SYRIA VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,372	1	28,203	- 17,831
Stroke	2	6,212	2	8,088	- 1,877
Road Traffic Accidents	3	3,667	5	2,550	+ 1,117
Diabetes Mellitus	4	3,596	15	1,534	+ 2,062
Hypertension	5	3,271	23	707	+ 2,564
Kidney Disease	6	3,191	6	2,329	+ 862
Lung Cancers	7	2,261	9	2,048	+ 213
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,002	4	2,958	- 956
Congenital Anomalies	9	1,995	8	2,077	- 82
Low Birth Weight	10	1,831	12	1,652	+ 179
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,509	14	1,551	- 42
Breast Cancer	12	1,465	10	1,953	- 488
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,317	16	1,224	+ 93
Liver Disease	14	1,054	11	1,720	- 666
Lung Disease	15	948	13	1,601	- 653
Leukemia	16	789	19	796	- 7
Stomach Cancer	17	780	22	725	+ 55
Lymphomas	18	691	18	827	- 136
Other Injuries	19	627	24	521	+ 106
Birth Trauma	20	578	21	744	- 166
Violence	21	575	25	444	+ 130
Pancreas Cancer	22	524	27	411	+ 113
Bladder Cancer	23	454	20	757	- 303
Falls	24	407	29	383	+ 24
Liver Cancer	25	397	31	366	+ 30
Endocrine Disorders	26	385	26	418	- 33
Parkinson's Disease	27	361	30	367	- 6
Suicide	28	353	33	333	+ 20
Fires	29	326	43	179	+ 147
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	325	7	2,156	- 1,831
Oral Cancer	31	305	36	289	+ 16
Ovary Cancer	32	297	34	328	- 30
Prostate Cancer	33	280	28	404	- 124
Drug Use	34	245	39	249	- 4
Asthma	35	245	17	1,052	- 808
Drownings	36	229	40	215	+ 14
Meningitis	37	167	35	295	- 128
Inflammatory/Heart	38	159	32	337	- 179
Uterin Cancer	39	159	44	146	+ 13
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	142	49	79	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	41	136	42	188	- 52
Oesophagus Cancer	42	135	47	97	+ 37
Pertussis	43	117	37	289	- 172
Maternal Conditions	44	112	45	105	+ 7
Syphilis	45	111	55	31	+ 80
Epilepsy	46	105	48	92	+ 12
Poisonings	47	100	46	98	+ 2
Skin Disease	48	90	61	8	+ 82
Skin Cancers	49	81	38	276	- 196
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	48	41	197	- 150
Malnutrition	51	32	51	73	- 41
Encephalitis	52	29	50	77	- 48
Tuberculosis	53	26	56	23	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	54	25	59	14	+ 11
Alcohol	55	23	53	51	- 28
Tetanus	56	22	52	57	- 35
Other Neoplasms	57	20	57	21	- 1
Appendicitis	58	17	54	36	- 20
War	59	13	3	7,760	- 7,747
Hepatitis B	60	9	63	5	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	8	62	7	+ 2
Schistosomiasis	62	6	60	11	- 6
HIV/AIDS	63	4	58	15	- 10
Hepatitis C	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Measles	65	2	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	66	1	65	5	- 4
Diphtheria	67	0	64	5	- 5
Ascariasis	68	0	67	1	- 1
Upper Respiratory	69	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	70	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

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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.