SYRIA VS ITALY: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ITALY		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	38,017	1	28,203	+ 9,814
Stroke	2	24,519	2	8,088	+ 16,430
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	16,224	14	1,551	+ 14,673
Lung Cancers	4	13,369	9	2,048	+ 11,322
Lung Disease	5	12,676	13	1,601	+ 11,075
Hypertension	6	11,717	23	707	+ 11,009
Colon-Rectum Cancers	7	8,320	16	1,224	+ 7,096
Diabetes Mellitus	8	7,765	15	1,534	+ 6,231
Influenza and Pneumonia	9	6,396	4	2,958	+ 3,437
Breast Cancer	10	5,429	10	1,953	+ 3,476
Kidney Disease	11	4,982	6	2,329	+ 2,653
Other Injuries	12	4,741	24	521	+ 4,220
Pancreas Cancer	13	4,735	27	411	+ 4,324
Stomach Cancer	14	4,013	22	725	+ 3,289
Other Neoplasms	15	3,908	57	21	+ 3,887
Lymphomas	16	3,786	18	827	+ 2,959
Liver Cancer	17	3,766	31	366	+ 3,399
Endocrine Disorders	18	3,300	26	418	+ 2,882
Parkinson's Disease	19	3,299	30	367	+ 2,932
Prostate Cancer	20	3,292	28	404	+ 2,888
Leukemia	21	2,634	19	796	+ 1,838
Bladder Cancer	22	2,627	20	757	+ 1,869
Liver Disease	23	2,176	11	1,720	+ 457
Inflammatory/Heart	24	2,165	32	337	+ 1,828
Falls	25	1,653	29	383	+ 1,270
Suicide	26	1,582	33	333	+ 1,250
Oral Cancer	27	1,309	36	289	+ 1,020
Ovary Cancer	28	1,285	34	328	+ 957
Skin Cancers	29	1,268	38	276	+ 991
Road Traffic Accidents	30	1,261	5	2,550	- 1,289
Hepatitis C	31	959	68	1	+ 958
Rheumatic Heart Disease	32	867	41	197	+ 670
Uterin Cancer	33	860	44	146	+ 715
Oesophagus Cancer	34	801	47	97	+ 703
Anemia	35	655	83	0	+ 655
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	635	7	2,156	- 1,521
Congenital Anomalies	37	565	8	2,077	- 1,513
Skin Disease	38	564	61	8	+ 556
Epilepsy	39	523	48	92	+ 431
Cervical Cancer	40	452	42	188	+ 263
Malnutrition	41	304	51	73	+ 231
Rheumatoid Arthritis	42	275	62	7	+ 268
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	270	49	79	+ 191
Multiple Sclerosis	44	265	59	14	+ 251
Drug Use	45	256	39	249	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	46	204	58	15	+ 189
Asthma	47	193	17	1,052	- 859
Osteoarthritis	48	188	84	0	+ 188
Schizophrenia	49	166	81	0	+ 166
Violence	50	160	25	444	- 284
Low Birth Weight	51	140	12	1,652	- 1,512
Drownings	52	135	40	215	- 80
Tuberculosis	53	132	56	23	+ 108
Hepatitis B	54	131	63	5	+ 126
Alcohol	55	108	53	51	+ 58
Fires	56	106	43	179	- 73
Prostatic Hypertrophy	57	94	85	0	+ 94
Poisonings	58	60	46	98	- 38
Birth Trauma	59	55	21	744	- 690
Meningitis	60	50	35	295	- 245
Appendicitis	61	19	54	36	- 17
Oral conditions	62	19	86	0	+ 19
Tetanus	63	8	52	57	- 49
Upper Respiratory	64	8	66	3	+ 5
Otitis Media	65	6	71	0	+ 6
War	66	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Maternal Conditions	67	2	45	105	- 102
Encephalitis	68	2	50	77	- 75
Syphilis	69	2	55	31	- 29
Leishmaniasis	70	1	65	5	- 4
Measles	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Chagas disease	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Pertussis	73	0	37	289	- 289
Leprosy	74	0	75	0	+ 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	76	0	64	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	78	0	60	11	- 11
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Ascariasis	80	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	81	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	82	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	83	0	73	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	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.