GUINEA-BISSAU VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,520	5	907	+ 1,613
Stroke	2	723	6	829	- 106
War	3	693	70	0	+ 693
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	264	2	1,390	- 1,125
Road Traffic Accidents	5	228	10	619	- 391
Kidney Disease	6	208	15	268	- 60
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	193	4	913	- 720
Congenital Anomalies	8	186	12	373	- 188
Lung Cancers	9	183	50	18	+ 165
Breast Cancer	10	174	29	93	+ 82
Liver Disease	11	154	11	405	- 251
Low Birth Weight	12	148	8	705	- 557
Lung Disease	13	143	20	191	- 48
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	139	34	69	+ 70
Diabetes Mellitus	15	137	14	313	- 176
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	109	38	50	+ 60
Asthma	17	94	24	150	- 56
Lymphomas	18	74	45	28	+ 46
Leukemia	19	71	61	6	+ 65
Bladder Cancer	20	68	51	17	+ 50
Birth Trauma	21	67	7	790	- 723
Stomach Cancer	22	65	36	55	+ 10
Hypertension	23	63	21	177	- 114
Other Injuries	24	47	17	234	- 188
Violence	25	40	22	173	- 133
Endocrine Disorders	26	37	18	221	- 184
Pancreas Cancer	27	37	54	14	+ 23
Prostate Cancer	28	36	42	41	- 5
Falls	29	34	33	71	- 37
Parkinson's Disease	30	33	46	27	+ 6
Liver Cancer	31	33	28	116	- 83
Inflammatory/Heart	32	30	37	53	- 22
Suicide	33	30	26	134	- 104
Ovary Cancer	34	29	48	19	+ 10
Meningitis	35	26	16	258	- 232
Oral Cancer	36	26	56	13	+ 13
Pertussis	37	26	19	212	- 186
Skin Cancers	38	25	52	17	+ 7
Drug Use	39	22	55	13	+ 9
Drownings	40	19	30	89	- 70
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	18	43	33	- 15
Cervical Cancer	42	17	23	154	- 137
Fires	43	16	35	64	- 48
Uterin Cancer	44	13	59	8	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	45	9	13	333	- 324
Poisonings	46	9	41	45	- 36
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	49	19	- 10
Epilepsy	48	8	39	48	- 40
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	32	77	- 70
Encephalitis	50	7	58	10	- 4
Malnutrition	51	6	27	121	- 114
Tetanus	52	5	40	48	- 43
Alcohol	53	5	57	12	- 8
Appendicitis	54	3	60	7	- 4
Syphilis	55	3	31	85	- 82
Tuberculosis	56	2	3	1,387	- 1,385
Other Neoplasms	57	2	65	2	- 0
HIV/AIDS	58	1	1	1,445	- 1,444
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	64	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	44	30	- 29
Skin Disease	61	1	53	16	- 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	67	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	47	20	- 20
Diphtheria	64	0	68	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	0	79	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	62	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	25	147	- 147
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	9	684	- 684
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 GUINEA-BISSAU

Syria

Guinea-Bissau

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.