75.6
81.3
56
47
Age 25
75.3
80.0
63
65
75.9
81.4
56
47
Age 30
75.5
80.2
63
64
76.1
81.4
56
47
Age 35
75.8
80.3
65
65
76.3
81.6
58
47
Age 40
76.1
80.5
65
65
76.7
81.7
60
47
Age 45
76.5
80.8
70
66
77.1
81.9
59
47
Age 50
77.0
81.2
74
66
77.6
82.2
61
50
Age 55
77.7
81.7
76
65
78.3
82.6
62
51
Age 60
78.8
82.4
77
65
79.2
83.1
67
52
Age 65
80.2
83.4
77
65
80.3
83.8
73
57
Age 70
81.9
84.6
80
64
81.7
84.8
87
59
Age 75
84.2
86.2
80
65
83.7
86.2
104
63
Age 80
86.8
88.2
80
65
85.9
88.1
147
70
Age 85
89.9
90.7
82
66
88.7
90.6
172
71
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
211.21
25
97.57
115
2. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
8.95
169
3. Stroke
28.55
153
110.80
58
4. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
36.63
5
5. Hypertension
22.75
69
16.80
98
6. Kidney Disease
19.79
108
10.39
141
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.14
67
17.36
97
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.56
89
15.09
96
9. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
6.41
152
10. Diabetes Mellitus
15.05
123
8.56
148
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.80
137
11.28
152
12. Lung Disease
14.23
146
54.18
13
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
13.02
42
14. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
2.04
94
15. Liver Disease
10.40
125
7.57
146
16. Lymphomas
10.14
4
3.04
145
17. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
20.55
3
18. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
2.76
153
19. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.48
97
20. Asthma
4.75
92
1.29
123
21. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
1.05
137
22. Drug Use
4.25
14
1.34
79
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
5.72
59
24. Violence
4.10
99
0.73
166
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.05
135
3.32
150
26. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
5.16
124
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.63
121
3.95
98
28. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
9.30
33
29. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
1.16
157
30. Suicide
2.76
164
6.67
121
31. Other Injuries
2.52
177
3.50
161
32. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
2.81
89
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
156
1.73
168
34. Falls
2.27
168
8.04
50
35. Low Birth Weight
2.25
142
1.76
150
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.24
143
1.51
162
37. Hepatitis B
1.95
12
0.15
113
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.81
122
2.05
106
39. Fires
1.48
94
0.62
129
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.26
124
0.72
150
41. Tuberculosis
1.02
127
1.88
111
42. Drownings
0.90
153
3.66
56
43. Birth Trauma
0.80
133
1.40
108
44. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
12.42
6
45. HIV/AIDS
0.74
119
1.62
111
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
133
3.53
34
47. Epilepsy
0.73
165
0.74
163
48. Poisonings
0.57
91
1.55
57
49. Meningitis
0.54
111
0.39
128
50. Maternal Conditions
0.43
117
0.26
128
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
13,328
38.76
1.772m
18.44
2. Stroke
1,795
5.22
2.043m
21.27
3. Lung Cancers
1,498
4.36
714,311
7.44
4. Hypertension
1,426
4.15
301,183
3.14
5. Kidney Disease
1,243
3.62
192,302
2.00
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,213
3.53
304,455
3.17
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,127
3.28
250,272
2.61
8. Breast Cancer
987
2.87
92,757
0.97
9. Diabetes Mellitus
934
2.72
161,672
1.68
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
931
2.71
183,342
1.91
11. Lung Disease
889
2.59
968,607
10.08
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
841
2.45
248,388
2.59
13. Bladder Cancer
704
2.05
37,873
0.39
14. Liver Disease
663
1.93
145,603
1.52
15. Lymphomas
646
1.88
57,838
0.60
16. Stomach Cancer
479
1.39
398,439
4.15
17. Prostate Cancer
442
1.29
51,056
0.53
18. Leukemia
334
0.97
58,145
0.61
19. Congenital Anomalies
298
0.87
36,613
0.38
20. Asthma
298
0.87
23,147
0.24
21. Skin Cancers
296
0.86
19,669
0.20
22. Violence
285
0.83
11,115
0.12
23. Drug Use
281
0.82
24,214
0.25
24. Pancreas Cancer
273
0.79
111,537
1.16
25. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.66
70,699
0.74
26. Ovary Cancer
224
0.65
28,078
0.29
27. Liver Cancer
217
0.63
180,952
1.88
28. Low Birth Weight
190
0.55
21,631
0.23
29. Suicide
190
0.55
116,324
1.21
30. Other Injuries
168
0.49
54,087
0.56
31. Oral Cancer
162
0.47
54,695
0.57
32. Inflammatory/Heart
153
0.44
29,954
0.31
33. Falls
148
0.43
138,878
1.45
34. Endocrine Disorders
145
0.42
25,613
0.27
35. Cervical Cancer
135
0.39
51,650
0.54
36. Hepatitis B
123
0.36
2,757
0.03
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
114
0.33
37,723
0.39
38. Uterin Cancer
99
0.29
11,751
0.12
39. Fires
99
0.29
10,498
0.11
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.24
8,719
0.09
41. Tuberculosis
70
0.20
34,802
0.36
42. Birth Trauma
67
0.19
17,644
0.18
43. Drownings
62
0.18
52,807
0.55
44. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.15
242,891
2.53
45. HIV/AIDS
51
0.15
28,746
0.30
46. Epilepsy
49
0.14
11,365
0.12
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
47
0.14
65,350
0.68
48. Poisonings
39
0.11
25,762
0.27
49. Meningitis
35
0.10
5,704
0.06
50. Maternal Conditions
30
0.09
3,596
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   China CHINA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
8.95
169
2. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
36.63
5
3. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
6.41
152
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
13.02
42
5. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
2.04
94
6. Lymphomas
10.14
4
3.04
145
7. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
20.55
3
8. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
2.76
153
9. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.48
97
10. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
1.05
137
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
5.72
59
12. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
5.16
124
13. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
9.30
33
14. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
1.16
157
15. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
2.81
89
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
12.42
6
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.