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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 Norway 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.

Norway
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
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%
Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
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   Norway NORWAY
  Lebanon LEBANON   Norway NORWAY
       
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
 
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
1970
62.8
66.9
64.8
61
61
62
 
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
1980
64.4
69.1
66.7
66
71
72
 
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
1990
66.6
71.2
68.8
68
83
80
 
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
2000
71.2
74.3
72.7
44
77
53
 
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
2010
73.6
76.3
74.9
41
80
57
 
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
2019
74.0
79.2
76.4
60
60
59
 
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Norway NORWAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.0
79.2
60
60
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age
74.0
79.2
60
60
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age 5
74.6
79.7
62
67
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 10
74.7
79.8
61
67
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 15
74.8
79.8
62
67
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 20
75.0
79.9
62
66
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 25
75.3
80.0
63
65
81.5
84.5
5
16
Age 30
75.5
80.2
63
64
81.7
84.5
4
17
Age 35
75.8
80.3
65
65
81.9
84.6
6
16
Age 40
76.1
80.5
65
65
82.0
84.7
6
18
Age 45
76.5
80.8
70
66
82.2
84.8
7
18
Age 50
77.0
81.2
74
66
82.5
85.0
8
18
Age 55
77.7
81.7
76
65
82.9
85.3
10
21
Age 60
78.8
82.4
77
65
83.5
85.8
11
22
Age 65
80.2
83.4
77
65
84.2
86.3
13
24
Age 70
81.9
84.6
80
64
85.3
87.1
13
25
Age 75
84.2
86.2
80
65
86.6
88.1
19
28
Age 80
86.8
88.2
80
65
88.3
89.4
28
28
Age 85
89.9
90.7
82
66
90.5
91.2
51
49
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Norway NORWAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
211.21
25
40.10
172
2. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
12.94
132
3. Stroke
28.55
153
18.16
178
4. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
22.09
40
5. Hypertension
22.75
69
1.54
181
6. Kidney Disease
19.79
108
4.28
175
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.14
67
28.94
12
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.56
89
1.76
179
9. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
20.99
58
10. Diabetes Mellitus
15.05
123
4.85
170
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.80
137
11.78
150
12. Lung Disease
14.23
146
21.82
92
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
15.79
21
14. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
2.80
62
15. Liver Disease
10.40
125
2.41
179
16. Lymphomas
10.14
4
5.70
56
17. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
3.15
152
18. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
6.01
31
19. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.34
107
20. Asthma
4.75
92
0.64
151
21. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
3.96
14
22. Drug Use
4.25
14
4.45
11
23. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
7.20
41
24. Violence
4.10
99
0.56
175
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.05
135
2.44
169
26. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
2.52
157
27. Parkinson's Disease
3.63
121
4.23
84
28. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
2.59
176
29. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
2.29
94
30. Suicide
2.76
164
9.91
71
31. Other Injuries
2.52
177
4.72
137
32. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
1.64
151
33. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
156
2.10
162
34. Falls
2.27
168
5.70
88
35. Low Birth Weight
2.25
142
0.57
179
36. Endocrine Disorders
2.24
143
3.19
105
37. Hepatitis B
1.95
12
0.04
159
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.81
122
1.30
139
39. Fires
1.48
94
0.54
136
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.26
124
0.92
138
41. Tuberculosis
1.02
127
0.11
175
42. Drownings
0.90
153
0.90
152
43. Birth Trauma
0.80
133
0.41
158
44. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
2.37
94
45. HIV/AIDS
0.74
119
0.15
151
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
133
0.47
158
47. Epilepsy
0.73
165
1.48
100
48. Poisonings
0.57
91
0.23
146
49. Meningitis
0.54
111
0.17
162
50. Maternal Conditions
0.43
117
0.02
180
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lebanon LEBANON   Norway NORWAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
13,328
38.76
5,321
15.60
2. Stroke
1,795
5.22
2,475
7.26
3. Lung Cancers
1,498
4.36
2,320
6.80
4. Hypertension
1,426
4.15
230
0.67
5. Kidney Disease
1,243
3.62
611
1.79
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,213
3.53
4,464
13.09
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,127
3.28
114
0.33
8. Breast Cancer
987
2.87
698
2.05
9. Diabetes Mellitus
934
2.72
560
1.64
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
931
2.71
1,797
5.27
11. Lung Disease
889
2.59
2,723
7.98
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
841
2.45
1,787
5.24
13. Bladder Cancer
704
2.05
356
1.04
14. Liver Disease
663
1.93
214
0.63
15. Lymphomas
646
1.88
646
1.89
16. Stomach Cancer
479
1.39
343
1.01
17. Prostate Cancer
442
1.29
1,172
3.44
18. Leukemia
334
0.97
354
1.04
19. Asthma
298
0.87
85
0.25
20. Congenital Anomalies
298
0.87
136
0.40
21. Skin Cancers
296
0.86
407
1.19
22. Violence
285
0.83
32
0.09
23. Drug Use
281
0.82
264
0.77
24. Pancreas Cancer
273
0.79
770
2.26
25. Parkinson's Disease
226
0.66
554
1.62
26. Ovary Cancer
224
0.65
309
0.91
27. Liver Cancer
217
0.63
259
0.76
28. Low Birth Weight
190
0.55
23
0.07
29. Suicide
190
0.55
633
1.86
30. Other Injuries
168
0.49
583
1.71
31. Oral Cancer
162
0.47
168
0.49
32. Inflammatory/Heart
153
0.44
221
0.65
33. Falls
148
0.43
777
2.28
34. Endocrine Disorders
145
0.42
359
1.05
35. Cervical Cancer
135
0.39
125
0.37
36. Hepatitis B
123
0.36
3
0.01
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
114
0.33
160
0.47
38. Uterin Cancer
99
0.29
134
0.39
39. Fires
99
0.29
45
0.13
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
81
0.24
128
0.38
41. Tuberculosis
70
0.20
15
0.04
42. Birth Trauma
67
0.19
17
0.05
43. Drownings
62
0.18
65
0.19
44. Oesophagus Cancer
52
0.15
248
0.73
45. HIV/AIDS
51
0.15
10
0.03
46. Epilepsy
49
0.14
119
0.35
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
47
0.14
61
0.18
48. Poisonings
39
0.11
14
0.04
49. Meningitis
35
0.10
14
0.04
50. Maternal Conditions
30
0.09
1
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lebanon LEBANON   Norway NORWAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
29.51
12
12.94
132
2. Lung Cancers
23.21
35
22.09
40
3. Prostate Cancer
16.29
84
20.99
58
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
41
15.79
21
5. Bladder Cancer
11.10
1
2.80
62
6. Lymphomas
10.14
4
5.70
56
7. Stomach Cancer
7.38
71
3.15
152
8. Ovary Cancer
6.94
16
6.01
31
9. Leukemia
5.06
17
3.34
107
10. Skin Cancers
4.60
8
3.96
14
11. Pancreas Cancer
4.21
81
7.20
41
12. Cervical Cancer
4.05
137
2.52
157
13. Liver Cancer
3.41
155
2.59
176
14. Uterin Cancer
3.02
55
2.29
94
15. Oral Cancer
2.47
104
1.64
151
16. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
169
2.37
94
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.