GUYANA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		GUYANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	938	1	1,335	- 396
Stroke	2	269	2	1,022	- 753
War	3	258	64	1	+ 258
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	98	6	302	- 203
Road Traffic Accidents	5	85	11	175	- 90
Kidney Disease	6	77	8	233	- 156
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	72	27	48	+ 24
Congenital Anomalies	8	69	23	69	+ 0
Lung Cancers	9	68	29	38	+ 30
Breast Cancer	10	65	19	96	- 31
Liver Disease	11	57	9	197	- 140
Low Birth Weight	12	55	22	89	- 34
Lung Disease	13	53	13	174	- 121
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	52	38	23	+ 29
Diabetes Mellitus	15	51	3	579	- 528
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	41	25	59	- 18
Asthma	17	35	36	25	+ 10
Lymphomas	18	28	32	32	- 5
Leukemia	19	26	39	21	+ 5
Bladder Cancer	20	25	50	8	+ 17
Birth Trauma	21	25	24	64	- 40
Stomach Cancer	22	24	31	34	- 10
Hypertension	23	24	4	320	- 296
Other Injuries	24	17	14	167	- 150
Violence	25	15	10	194	- 179
Endocrine Disorders	26	14	12	174	- 161
Pancreas Cancer	27	14	42	19	- 5
Prostate Cancer	28	13	17	123	- 110
Falls	29	13	48	11	+ 2
Parkinson's Disease	30	12	49	9	+ 3
Liver Cancer	31	12	34	29	- 17
Inflammatory/Heart	32	11	20	92	- 81
Suicide	33	11	5	315	- 304
Ovary Cancer	34	11	43	18	- 7
Meningitis	35	10	44	17	- 8
Oral Cancer	36	10	40	20	- 10
Pertussis	37	10	73	0	+ 10
Skin Cancers	38	9	55	5	+ 4
Drug Use	39	8	45	16	- 7
Drownings	40	7	15	145	- 138
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	7	47	13	- 6
Cervical Cancer	42	6	21	91	- 85
Fires	43	6	41	19	- 13
Uterin Cancer	44	5	46	13	- 8
Maternal Conditions	45	3	35	28	- 25
Poisonings	46	3	65	1	+ 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	3	51	8	- 5
Epilepsy	48	3	37	24	- 21
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	3	26	54	- 52
Encephalitis	50	3	53	7	- 4
Malnutrition	51	2	30	37	- 35
Tetanus	52	2	72	0	+ 2
Alcohol	53	2	57	3	- 1
Appendicitis	54	1	54	6	- 5
Syphilis	55	1	71	0	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	1	16	137	- 136
Other Neoplasms	57	1	28	40	- 39
HIV/AIDS	58	0	7	256	- 256
Multiple Sclerosis	59	0	61	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	0	84	0	+ 0
Skin Disease	61	0	56	3	- 3
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	63	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	59	2	- 2
Diphtheria	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	83	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	66	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	69	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	60	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	85	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	33	30	- 30
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	62	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	70	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	18	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	8	- 8
Oral conditions	86	0	67	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUYANA

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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.