ETHIOPIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ETHIOPIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	140,098	4	36,530	+ 103,568
Stroke	2	40,179	3	39,362	+ 817
War	3	38,549	64	281	+ 38,269
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	14,696	1	59,931	- 45,235
Road Traffic Accidents	5	12,667	5	31,564	- 18,897
Kidney Disease	6	11,569	13	12,103	- 534
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	10,709	2	44,361	- 33,651
Congenital Anomalies	8	10,320	11	15,638	- 5,318
Lung Cancers	9	10,172	38	2,202	+ 7,970
Breast Cancer	10	9,700	20	8,485	+ 1,215
Liver Disease	11	8,543	8	27,270	- 18,727
Low Birth Weight	12	8,206	7	28,020	- 19,814
Lung Disease	13	7,954	15	11,870	- 3,916
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	7,703	21	8,258	- 554
Diabetes Mellitus	15	7,619	10	16,258	- 8,638
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	6,078	31	3,755	+ 2,324
Asthma	17	5,227	29	4,484	+ 744
Lymphomas	18	4,108	33	3,590	+ 518
Leukemia	19	3,954	30	4,222	- 268
Bladder Cancer	20	3,763	51	1,080	+ 2,683
Birth Trauma	21	3,698	6	31,107	- 27,409
Stomach Cancer	22	3,599	47	1,519	+ 2,081
Hypertension	23	3,514	12	13,470	- 9,956
Other Injuries	24	2,589	16	11,735	- 9,145
Violence	25	2,207	22	8,076	- 5,869
Endocrine Disorders	26	2,076	45	1,623	+ 453
Pancreas Cancer	27	2,041	61	488	+ 1,554
Prostate Cancer	28	2,007	50	1,244	+ 763
Falls	29	1,902	28	4,510	- 2,608
Parkinson's Disease	30	1,823	46	1,578	+ 245
Liver Cancer	31	1,820	42	1,730	+ 90
Inflammatory/Heart	32	1,676	39	2,168	- 493
Suicide	33	1,652	25	6,030	- 4,378
Ovary Cancer	34	1,628	36	2,424	- 795
Meningitis	35	1,465	14	12,019	- 10,554
Oral Cancer	36	1,436	48	1,477	- 40
Pertussis	37	1,435	23	6,896	- 5,461
Skin Cancers	38	1,373	52	1,006	+ 367
Drug Use	39	1,238	60	513	+ 726
Drownings	40	1,068	35	3,133	- 2,065
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	981	49	1,339	- 358
Cervical Cancer	42	935	27	5,019	- 4,084
Fires	43	888	34	3,255	- 2,367
Uterin Cancer	44	723	62	421	+ 302
Maternal Conditions	45	520	18	8,887	- 8,366
Poisonings	46	487	32	3,668	- 3,182
Oesophagus Cancer	47	484	40	1,839	- 1,355
Epilepsy	48	459	44	1,625	- 1,166
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	393	41	1,758	- 1,365
Encephalitis	50	383	63	386	- 3
Malnutrition	51	361	19	8,643	- 8,282
Tetanus	52	286	37	2,203	- 1,917
Alcohol	53	251	55	750	- 498
Appendicitis	54	181	58	677	- 496
Syphilis	55	152	43	1,699	- 1,547
Tuberculosis	56	116	9	21,455	- 21,339
Other Neoplasms	57	105	66	148	- 43
HIV/AIDS	58	73	17	11,471	- 11,399
Multiple Sclerosis	59	70	70	61	+ 9
Schistosomiasis	60	56	54	839	- 783
Skin Disease	61	39	53	904	- 865
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	33	65	221	- 188
Hepatitis B	63	25	56	742	- 717
Diphtheria	64	25	67	146	- 121
Leishmaniasis	65	25	59	579	- 554
Upper Respiratory	66	16	57	709	- 693
Ascariasis	67	5	68	130	- 125
Hepatitis C	68	4	69	115	- 110
Chlamydia	69	4	72	21	- 17
Measles	70	1	24	6,324	- 6,323
Otitis Media	71	0	71	39	- 39
Dengue	72	0	73	20	- 20
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	26	5,626	- 5,626
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ETHIOPIA

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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.