ESTONIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ESTONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,411	1	3,009	- 1,598
Stroke	2	405	3	1,116	- 711
War	3	388	64	0	+ 388
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	148	6	349	- 201
Road Traffic Accidents	5	128	35	59	+ 68
Kidney Disease	6	116	17	176	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	108	53	8	+ 100
Congenital Anomalies	8	104	43	25	+ 79
Lung Cancers	9	102	4	657	- 555
Breast Cancer	10	98	11	260	- 162
Liver Disease	11	86	7	328	- 242
Low Birth Weight	12	83	55	7	+ 76
Lung Disease	13	80	13	229	- 149
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	78	12	229	- 152
Diabetes Mellitus	15	77	19	146	- 69
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	61	5	527	- 466
Asthma	17	53	44	24	+ 29
Lymphomas	18	41	15	213	- 172
Leukemia	19	40	22	126	- 86
Bladder Cancer	20	38	21	126	- 88
Birth Trauma	21	37	57	5	+ 32
Stomach Cancer	22	36	9	290	- 254
Hypertension	23	35	2	2,700	- 2,665
Other Injuries	24	26	20	141	- 115
Violence	25	22	42	28	- 6
Endocrine Disorders	26	21	33	66	- 45
Pancreas Cancer	27	21	10	268	- 248
Prostate Cancer	28	20	8	298	- 278
Falls	29	19	24	119	- 99
Parkinson's Disease	30	18	29	82	- 64
Liver Cancer	31	18	26	107	- 89
Inflammatory/Heart	32	17	14	217	- 200
Suicide	33	17	16	197	- 181
Ovary Cancer	34	16	28	87	- 71
Meningitis	35	15	54	7	+ 7
Oral Cancer	36	14	25	110	- 96
Pertussis	37	14	83	0	+ 14
Skin Cancers	38	14	30	79	- 65
Drug Use	39	12	31	75	- 63
Drownings	40	11	40	30	- 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	10	45	22	- 12
Cervical Cancer	42	9	32	68	- 58
Fires	43	9	38	41	- 32
Uterin Cancer	44	7	34	60	- 53
Maternal Conditions	45	5	61	1	+ 4
Poisonings	46	5	52	8	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	27	99	- 94
Epilepsy	48	5	37	45	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	4	36	55	- 51
Encephalitis	50	4	63	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	51	4	79	0	+ 4
Tetanus	52	3	81	0	+ 3
Alcohol	53	3	18	148	- 146
Appendicitis	54	2	59	2	- 0
Syphilis	55	2	62	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	1	47	16	- 15
Other Neoplasms	57	1	23	123	- 122
HIV/AIDS	58	1	39	40	- 40
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	48	16	- 16
Schistosomiasis	60	1	72	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	0	41	29	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	46	17	- 17
Hepatitis B	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	82	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	69	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	58	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	84	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	80	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	70	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	73	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	56	6	- 6
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	9	- 9
Osteoarthritis	84	0	50	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	60	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ESTONIA

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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.