SYRIA VS PERU: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PERU		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	11,220	4	2,958	+ 8,262
Coronary Heart Disease	2	10,080	1	28,203	- 18,123
Stroke	3	5,653	2	8,088	- 2,436
Kidney Disease	4	5,296	6	2,329	+ 2,967
Liver Disease	5	4,667	11	1,720	+ 2,947
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	4,254	14	1,551	+ 2,704
Stomach Cancer	7	3,713	22	725	+ 2,988
Diabetes Mellitus	8	3,248	15	1,534	+ 1,714
Road Traffic Accidents	9	3,231	5	2,550	+ 681
Lung Cancers	10	2,320	9	2,048	+ 272
Prostate Cancer	11	2,319	28	404	+ 1,915
Violence	12	2,206	25	444	+ 1,761
Other Injuries	13	2,105	24	521	+ 1,584
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,934	16	1,224	+ 711
Lung Disease	15	1,844	13	1,601	+ 242
Liver Cancer	16	1,813	31	366	+ 1,446
Tuberculosis	17	1,740	56	23	+ 1,717
Lymphomas	18	1,650	18	827	+ 823
Congenital Anomalies	19	1,462	8	2,077	- 616
Breast Cancer	20	1,442	10	1,953	- 511
Cervical Cancer	21	1,408	42	188	+ 1,220
Leukemia	22	1,354	19	796	+ 558
Pancreas Cancer	23	1,176	27	411	+ 765
Low Birth Weight	24	1,080	12	1,652	- 572
Falls	25	941	29	383	+ 558
Parkinson's Disease	26	929	30	367	+ 562
Diarrhoeal diseases	27	811	7	2,156	- 1,345
Hypertension	28	777	23	707	+ 69
Malnutrition	29	736	51	73	+ 664
Suicide	30	661	33	333	+ 328
HIV/AIDS	31	621	58	15	+ 607
Skin Cancers	32	575	38	276	+ 299
Ovary Cancer	33	522	34	328	+ 194
Drug Use	34	465	39	249	+ 216
Peptic Ulcer Disease	35	446	49	79	+ 366
Drownings	36	427	40	215	+ 212
Birth Trauma	37	393	21	744	- 351
Oral Cancer	38	380	36	289	+ 91
Inflammatory/Heart	39	361	32	337	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	40	347	26	418	- 71
Bladder Cancer	41	339	20	757	- 419
Oesophagus Cancer	42	288	47	97	+ 191
Maternal Conditions	43	253	45	105	+ 148
Alcohol	44	235	53	51	+ 185
Uterin Cancer	45	223	44	146	+ 77
Encephalitis	46	205	50	77	+ 128
Epilepsy	47	192	48	92	+ 99
Pertussis	48	191	37	289	- 98
Fires	49	175	43	179	- 4
Asthma	50	152	17	1,052	- 900
Rheumatic Heart Disease	51	145	41	197	- 52
Syphilis	52	134	55	31	+ 103
Appendicitis	53	125	54	36	+ 88
Skin Disease	54	114	61	8	+ 107
Poisonings	55	92	46	98	- 6
Meningitis	56	86	35	295	- 209
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	79	62	7	+ 72
Other Neoplasms	58	40	57	21	+ 19
Chagas disease	59	36	78	0	+ 36
Tetanus	60	35	52	57	- 23
Malaria	61	26	79	0	+ 26
Multiple Sclerosis	62	25	59	14	+ 11
Upper Respiratory	63	8	66	3	+ 5
Hepatitis B	64	7	63	5	+ 2
Hepatitis C	65	3	68	1	+ 2
Dengue	66	3	72	0	+ 3
War	67	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Chlamydia	68	2	69	1	+ 1
Ascariasis	69	1	67	1	+ 0
Diphtheria	70	1	64	5	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Measles	73	0	70	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	73	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	11	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	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

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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.