GRENADA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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Syria SYRIA GRENADA Deaths
Cause Of Death Rnk Deaths Rnk Deaths Summary
Coronary Heart Disease 1 135 1 156 - 20
Stroke 2 39 2 104 - 66
War 3 37 61 0 + 37
Influenza and Pneumonia 4 14 4 54 - 40
Road Traffic Accidents 5 12 22 9 + 3
Kidney Disease 6 11 6 40 - 29
Diarrhoeal diseases 7 10 48 2 + 9
Congenital Anomalies 8 10 26 7 + 3
Lung Cancers 9 10 14 15 - 5
Breast Cancer 10 9 9 25 - 16
Liver Disease 11 8 18 11 - 2
Low Birth Weight 12 8 27 7 + 1
Lung Disease 13 8 13 16 - 8
Alzheimers & Dementia 14 7 19 10 - 3
Diabetes Mellitus 15 7 3 90 - 82
Colon-Rectum Cancers 16 6 11 20 - 14
Asthma 17 5 43 3 + 2
Lymphomas 18 4 21 10 - 6
Leukemia 19 4 38 4 - 0
Bladder Cancer 20 4 41 4 + 0
Birth Trauma 21 4 17 11 - 7
Stomach Cancer 22 3 23 8 - 5
Hypertension 23 3 8 27 - 24
Other Injuries 24 3 10 21 - 19
Violence 25 2 24 7 - 5
Endocrine Disorders 26 2 7 28 - 26
Pancreas Cancer 27 2 16 11 - 9
Prostate Cancer 28 2 5 49 - 47
Falls 29 2 34 5 - 3
Parkinson's Disease 30 2 44 3 - 1
Liver Cancer 31 2 25 7 - 5
Inflammatory/Heart 32 2 36 4 - 3
Suicide 33 2 52 1 + 1
Ovary Cancer 34 2 35 4 - 3
Meningitis 35 1 68 0 + 1
Oral Cancer 36 1 28 7 - 5
Pertussis 37 1 62 0 + 1
Skin Cancers 38 1 54 1 + 1
Drug Use 39 1 49 1 - 0
Drownings 40 1 39 4 - 3
Rheumatic Heart Disease 41 1 47 2 - 1
Cervical Cancer 42 1 20 10 - 9
Fires 43 1 46 2 - 1
Uterin Cancer 44 1 15 12 - 11
Maternal Conditions 45 1 55 1 - 0
Poisonings 46 0 60 0 + 0
Oesophagus Cancer 47 0 30 6 - 5
Epilepsy 48 0 45 2 - 2
Peptic Ulcer Disease 49 0 33 5 - 4
Encephalitis 50 0 70 0 + 0
Malnutrition 51 0 40 4 - 3
Tetanus 52 0 77 0 + 0
Alcohol 53 0 31 6 - 6
Appendicitis 54 0 53 1 - 0
Syphilis 55 0 59 0 - 0
Tuberculosis 56 0 51 1 - 1
Other Neoplasms 57 0 29 7 - 6
HIV/AIDS 58 0 42 3 - 3
Multiple Sclerosis 59 0 82 0 + 0
Schistosomiasis 60 0 73 0 + 0
Skin Disease 61 0 12 18 - 18
Rheumatoid Arthritis 62 0 56 0 - 0
Hepatitis B 63 0 58 0 - 0
Diphtheria 64 0 76 0 + 0
Leishmaniasis 65 0 75 0 + 0
Upper Respiratory 66 0 57 0 - 0
Ascariasis 67 0 64 0 + 0
Hepatitis C 68 0 69 0 + 0
Chlamydia 69 0 67 0 + 0
Measles 70 0 78 0 + 0
Otitis Media 71 0 81 0 + 0
Dengue 72 0 63 0 - 0
Hookworm Disease 73 0 66 0 - 0
Trichuriasis 74 0 65 0 - 0
Leprosy 75 0 80 0 - 0
Iodine Deficiency 76 0 79 0 - 0
Trypanosomiasis 77 0 72 0 - 0
Chagas disease 78 0 74 0 - 0
Malaria 79 0 71 0 - 0
Depression 80 0 83 0 - 0
Schizophrenia 81 0 84 0 - 0
Vitamin A Deficiency 82 0 85 0 - 0
Anemia 83 0 32 6 - 6
Osteoarthritis 84 0 50 1 - 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy 85 0 37 4 - 4
Oral conditions 86 0 86 0 - 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GRENADA

Syria

Syria

Grenada

Grenada

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.

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020