LIBERIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		LIBERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,426	7	1,885	+ 4,541
Stroke	2	1,843	11	1,578	+ 265
War	3	1,768	70	1	+ 1,768
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	674	2	2,693	- 2,019
Road Traffic Accidents	5	581	5	1,920	- 1,339
Kidney Disease	6	531	16	609	- 78
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	491	10	1,592	- 1,101
Congenital Anomalies	8	473	14	833	- 360
Lung Cancers	9	467	44	66	+ 401
Breast Cancer	10	445	27	246	+ 199
Liver Disease	11	392	13	858	- 467
Low Birth Weight	12	376	8	1,652	- 1,275
Lung Disease	13	365	26	294	+ 71
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	353	29	235	+ 119
Diabetes Mellitus	15	349	15	650	- 301
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	279	40	90	+ 189
Asthma	17	240	31	200	+ 40
Lymphomas	18	188	39	93	+ 95
Leukemia	19	181	58	23	+ 158
Bladder Cancer	20	173	59	19	+ 154
Birth Trauma	21	170	9	1,601	- 1,432
Stomach Cancer	22	165	37	122	+ 43
Hypertension	23	161	23	371	- 209
Other Injuries	24	119	22	380	- 261
Violence	25	101	18	477	- 376
Endocrine Disorders	26	95	28	245	- 150
Pancreas Cancer	27	94	53	38	+ 56
Prostate Cancer	28	92	25	297	- 205
Falls	29	87	33	155	- 68
Parkinson's Disease	30	84	43	72	+ 11
Liver Cancer	31	83	20	439	- 356
Inflammatory/Heart	32	77	38	115	- 38
Suicide	33	76	30	220	- 144
Ovary Cancer	34	75	47	50	+ 24
Meningitis	35	67	17	552	- 485
Oral Cancer	36	66	48	50	+ 16
Pertussis	37	66	32	197	- 132
Skin Cancers	38	63	46	51	+ 12
Drug Use	39	57	50	42	+ 14
Drownings	40	49	35	127	- 78
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	45	49	50	- 5
Cervical Cancer	42	43	19	474	- 431
Fires	43	41	34	153	- 113
Uterin Cancer	44	33	55	28	+ 5
Maternal Conditions	45	24	12	870	- 846
Poisonings	46	22	41	82	- 59
Oesophagus Cancer	47	22	60	16	+ 7
Epilepsy	48	21	42	81	- 60
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	18	36	126	- 108
Encephalitis	50	18	56	27	- 10
Malnutrition	51	17	24	353	- 337
Tetanus	52	13	54	31	- 18
Alcohol	53	12	57	25	- 14
Appendicitis	54	8	61	12	- 4
Syphilis	55	7	21	394	- 387
Tuberculosis	56	5	1	2,766	- 2,761
Other Neoplasms	57	5	62	6	- 1
HIV/AIDS	58	3	6	1,919	- 1,916
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	63	4	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	3	45	51	- 49
Skin Disease	61	2	51	41	- 39
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	39	- 38
Diphtheria	64	1	68	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	77	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	67	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	4	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	4	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	69	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	3	2,554	- 2,554
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	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	2,428	- 2,428
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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 LIBERIA

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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.