Comparison of the distribution of deaths in Beirut based on death certificates (1966) and this study (1983–93) with estimates in developed, developing regions and the Middle Eastern Crescent based on the Global Burden of Disease Study in 1990
| Study | Abou-Daoud study3-150 | Global Burden of Disease study3-150 | This study | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1966 | 1990 | 1983–93 | |||||
| Age | All ages | All ages | >60 years | >60 years | ||||
| Place | Beirut/Lebanon | Developed regions† | Developing regions† | Middle Eastern Crescent | Beirut/Lebanon | |||
| Number of deaths | 2748 | 10883 × 103 | 39088 × 103 | 1376 × 103 | 378 | |||
| I | Communicable diseases | 7.1 | 5.3 | 41.2 | 10.5 | 2.4 | ||
| II | Non-communicable diseases | |||||||
| Cancer | 11.1 | 22.3 | 9.5 | 14.3 | 14.5 | |||
| Cardiovascular diseases | 48.4 | 48.9 | 23.1 | 54.7 | 60.6 | |||
| Other causes | 21.2 | 15.4 | 17.0 | 18.3 | 9.0 | |||
| Senile and ill defined | 5.2 | — | — | — | 7.7 | |||
| III | Injuries | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 5.8 | ||
↵3-150 Source: Abou-Daoud, 1967,19 calculated from the annex in Murray and Lopez, 1997.20 †Developed regions: Established market economies and former socialist countries, Developing regions: all others.