GABON VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		GABON		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,901	3	1,019	+ 1,882
Stroke	2	832	5	896	- 64
War	3	798	65	3	+ 796
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	304	4	966	- 661
Road Traffic Accidents	5	262	8	518	- 256
Kidney Disease	6	240	12	384	- 144
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	222	14	318	- 96
Congenital Anomalies	8	214	15	285	- 72
Lung Cancers	9	211	29	87	+ 123
Breast Cancer	10	201	27	92	+ 109
Liver Disease	11	177	10	416	- 240
Low Birth Weight	12	170	9	494	- 324
Lung Disease	13	165	16	215	- 50
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	160	19	152	+ 8
Diabetes Mellitus	15	158	6	643	- 485
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	126	37	43	+ 83
Asthma	17	108	28	90	+ 18
Lymphomas	18	85	49	32	+ 53
Leukemia	19	82	57	17	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	20	78	43	35	+ 43
Birth Trauma	21	77	13	362	- 286
Stomach Cancer	22	75	48	32	+ 42
Hypertension	23	73	11	412	- 339
Other Injuries	24	54	22	140	- 86
Violence	25	46	17	184	- 138
Endocrine Disorders	26	43	25	98	- 55
Pancreas Cancer	27	42	53	21	+ 22
Prostate Cancer	28	42	32	80	- 38
Falls	29	39	30	84	- 45
Parkinson's Disease	30	38	36	47	- 9
Liver Cancer	31	38	35	53	- 15
Inflammatory/Heart	32	35	24	101	- 67
Suicide	33	34	18	183	- 148
Ovary Cancer	34	34	51	27	+ 7
Meningitis	35	30	23	113	- 83
Oral Cancer	36	30	34	69	- 39
Pertussis	37	30	31	81	- 51
Skin Cancers	38	28	46	34	- 5
Drug Use	39	26	45	34	- 8
Drownings	40	22	38	42	- 20
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	54	20	+ 0
Cervical Cancer	42	19	26	96	- 77
Fires	43	18	39	39	- 20
Uterin Cancer	44	15	55	19	- 4
Maternal Conditions	45	11	21	145	- 134
Poisonings	46	10	50	28	- 18
Oesophagus Cancer	47	10	44	35	- 25
Epilepsy	48	10	40	37	- 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	8	41	36	- 28
Encephalitis	50	8	60	7	+ 1
Malnutrition	51	7	33	78	- 70
Tetanus	52	6	59	8	- 3
Alcohol	53	5	56	19	- 14
Appendicitis	54	4	61	7	- 3
Syphilis	55	3	47	33	- 30
Tuberculosis	56	2	1	1,819	- 1,817
Other Neoplasms	57	2	64	5	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	2	2	1,128	- 1,126
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	67	2	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	1	58	14	- 13
Skin Disease	61	1	52	22	- 21
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	63	6	- 6
Hepatitis B	63	1	62	7	- 6
Diphtheria	64	1	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	20	146	- 146
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	42	35	- 35
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	540	- 540
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GABON

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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.