SYRIA VS ERITREA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ERITREA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,327	4	2,958	+ 9,368
Stroke	2	9,646	2	8,088	+ 1,557
Diarrhoeal diseases	3	8,623	7	2,156	+ 6,467
Coronary Heart Disease	4	8,102	1	28,203	- 20,101
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,989	5	2,550	+ 2,439
Liver Disease	6	4,570	11	1,720	+ 2,850
Diabetes Mellitus	7	3,553	15	1,534	+ 2,019
Hypertension	8	3,482	23	707	+ 2,775
Lung Disease	9	2,490	13	1,601	+ 889
Malnutrition	10	2,482	51	73	+ 2,409
Birth Trauma	11	2,319	21	744	+ 1,574
Kidney Disease	12	2,173	6	2,329	- 156
Maternal Conditions	13	2,045	45	105	+ 1,940
Tuberculosis	14	2,044	56	23	+ 2,021
Other Injuries	15	2,031	24	521	+ 1,510
Low Birth Weight	16	1,998	12	1,652	+ 346
Malaria	17	1,644	79	0	+ 1,644
Congenital Anomalies	18	1,625	8	2,077	- 452
Meningitis	19	1,521	35	295	+ 1,227
Violence	20	1,445	25	444	+ 1,001
Suicide	21	1,436	33	333	+ 1,103
Asthma	22	1,227	17	1,052	+ 174
Breast Cancer	23	1,172	10	1,953	- 781
Alzheimers & Dementia	24	1,165	14	1,551	- 385
HIV/AIDS	25	1,157	58	15	+ 1,142
Falls	26	632	29	383	+ 249
Peptic Ulcer Disease	27	553	49	79	+ 474
Lymphomas	28	552	18	827	- 275
Leukemia	29	542	19	796	- 254
Cervical Cancer	30	498	42	188	+ 310
Fires	31	496	43	179	+ 317
Inflammatory/Heart	32	462	32	337	+ 125
Drownings	33	443	40	215	+ 228
Poisonings	34	430	46	98	+ 332
Colon-Rectum Cancers	35	425	16	1,224	- 798
Pertussis	36	337	37	289	+ 48
Parkinson's Disease	37	319	30	367	- 48
Epilepsy	38	307	48	92	+ 214
Oesophagus Cancer	39	305	47	97	+ 207
Ovary Cancer	40	299	34	328	- 29
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	289	41	197	+ 91
Schistosomiasis	42	274	60	11	+ 262
Endocrine Disorders	43	268	26	418	- 150
Oral Cancer	44	267	36	289	- 22
Liver Cancer	45	260	31	366	- 106
Lung Cancers	46	232	9	2,048	- 1,816
Prostate Cancer	47	204	28	404	- 200
Stomach Cancer	48	182	22	725	- 543
Alcohol	49	171	53	51	+ 121
Skin Disease	50	168	61	8	+ 160
Bladder Cancer	51	158	20	757	- 600
Tetanus	52	141	52	57	+ 84
Drug Use	53	136	39	249	- 113
Syphilis	54	131	55	31	+ 100
Appendicitis	55	118	54	36	+ 81
Skin Cancers	56	112	38	276	- 164
Hepatitis B	57	104	63	5	+ 99
Pancreas Cancer	58	74	27	411	- 337
Leishmaniasis	59	71	65	5	+ 67
Upper Respiratory	60	67	66	3	+ 64
Uterin Cancer	61	66	44	146	- 80
Encephalitis	62	58	50	77	- 19
Measles	63	48	70	0	+ 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	64	45	62	7	+ 38
Hepatitis C	65	24	68	1	+ 23
Other Neoplasms	66	23	57	21	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	67	14	59	14	+ 0
Ascariasis	68	7	67	1	+ 6
Otitis Media	69	7	71	0	+ 7
Chlamydia	70	4	69	1	+ 3
War	71	2	3	7,760	- 7,759
Diphtheria	72	1	64	5	- 4
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	78	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Eritrea

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.