SYRIA VS BRAZIL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	BRAZIL		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,980	1	28,203	- 10,223
Stroke	2	13,362	2	8,088	+ 5,274
Influenza and Pneumonia	3	10,271	4	2,958	+ 7,313
Violence	4	7,459	25	444	+ 7,015
Diabetes Mellitus	5	6,465	15	1,534	+ 4,931
Lung Disease	6	6,439	13	1,601	+ 4,838
Kidney Disease	7	4,088	6	2,329	+ 1,759
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,673	5	2,550	+ 1,123
Lung Cancers	9	3,434	9	2,048	+ 1,386
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	3,331	14	1,551	+ 1,781
Hypertension	11	3,126	23	707	+ 2,418
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,512	16	1,224	+ 1,288
Liver Disease	13	2,323	11	1,720	+ 604
Breast Cancer	14	2,251	10	1,953	+ 299
Prostate Cancer	15	2,061	28	404	+ 1,657
Falls	16	2,044	29	383	+ 1,661
Stomach Cancer	17	1,951	22	725	+ 1,227
Inflammatory/Heart	18	1,899	32	337	+ 1,561
Endocrine Disorders	19	1,836	26	418	+ 1,418
Suicide	20	1,577	33	333	+ 1,244
Other Injuries	21	1,497	24	521	+ 976
HIV/AIDS	22	1,362	58	15	+ 1,347
Congenital Anomalies	23	1,336	8	2,077	- 742
Pancreas Cancer	24	1,301	27	411	+ 890
Liver Cancer	25	1,249	31	366	+ 882
Oesophagus Cancer	26	1,135	47	97	+ 1,038
Lymphomas	27	1,125	18	827	+ 298
Oral Cancer	28	1,079	36	289	+ 790
Cervical Cancer	29	1,031	42	188	+ 843
Leukemia	30	925	19	796	+ 129
Skin Disease	31	779	61	8	+ 771
Alcohol	32	772	53	51	+ 722
Low Birth Weight	33	746	12	1,652	- 906
Malnutrition	34	726	51	73	+ 653
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	614	7	2,156	- 1,542
Bladder Cancer	36	575	20	757	- 182
Chagas disease	37	547	78	0	+ 547
Skin Cancers	38	546	38	276	+ 269
Drownings	39	535	40	215	+ 320
Tuberculosis	40	531	56	23	+ 508
Parkinson's Disease	41	517	30	367	+ 150
Other Neoplasms	42	506	57	21	+ 485
Ovary Cancer	43	472	34	328	+ 145
Peptic Ulcer Disease	44	462	49	79	+ 383
Birth Trauma	45	410	21	744	- 335
Epilepsy	46	354	48	92	+ 261
Uterin Cancer	47	302	44	146	+ 156
Asthma	48	281	17	1,052	- 771
Drug Use	49	268	39	249	+ 18
Anemia	50	262	83	0	+ 262
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	238	41	197	+ 40
Hepatitis C	52	212	68	1	+ 211
Maternal Conditions	53	163	45	105	+ 59
Meningitis	54	147	35	295	- 148
Prostatic Hypertrophy	55	119	85	0	+ 119
War	56	118	3	7,760	- 7,642
Appendicitis	57	116	54	36	+ 79
Fires	58	111	43	179	- 67
Hepatitis B	59	84	63	5	+ 79
Schizophrenia	60	72	81	0	+ 72
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	65	62	7	+ 58
Schistosomiasis	62	64	60	11	+ 53
Leishmaniasis	63	47	65	5	+ 42
Multiple Sclerosis	64	39	59	14	+ 24
Osteoarthritis	65	36	84	0	+ 36
Poisonings	66	34	46	98	- 64
Upper Respiratory	67	28	66	3	+ 25
Syphilis	68	24	55	31	- 6
Leprosy	69	19	75	0	+ 19
Otitis Media	70	10	71	0	+ 10
Tetanus	71	10	52	57	- 48
Encephalitis	72	7	50	77	- 70
Oral conditions	73	7	86	0	+ 7
Malaria	74	5	79	0	+ 5
Pertussis	75	3	37	289	- 286
Dengue	76	1	72	0	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	77	1	76	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	78	1	67	1	- 0
Diphtheria	79	1	64	5	- 4
Chlamydia	80	1	69	1	- 0
Measles	81	0	70	0	+ 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	+ 0
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	77	0	+ 0
Trichuriasis	84	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	85	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

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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.