YEMEN VS JORDAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	JORDAN		YEMEN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,968	1	30,158	- 16,190
Stroke	2	8,365	2	13,570	- 5,204
Road Traffic Accidents	3	4,939	6	8,561	- 3,622
Diabetes Mellitus	4	4,843	19	1,794	+ 3,049
Hypertension	5	4,406	8	5,293	- 888
Kidney Disease	6	4,297	15	2,679	+ 1,619
Lung Cancers	7	3,045	41	569	+ 2,476
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,697	4	11,978	- 9,282
Congenital Anomalies	9	2,687	10	4,291	- 1,604
Low Birth Weight	10	2,465	5	8,810	- 6,344
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	2,032	22	1,405	+ 626
Breast Cancer	12	1,973	26	1,134	+ 839
Colon-Rectum Cancers	13	1,773	30	913	+ 860
Liver Disease	14	1,419	13	2,891	- 1,472
Lung Disease	15	1,277	11	3,196	- 1,919
Leukemia	16	1,063	34	776	+ 287
Stomach Cancer	17	1,050	31	902	+ 148
Lymphomas	18	930	45	433	+ 497
Other Injuries	19	845	16	2,225	- 1,380
Birth Trauma	20	779	7	5,939	- 5,160
Violence	21	774	14	2,839	- 2,065
Pancreas Cancer	22	706	51	283	+ 423
Bladder Cancer	23	612	55	160	+ 451
Falls	24	548	24	1,170	- 622
Liver Cancer	25	535	39	609	- 74
Endocrine Disorders	26	518	36	738	- 219
Parkinson's Disease	27	486	49	362	+ 125
Suicide	28	475	21	1,699	- 1,223
Fires	29	439	29	991	- 552
Diarrhoeal diseases	30	438	9	4,372	- 3,934
Oral Cancer	31	411	42	547	- 137
Ovary Cancer	32	400	52	188	+ 212
Prostate Cancer	33	377	63	39	+ 337
Drug Use	34	330	38	613	- 283
Asthma	35	329	17	2,106	- 1,777
Drownings	36	308	25	1,142	- 834
Meningitis	37	225	28	1,018	- 793
Inflammatory/Heart	38	214	40	585	- 371
Uterin Cancer	39	214	69	5	+ 209
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	192	33	833	- 642
Cervical Cancer	41	183	57	119	+ 64
Oesophagus Cancer	42	182	35	765	- 583
Pertussis	43	157	23	1,239	- 1,082
Maternal Conditions	44	151	32	890	- 739
Syphilis	45	149	53	175	- 26
Epilepsy	46	141	43	539	- 398
Poisonings	47	134	44	532	- 397
Skin Disease	48	122	61	44	+ 78
Skin Cancers	49	109	58	100	+ 9
Rheumatic Heart Disease	50	64	37	707	- 642
Malnutrition	51	43	27	1,058	- 1,015
Encephalitis	52	39	48	369	- 330
Tuberculosis	53	35	18	1,899	- 1,865
Multiple Sclerosis	54	34	62	42	- 8
Alcohol	55	30	59	78	- 48
Tetanus	56	30	47	395	- 364
Other Neoplasms	57	27	64	21	+ 6
Appendicitis	58	22	54	162	- 139
War	59	18	3	12,915	- 12,897
Hepatitis B	60	12	50	299	- 287
Rheumatoid Arthritis	61	11	66	14	- 3
Schistosomiasis	62	8	56	124	- 116
HIV/AIDS	63	6	46	396	- 390
Hepatitis C	64	4	68	8	- 4
Measles	65	2	12	3,019	- 3,017
Leishmaniasis	66	1	71	2	- 2
Diphtheria	67	1	67	14	- 13
Ascariasis	68	1	65	17	- 16
Upper Respiratory	69	0	70	5	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	72	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	73	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	60	71	- 71
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	20	1,719	- 1,719
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to YEMEN

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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.