JAMAICA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		JAMAICA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,337	3	1,726	+ 1,611
Stroke	2	957	1	2,415	- 1,458
War	3	918	61	1	+ 918
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	350	15	393	- 43
Road Traffic Accidents	5	302	12	444	- 142
Kidney Disease	6	276	6	793	- 517
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	255	42	35	+ 220
Congenital Anomalies	8	246	23	139	+ 107
Lung Cancers	9	242	10	472	- 230
Breast Cancer	10	231	14	413	- 182
Liver Disease	11	203	21	155	+ 49
Low Birth Weight	12	195	18	241	- 45
Lung Disease	13	189	11	452	- 262
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	183	9	587	- 404
Diabetes Mellitus	15	181	2	2,077	- 1,896
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	145	13	436	- 292
Asthma	17	125	36	65	+ 59
Lymphomas	18	98	17	251	- 153
Leukemia	19	94	26	129	- 35
Bladder Cancer	20	90	38	60	+ 30
Birth Trauma	21	88	37	65	+ 23
Stomach Cancer	22	86	19	231	- 145
Hypertension	23	84	8	651	- 567
Other Injuries	24	62	31	91	- 29
Violence	25	53	4	1,484	- 1,432
Endocrine Disorders	26	49	20	176	- 127
Pancreas Cancer	27	49	27	119	- 70
Prostate Cancer	28	48	5	883	- 836
Falls	29	45	33	82	- 37
Parkinson's Disease	30	43	25	132	- 89
Liver Cancer	31	43	29	101	- 58
Inflammatory/Heart	32	40	24	133	- 93
Suicide	33	39	35	70	- 31
Ovary Cancer	34	39	30	97	- 58
Meningitis	35	35	47	16	+ 19
Oral Cancer	36	34	39	59	- 25
Pertussis	37	34	67	0	+ 34
Skin Cancers	38	33	52	10	+ 23
Drug Use	39	29	48	13	+ 16
Drownings	40	25	51	10	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	44	27	- 3
Cervical Cancer	42	22	16	358	- 336
Fires	43	21	46	16	+ 6
Uterin Cancer	44	17	28	106	- 89
Maternal Conditions	45	12	43	35	- 22
Poisonings	46	12	57	2	+ 9
Oesophagus Cancer	47	12	34	74	- 62
Epilepsy	48	11	41	46	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	9	32	82	- 73
Encephalitis	50	9	49	13	- 4
Malnutrition	51	9	40	48	- 39
Tetanus	52	7	63	0	+ 7
Alcohol	53	6	55	7	- 1
Appendicitis	54	4	53	9	- 5
Syphilis	55	4	60	1	+ 3
Tuberculosis	56	3	54	8	- 5
Other Neoplasms	57	3	45	19	- 16
HIV/AIDS	58	2	7	757	- 756
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	56	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	60	1	74	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	22	145	- 144
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	50	11	- 11
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	1	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	71	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	0	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	62	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	69	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	58	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JAMAICA

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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.