GEORGIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		GEORGIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,792	1	16,014	- 10,223
Stroke	2	1,661	2	11,969	- 10,308
War	3	1,594	61	0	+ 1,593
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	608	9	886	- 278
Road Traffic Accidents	5	524	13	496	+ 28
Kidney Disease	6	478	10	826	- 348
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	443	50	19	+ 424
Congenital Anomalies	8	427	28	174	+ 252
Lung Cancers	9	421	8	1,152	- 731
Breast Cancer	10	401	11	613	- 212
Liver Disease	11	353	4	1,871	- 1,518
Low Birth Weight	12	339	37	114	+ 225
Lung Disease	13	329	7	1,158	- 830
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	318	5	1,826	- 1,508
Diabetes Mellitus	15	315	6	1,621	- 1,306
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	251	14	444	- 192
Asthma	17	216	35	136	+ 80
Lymphomas	18	170	25	208	- 39
Leukemia	19	163	30	171	- 8
Bladder Cancer	20	156	26	205	- 50
Birth Trauma	21	153	46	39	+ 113
Stomach Cancer	22	149	12	533	- 384
Hypertension	23	145	3	4,387	- 4,242
Other Injuries	24	107	20	346	- 239
Violence	25	91	40	90	+ 1
Endocrine Disorders	26	86	38	109	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	27	84	23	227	- 143
Prostate Cancer	28	83	22	290	- 207
Falls	29	79	16	420	- 341
Parkinson's Disease	30	75	19	354	- 279
Liver Cancer	31	75	17	385	- 309
Inflammatory/Heart	32	69	21	346	- 277
Suicide	33	68	18	367	- 299
Ovary Cancer	34	67	29	174	- 107
Meningitis	35	61	47	25	+ 36
Oral Cancer	36	59	31	167	- 107
Pertussis	37	59	67	0	+ 59
Skin Cancers	38	57	33	149	- 92
Drug Use	39	51	41	90	- 38
Drownings	40	44	39	95	- 51
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	41	15	426	- 386
Cervical Cancer	42	39	27	187	- 148
Fires	43	37	34	140	- 103
Uterin Cancer	44	30	36	115	- 85
Maternal Conditions	45	22	53	13	+ 9
Poisonings	46	20	49	23	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	20	43	75	- 55
Epilepsy	48	19	44	51	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	16	24	226	- 210
Encephalitis	50	16	48	24	- 8
Malnutrition	51	15	59	5	+ 10
Tetanus	52	12	62	0	+ 11
Alcohol	53	10	45	49	- 39
Appendicitis	54	7	55	10	- 3
Syphilis	55	6	63	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	5	32	153	- 148
Other Neoplasms	57	4	52	15	- 10
HIV/AIDS	58	3	42	89	- 86
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	54	12	- 9
Schistosomiasis	60	2	73	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	2	51	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	57	8	- 6
Hepatitis B	63	1	58	7	- 6
Diphtheria	64	1	70	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	56	8	- 7
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	71	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 GEORGIA

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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.