CAMEROON VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		CAMEROON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,594	6	10,695	+ 25,900
Stroke	2	10,495	5	11,199	- 704
War	3	10,069	42	643	+ 9,426
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,839	1	19,694	- 15,856
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,309	9	7,810	- 4,501
Kidney Disease	6	3,022	13	5,140	- 2,118
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,797	3	11,849	- 9,051
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,696	12	5,258	- 2,562
Lung Cancers	9	2,657	51	301	+ 2,356
Breast Cancer	10	2,534	23	1,874	+ 659
Liver Disease	11	2,231	14	4,531	- 2,299
Low Birth Weight	12	2,143	8	7,950	- 5,807
Lung Disease	13	2,078	20	2,310	- 232
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,012	31	1,157	+ 856
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,990	11	5,468	- 3,478
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,588	43	569	+ 1,018
Asthma	17	1,365	25	1,619	- 254
Lymphomas	18	1,073	44	489	+ 584
Leukemia	19	1,033	54	275	+ 758
Bladder Cancer	20	983	62	65	+ 918
Birth Trauma	21	966	7	8,243	- 7,277
Stomach Cancer	22	940	45	458	+ 483
Hypertension	23	918	22	2,035	- 1,117
Other Injuries	24	676	16	3,289	- 2,613
Violence	25	576	24	1,666	- 1,090
Endocrine Disorders	26	542	18	2,474	- 1,932
Pancreas Cancer	27	533	52	290	+ 244
Prostate Cancer	28	524	34	940	- 416
Falls	29	497	27	1,235	- 738
Parkinson's Disease	30	476	46	449	+ 27
Liver Cancer	31	475	37	875	- 400
Inflammatory/Heart	32	438	33	986	- 548
Suicide	33	432	19	2,333	- 1,901
Ovary Cancer	34	425	50	303	+ 123
Meningitis	35	383	15	3,441	- 3,058
Oral Cancer	36	375	39	845	- 470
Pertussis	37	375	21	2,288	- 1,913
Skin Cancers	38	359	56	204	+ 154
Drug Use	39	323	35	928	- 604
Drownings	40	279	29	1,178	- 899
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	256	49	323	- 67
Cervical Cancer	42	244	26	1,582	- 1,338
Fires	43	232	36	908	- 676
Uterin Cancer	44	189	60	75	+ 114
Maternal Conditions	45	136	17	2,615	- 2,479
Poisonings	46	127	41	666	- 539
Oesophagus Cancer	47	126	59	135	- 9
Epilepsy	48	120	38	867	- 747
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	103	40	754	- 652
Encephalitis	50	100	58	187	- 87
Malnutrition	51	94	28	1,218	- 1,124
Tetanus	52	75	55	223	- 148
Alcohol	53	66	57	198	- 132
Appendicitis	54	47	61	72	- 25
Syphilis	55	40	30	1,170	- 1,130
Tuberculosis	56	30	10	7,414	- 7,384
Other Neoplasms	57	27	63	49	- 21
HIV/AIDS	58	19	2	13,888	- 13,869
Multiple Sclerosis	59	18	64	41	- 22
Schistosomiasis	60	15	53	288	- 273
Skin Disease	61	10	48	324	- 314
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	68	26	- 17
Hepatitis B	63	6	47	336	- 329
Diphtheria	64	6	67	26	- 20
Leishmaniasis	65	6	69	20	- 14
Upper Respiratory	66	4	70	19	- 15
Ascariasis	67	1	65	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	27	- 26
Chlamydia	69	1	72	4	- 3
Measles	70	0	32	1,028	- 1,027
Otitis Media	71	0	74	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	71	10	- 10
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	11,233	- 11,233
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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 CAMEROON

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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.