SYRIA VS MICRONESIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MICRONESIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	46,300	1	28,203	+ 18,097
Diabetes Mellitus	2	29,406	15	1,534	+ 27,872
Stroke	3	28,540	2	8,088	+ 20,452
Kidney Disease	4	13,475	6	2,329	+ 11,146
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	12,406	4	2,958	+ 9,448
Lung Disease	6	9,877	13	1,601	+ 8,276
Suicide	7	7,694	33	333	+ 7,362
Hypertension	8	6,497	23	707	+ 5,790
Liver Disease	9	5,681	11	1,720	+ 3,961
Lung Cancers	10	5,495	9	2,048	+ 3,447
Drownings	11	4,127	40	215	+ 3,912
Breast Cancer	12	4,069	10	1,953	+ 2,116
Asthma	13	3,812	17	1,052	+ 2,759
Low Birth Weight	14	3,586	12	1,652	+ 1,934
Rheumatic Heart Disease	15	3,288	41	197	+ 3,090
Diarrhoeal diseases	16	3,217	7	2,156	+ 1,061
Other Injuries	17	3,189	24	521	+ 2,667
Congenital Anomalies	18	3,181	8	2,077	+ 1,104
Tuberculosis	19	2,998	56	23	+ 2,975
Stomach Cancer	20	2,813	22	725	+ 2,089
Birth Trauma	21	2,592	21	744	+ 1,848
Colon-Rectum Cancers	22	2,020	16	1,224	+ 797
Cervical Cancer	23	1,995	42	188	+ 1,807
Liver Cancer	24	1,955	31	366	+ 1,588
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	1,585	49	79	+ 1,506
Alzheimers & Dementia	26	1,562	14	1,551	+ 11
Falls	27	1,474	29	383	+ 1,091
Inflammatory/Heart	28	1,444	32	337	+ 1,106
Prostate Cancer	29	1,320	28	404	+ 916
Endocrine Disorders	30	1,271	26	418	+ 853
Violence	31	1,262	25	444	+ 818
Leukemia	32	1,203	19	796	+ 407
Parkinson's Disease	33	1,118	30	367	+ 751
Maternal Conditions	34	878	45	105	+ 774
Pancreas Cancer	35	869	27	411	+ 458
Lymphomas	36	862	18	827	+ 35
Pertussis	37	845	37	289	+ 556
Oral Cancer	38	809	36	289	+ 520
Meningitis	39	765	35	295	+ 470
Syphilis	40	724	55	31	+ 693
Uterin Cancer	41	686	44	146	+ 541
Skin Disease	42	657	61	8	+ 649
Epilepsy	43	654	48	92	+ 561
Malnutrition	44	637	51	73	+ 564
Ovary Cancer	45	553	34	328	+ 225
Alcohol	46	545	53	51	+ 494
Oesophagus Cancer	47	523	47	97	+ 425
Fires	48	482	43	179	+ 304
Bladder Cancer	49	374	20	757	- 383
Poisonings	50	244	46	98	+ 146
Skin Cancers	51	218	38	276	- 59
Drug Use	52	148	39	249	- 101
Encephalitis	53	143	50	77	+ 65
Appendicitis	54	106	54	36	+ 70
Other Neoplasms	55	89	57	21	+ 68
Measles	56	83	70	0	+ 83
Hepatitis B	57	72	63	5	+ 67
Road Traffic Accidents	58	44	5	2,550	- 2,506
Tetanus	59	40	52	57	- 17
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	35	62	7	+ 28
Dengue	61	33	72	0	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	62	33	59	14	+ 19
Hepatitis C	63	9	68	1	+ 8
Diphtheria	64	8	64	5	+ 3
Ascariasis	65	8	67	1	+ 7
War	66	3	3	7,760	- 7,757
Chlamydia	67	3	69	1	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	68	2	66	3	- 1
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	71	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	72	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	74	0	58	15	- 15
Leishmaniasis	75	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	11	- 11
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Micronesia

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.