EQU. GUINEA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		EQU. GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,122	7	419	+ 1,703
Stroke	2	609	6	437	+ 172
War	3	584	71	0	+ 584
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	223	2	913	- 690
Road Traffic Accidents	5	192	8	368	- 177
Kidney Disease	6	175	14	198	- 23
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	162	9	349	- 187
Congenital Anomalies	8	156	12	249	- 93
Lung Cancers	9	154	41	27	+ 127
Breast Cancer	10	147	24	84	+ 63
Liver Disease	11	129	13	199	- 70
Low Birth Weight	12	124	4	457	- 333
Lung Disease	13	120	20	120	+ 0
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	117	29	55	+ 61
Diabetes Mellitus	15	115	11	299	- 184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	92	40	29	+ 63
Asthma	17	79	26	65	+ 14
Lymphomas	18	62	45	19	+ 43
Leukemia	19	60	61	4	+ 56
Bladder Cancer	20	57	56	9	+ 48
Birth Trauma	21	56	5	441	- 385
Stomach Cancer	22	55	49	16	+ 39
Hypertension	23	53	16	165	- 112
Other Injuries	24	39	23	105	- 66
Violence	25	33	33	45	- 11
Endocrine Disorders	26	31	25	73	- 42
Pancreas Cancer	27	31	55	11	+ 20
Prostate Cancer	28	30	35	43	- 12
Falls	29	29	32	46	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	30	28	46	18	+ 10
Liver Cancer	31	28	34	43	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	32	25	27	63	- 38
Suicide	33	25	22	107	- 82
Ovary Cancer	34	25	52	13	+ 12
Meningitis	35	22	19	127	- 105
Oral Cancer	36	22	37	35	- 13
Pertussis	37	22	21	109	- 87
Skin Cancers	38	21	48	16	+ 5
Drug Use	39	19	30	50	- 32
Drownings	40	16	36	39	- 23
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	50	14	+ 1
Cervical Cancer	42	14	28	56	- 42
Fires	43	13	39	30	- 17
Uterin Cancer	44	11	58	8	+ 3
Maternal Conditions	45	8	17	139	- 131
Poisonings	46	7	44	21	- 14
Oesophagus Cancer	47	7	54	12	- 5
Epilepsy	48	7	38	32	- 25
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	6	43	22	- 16
Encephalitis	50	6	57	8	- 2
Malnutrition	51	5	31	48	- 43
Tetanus	52	4	42	23	- 19
Alcohol	53	4	53	12	- 8
Appendicitis	54	3	59	6	- 3
Syphilis	55	2	18	134	- 132
Tuberculosis	56	2	10	321	- 319
Other Neoplasms	57	2	63	3	- 2
HIV/AIDS	58	1	1	1,838	- 1,837
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	67	1	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	1	60	4	- 3
Skin Disease	61	1	51	13	- 12
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	62	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	0	65	3	- 3
Diphtheria	64	0	64	3	- 3
Leishmaniasis	65	0	78	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	15	181	- 181
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	47	16	- 16
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	3	668	- 668
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to EQU. GUINEA

Syria

Equ. Guinea

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.