COSTA RICA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		COSTA RICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,223	1	2,639	+ 3,583
Stroke	2	1,785	2	1,624	+ 160
War	3	1,712	68	1	+ 1,712
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	653	7	836	- 183
Road Traffic Accidents	5	563	9	746	- 183
Kidney Disease	6	514	3	1,482	- 968
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	476	39	87	+ 388
Congenital Anomalies	8	458	21	315	+ 143
Lung Cancers	9	452	20	343	+ 108
Breast Cancer	10	431	16	384	+ 47
Liver Disease	11	379	18	370	+ 10
Low Birth Weight	12	364	28	178	+ 187
Lung Disease	13	353	4	1,046	- 693
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	342	8	818	- 476
Diabetes Mellitus	15	338	5	953	- 615
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	270	12	621	- 351
Asthma	17	232	45	60	+ 172
Lymphomas	18	182	19	356	- 173
Leukemia	19	176	24	262	- 86
Bladder Cancer	20	167	36	100	+ 67
Birth Trauma	21	164	47	48	+ 116
Stomach Cancer	22	160	10	661	- 501
Hypertension	23	156	6	863	- 707
Other Injuries	24	115	13	571	- 456
Violence	25	98	11	635	- 537
Endocrine Disorders	26	92	27	183	- 91
Pancreas Cancer	27	91	22	294	- 203
Prostate Cancer	28	89	14	448	- 359
Falls	29	84	35	116	- 32
Parkinson's Disease	30	81	30	138	- 57
Liver Cancer	31	81	17	382	- 301
Inflammatory/Heart	32	74	26	191	- 117
Suicide	33	73	15	407	- 333
Ovary Cancer	34	72	40	80	- 8
Meningitis	35	65	54	18	+ 47
Oral Cancer	36	64	38	96	- 32
Pertussis	37	64	69	0	+ 64
Skin Cancers	38	61	31	137	- 76
Drug Use	39	55	43	63	- 8
Drownings	40	47	37	97	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	44	49	32	+ 11
Cervical Cancer	42	42	29	159	- 117
Fires	43	39	58	10	+ 29
Uterin Cancer	44	32	41	80	- 48
Maternal Conditions	45	23	55	17	+ 6
Poisonings	46	22	60	5	+ 16
Oesophagus Cancer	47	21	44	61	- 39
Epilepsy	48	20	34	116	- 96
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	17	42	74	- 56
Encephalitis	50	17	63	3	+ 14
Malnutrition	51	16	48	37	- 21
Tetanus	52	13	74	0	+ 13
Alcohol	53	11	33	126	- 115
Appendicitis	54	8	52	22	- 14
Syphilis	55	7	65	1	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	5	50	32	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	5	23	266	- 261
HIV/AIDS	58	3	25	192	- 189
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	57	11	- 8
Schistosomiasis	60	3	76	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	32	126	- 124
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	55	- 54
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	7	- 6
Diphtheria	64	1	73	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	72	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	75	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	82	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	21	- 21
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	25	- 25
Osteoarthritis	84	0	61	5	- 5
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	13	- 13
Oral conditions	86	0	66	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to COSTA RICA

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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.