SYRIA VS SAINT LUCIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAINT LUCIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	26,747	2	8,088	+ 18,658
Coronary Heart Disease	2	21,124	1	28,203	- 7,080
Diabetes Mellitus	3	19,833	15	1,534	+ 18,299
Kidney Disease	4	11,318	6	2,329	+ 8,989
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	9,327	4	2,958	+ 6,369
Prostate Cancer	6	7,992	28	404	+ 7,588
Road Traffic Accidents	7	7,747	5	2,550	+ 5,197
Lung Disease	8	7,503	13	1,601	+ 5,902
Hypertension	9	7,451	23	707	+ 6,744
Alzheimers & Dementia	10	6,758	14	1,551	+ 5,207
Violence	11	5,255	25	444	+ 4,811
Liver Disease	12	4,948	11	1,720	+ 3,229
Inflammatory/Heart	13	4,473	32	337	+ 4,136
Breast Cancer	14	3,615	10	1,953	+ 1,662
Stomach Cancer	15	3,111	22	725	+ 2,387
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,997	16	1,224	+ 1,774
Endocrine Disorders	17	2,865	26	418	+ 2,447
Lung Cancers	18	2,655	9	2,048	+ 607
Low Birth Weight	19	2,441	12	1,652	+ 789
Skin Disease	20	2,295	61	8	+ 2,287
Other Injuries	21	2,095	24	521	+ 1,573
Suicide	22	2,045	33	333	+ 1,712
Parkinson's Disease	23	1,970	30	367	+ 1,603
Lymphomas	24	1,858	18	827	+ 1,031
Cervical Cancer	25	1,684	42	188	+ 1,496
Falls	26	1,495	29	383	+ 1,112
Asthma	27	1,362	17	1,052	+ 310
Drownings	28	1,324	40	215	+ 1,109
Alcohol	29	1,313	53	51	+ 1,262
Congenital Anomalies	30	1,149	8	2,077	- 928
Pancreas Cancer	31	1,144	27	411	+ 733
Epilepsy	32	1,011	48	92	+ 918
Malnutrition	33	935	51	73	+ 862
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	762	49	79	+ 683
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	650	7	2,156	- 1,506
Leukemia	36	628	19	796	- 168
Liver Cancer	37	574	31	366	+ 207
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	559	41	197	+ 362
Fires	39	471	43	179	+ 292
Oesophagus Cancer	40	446	47	97	+ 348
Ovary Cancer	41	444	34	328	+ 116
Birth Trauma	42	439	21	744	- 305
Oral Cancer	43	437	36	289	+ 148
Tuberculosis	44	414	56	23	+ 391
Uterin Cancer	45	289	44	146	+ 143
Drug Use	46	272	39	249	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	47	262	45	105	+ 157
Other Neoplasms	48	258	57	21	+ 237
Meningitis	49	207	35	295	- 87
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	186	62	7	+ 179
Appendicitis	51	159	54	36	+ 123
Encephalitis	52	156	50	77	+ 79
Dengue	53	84	72	0	+ 84
Multiple Sclerosis	54	63	59	14	+ 49
Poisonings	55	37	46	98	- 61
Tetanus	56	30	52	57	- 27
Syphilis	57	27	55	31	- 4
War	58	24	3	7,760	- 7,737
Upper Respiratory	59	18	66	3	+ 15
Hepatitis B	60	8	63	5	+ 3
Schistosomiasis	61	7	60	11	- 4
Chlamydia	62	6	69	1	+ 6
Pertussis	63	4	37	289	- 285
Ascariasis	64	2	67	1	+ 1
Hepatitis C	65	1	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	66	0	71	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	67	0	64	5	- 5
Skin Cancers	68	0	38	276	- 276
Vitamin A Deficiency	69	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	70	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	71	0	80	0	- 0
Bladder Cancer	72	0	20	757	- 757
Schizophrenia	73	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	74	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	75	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	76	0	85	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	81	0	79	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	82	0	65	5	- 5
Leprosy	83	0	75	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	84	0	58	15	- 15
Trichuriasis	85	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	86	0	73	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Saint Lucia

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.