SYRIA VS BELARUS: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BELARUS		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	133,591	1	28,203	+ 105,388
Stroke	2	41,176	2	8,088	+ 33,087
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	8,867	14	1,551	+ 7,317
Lung Cancers	4	7,409	9	2,048	+ 5,361
Colon-Rectum Cancers	5	7,250	16	1,224	+ 6,026
Alcohol	6	6,935	53	51	+ 6,884
Lung Disease	7	5,546	13	1,601	+ 3,945
Liver Disease	8	5,219	11	1,720	+ 3,499
Suicide	9	5,034	33	333	+ 4,701
Stomach Cancer	10	4,245	22	725	+ 3,520
Inflammatory/Heart	11	3,417	32	337	+ 3,080
Breast Cancer	12	3,091	10	1,953	+ 1,138
Pancreas Cancer	13	2,940	27	411	+ 2,529
Other Injuries	14	2,760	24	521	+ 2,239
Influenza and Pneumonia	15	2,729	4	2,958	- 229
Falls	16	2,391	29	383	+ 2,008
Prostate Cancer	17	2,350	28	404	+ 1,946
Oral Cancer	18	2,263	36	289	+ 1,974
Road Traffic Accidents	19	1,814	5	2,550	- 737
Lymphomas	20	1,687	18	827	+ 860
Parkinson's Disease	21	1,561	30	367	+ 1,194
Fires	22	1,558	43	179	+ 1,379
Leukemia	23	1,391	19	796	+ 595
Drownings	24	1,365	40	215	+ 1,150
Oesophagus Cancer	25	1,238	47	97	+ 1,141
Kidney Disease	26	1,205	6	2,329	- 1,124
Ovary Cancer	27	1,077	34	328	+ 749
Uterin Cancer	28	981	44	146	+ 835
Drug Use	29	977	39	249	+ 727
Diabetes Mellitus	30	936	15	1,534	- 598
Hypertension	31	923	23	707	+ 215
Liver Cancer	32	912	31	366	+ 545
Poisonings	33	782	46	98	+ 684
Cervical Cancer	34	762	42	188	+ 574
Bladder Cancer	35	742	20	757	- 16
Skin Cancers	36	682	38	276	+ 406
Tuberculosis	37	675	56	23	+ 651
Violence	38	641	25	444	+ 197
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	601	41	197	+ 404
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	591	49	79	+ 512
Congenital Anomalies	41	507	8	2,077	- 1,570
HIV/AIDS	42	419	58	15	+ 405
Endocrine Disorders	43	354	26	418	- 64
Asthma	44	306	17	1,052	- 747
Epilepsy	45	291	48	92	+ 199
Encephalitis	46	234	50	77	+ 157
Low Birth Weight	47	161	12	1,652	- 1,490
Other Neoplasms	48	131	57	21	+ 110
Multiple Sclerosis	49	106	59	14	+ 91
Meningitis	50	91	35	295	- 203
Skin Disease	51	77	61	8	+ 69
Birth Trauma	52	63	21	744	- 682
Malnutrition	53	55	51	73	- 18
Appendicitis	54	50	54	36	+ 14
Rheumatoid Arthritis	55	38	62	7	+ 31
Hepatitis B	56	34	63	5	+ 29
Diarrhoeal diseases	57	32	7	2,156	- 2,124
Upper Respiratory	58	12	66	3	+ 9
War	59	8	3	7,760	- 7,752
Maternal Conditions	60	5	45	105	- 100
Chlamydia	61	3	69	1	+ 2
Hepatitis C	62	2	68	1	+ 1
Syphilis	63	1	55	31	- 29
Tetanus	64	0	52	57	- 57
Pertussis	65	0	37	289	- 289
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	64	5	- 5
Measles	68	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	69	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	70	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	71	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	72	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	74	0	60	11	- 11
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Belarus

Syria

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.