GUINEA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,528	6	5,665	+ 10,863
Stroke	2	4,740	5	5,777	- 1,037
War	3	4,548	64	20	+ 4,528
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,734	1	12,790	- 11,056
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,494	9	3,788	- 2,294
Kidney Disease	6	1,365	16	1,939	- 574
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,263	3	6,788	- 5,525
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,217	14	2,181	- 963
Lung Cancers	9	1,200	50	128	+ 1,072
Breast Cancer	10	1,144	38	345	+ 799
Liver Disease	11	1,008	12	2,550	- 1,542
Low Birth Weight	12	968	8	4,319	- 3,351
Lung Disease	13	938	20	1,373	- 434
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	909	30	579	+ 330
Diabetes Mellitus	15	899	15	2,138	- 1,239
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	717	53	100	+ 617
Asthma	17	617	22	1,179	- 562
Lymphomas	18	485	48	158	+ 327
Leukemia	19	467	67	17	+ 449
Bladder Cancer	20	444	60	32	+ 412
Birth Trauma	21	436	7	4,797	- 4,360
Stomach Cancer	22	425	41	245	+ 179
Hypertension	23	415	21	1,348	- 934
Other Injuries	24	305	18	1,504	- 1,199
Violence	25	260	26	1,128	- 868
Endocrine Disorders	26	245	25	1,140	- 895
Pancreas Cancer	27	241	65	19	+ 222
Prostate Cancer	28	237	32	525	- 288
Falls	29	224	33	480	- 255
Parkinson's Disease	30	215	44	212	+ 3
Liver Cancer	31	215	23	1,167	- 953
Inflammatory/Heart	32	198	35	439	- 242
Suicide	33	195	29	892	- 697
Ovary Cancer	34	192	54	93	+ 100
Meningitis	35	173	11	2,633	- 2,460
Oral Cancer	36	169	52	122	+ 48
Pertussis	37	169	24	1,165	- 996
Skin Cancers	38	162	49	152	+ 10
Drug Use	39	146	46	169	- 23
Drownings	40	126	31	528	- 402
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	116	42	238	- 122
Cervical Cancer	42	110	19	1,491	- 1,381
Fires	43	105	36	410	- 305
Uterin Cancer	44	85	59	38	+ 48
Maternal Conditions	45	61	17	1,793	- 1,732
Poisonings	46	57	40	295	- 237
Oesophagus Cancer	47	57	63	20	+ 37
Epilepsy	48	54	37	350	- 295
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	46	34	448	- 402
Encephalitis	50	45	56	81	- 36
Malnutrition	51	43	28	1,032	- 989
Tetanus	52	34	45	170	- 136
Alcohol	53	30	55	83	- 54
Appendicitis	54	21	57	41	- 20
Syphilis	55	18	39	328	- 310
Tuberculosis	56	14	13	2,369	- 2,355
Other Neoplasms	57	12	68	16	- 4
HIV/AIDS	58	9	10	3,020	- 3,011
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	66	18	- 9
Schistosomiasis	60	7	43	232	- 225
Skin Disease	61	5	51	127	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	70	13	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	3	47	162	- 159
Diphtheria	64	3	58	40	- 37
Leishmaniasis	65	3	78	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	69	15	- 13
Ascariasis	67	1	62	22	- 22
Hepatitis C	68	0	61	22	- 22
Chlamydia	69	0	71	3	- 2
Measles	70	0	4	6,025	- 6,025
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	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	27	1,072	- 1,072
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	8,180	- 8,180
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA

Syria

Guinea

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.