JORDAN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		JORDAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,205	1	4,856	+ 8,349
Stroke	2	3,787	2	2,908	+ 879
War	3	3,633	59	6	+ 3,627
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,385	8	937	+ 448
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,194	3	1,717	- 523
Kidney Disease	6	1,090	6	1,494	- 404
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,009	30	152	+ 857
Congenital Anomalies	8	973	9	934	+ 38
Lung Cancers	9	959	7	1,059	- 100
Breast Cancer	10	914	12	686	+ 228
Liver Disease	11	805	14	494	+ 312
Low Birth Weight	12	773	10	857	- 84
Lung Disease	13	750	15	444	+ 306
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	726	11	706	+ 20
Diabetes Mellitus	15	718	4	1,684	- 966
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	573	13	616	- 44
Asthma	17	493	35	114	+ 378
Lymphomas	18	387	18	323	+ 64
Leukemia	19	373	16	370	+ 3
Bladder Cancer	20	355	23	213	+ 142
Birth Trauma	21	349	20	271	+ 78
Stomach Cancer	22	339	17	365	- 26
Hypertension	23	331	5	1,532	- 1,200
Other Injuries	24	244	19	294	- 50
Violence	25	208	21	269	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	26	196	26	180	+ 15
Pancreas Cancer	27	192	22	245	- 53
Prostate Cancer	28	189	33	131	+ 58
Falls	29	179	24	191	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	30	172	27	169	+ 3
Liver Cancer	31	172	25	186	- 14
Inflammatory/Heart	32	158	38	74	+ 84
Suicide	33	156	28	165	- 10
Ovary Cancer	34	153	32	139	+ 14
Meningitis	35	138	37	78	+ 60
Oral Cancer	36	135	31	143	- 7
Pertussis	37	135	43	55	+ 81
Skin Cancers	38	129	49	38	+ 92
Drug Use	39	117	34	115	+ 2
Drownings	40	101	36	107	- 6
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	92	50	22	+ 70
Cervical Cancer	42	88	41	64	+ 24
Fires	43	84	29	153	- 69
Uterin Cancer	44	68	39	74	- 6
Maternal Conditions	45	49	44	53	- 3
Poisonings	46	46	47	47	- 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	46	42	63	- 18
Epilepsy	48	43	46	49	- 6
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	37	40	67	- 30
Encephalitis	50	36	52	14	+ 22
Malnutrition	51	34	51	15	+ 19
Tetanus	52	27	56	11	+ 16
Alcohol	53	24	55	11	+ 13
Appendicitis	54	17	58	8	+ 9
Syphilis	55	14	45	52	- 37
Tuberculosis	56	11	53	12	- 1
Other Neoplasms	57	10	57	9	+ 1
HIV/AIDS	58	7	63	2	+ 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	7	54	12	- 5
Schistosomiasis	60	5	62	3	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	4	48	42	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	61	4	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	2	60	4	- 2
Diphtheria	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	66	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	69	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	68	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	65	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to JORDAN

Syria

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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.