Lebanon - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 10.69
2010 6.52
2015 5.82
2019 5.55

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 8.60
2010 6.43
2015 6.85
2019 5.90

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 80.72
2010 87.05
2015 87.32
2019 88.55

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Lebanon was 15.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 15.20 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.40
2001 17.20
2002 17.00
2003 16.90
2004 16.60
2005 16.50
2006 16.30
2007 16.30
2008 16.10
2009 15.90
2010 15.70
2011 15.80
2012 15.70
2013 15.60
2014 15.60
2015 15.50
2016 15.50
2017 15.40
2018 15.20
2019 15.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Lebanon was 24.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.50 in 2013, while its lowest value was 22.70 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.10
2001 22.80
2002 22.70
2003 22.70
2004 23.10
2005 23.40
2006 23.60
2007 24.30
2008 24.70
2009 24.90
2010 25.00
2011 25.40
2012 25.40
2013 25.50
2014 25.40
2015 25.30
2016 25.00
2017 24.90
2018 24.20
2019 24.20

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Lebanon was 19.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.80 in 2013, while its lowest value was 19.80 in 2002.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 20.20
2001 19.90
2002 19.80
2003 19.80
2004 19.90
2005 20.10
2006 20.10
2007 20.50
2008 20.60
2009 20.70
2010 20.70
2011 20.80
2012 20.80
2013 20.80
2014 20.70
2015 20.60
2016 20.40
2017 20.30
2018 19.90
2019 19.90

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 41.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 61.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 51.40

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Lebanon was 0.600 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.800 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.500 in 2006.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.800
2001 0.700
2002 0.700
2003 0.600
2004 0.600
2005 0.600
2006 0.500
2007 0.600
2008 0.600
2009 0.600
2010 0.600
2011 0.600
2012 0.600
2013 0.600
2014 0.500
2015 0.500
2016 0.500
2017 0.600
2018 0.500
2019 0.600

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Lebanon was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.300 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.700
2001 0.700
2002 0.600
2003 0.500
2004 0.500
2005 0.500
2006 0.400
2007 0.500
2008 0.500
2009 0.500
2010 0.500
2011 0.500
2012 0.400
2013 0.400
2014 0.400
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.300
2019 0.400

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Lebanon was 0.700 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.900 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.600 in 2006.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.900
2001 0.800
2002 0.800
2003 0.700
2004 0.700
2005 0.700
2006 0.600
2007 0.800
2008 0.800
2009 0.800
2010 0.800
2011 0.800
2012 0.800
2013 0.700
2014 0.700
2015 0.700
2016 0.700
2017 0.700
2018 0.600
2019 0.700

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Lebanon was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.60 in 2018.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.30
2001 2.20
2002 2.10
2003 2.00
2004 2.00
2005 1.90
2006 1.80
2007 1.90
2008 1.90
2009 1.90
2010 1.90
2011 1.90
2012 1.80
2013 1.80
2014 1.80
2015 1.70
2016 1.70
2017 1.80
2018 1.60
2019 1.70

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Lebanon was 3.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.20 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3.10 in 2006.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.30
2001 3.20
2002 3.20
2003 3.20
2004 3.30
2005 3.40
2006 3.10
2007 3.70
2008 3.90
2009 4.00
2010 4.10
2011 4.10
2012 4.00
2013 4.10
2014 3.80
2015 3.80
2016 3.70
2017 4.20
2018 3.40
2019 3.80

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Lebanon was 2.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 2.50 in 2006.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 2.80
2001 2.70
2002 2.70
2003 2.60
2004 2.70
2005 2.70
2006 2.50
2007 2.90
2008 2.90
2009 3.00
2010 3.00
2011 3.00
2012 3.00
2013 3.00
2014 2.80
2015 2.80
2016 2.70
2017 3.00
2018 2.50
2019 2.80

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Lebanon was 16.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.20 in 2000 and a minimum value of 14.60 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 19.20
2001 18.80
2002 18.30
2003 18.10
2004 17.50
2005 17.00
2006 16.40
2007 14.90
2008 14.80
2009 14.80
2010 14.60
2011 14.80
2012 15.90
2013 16.00
2014 16.10
2015 16.20
2016 16.20
2017 16.30
2018 16.30
2019 16.40

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.800

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors