MADAGASCAR VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		MADAGASCAR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	34,806	3	12,388	+ 22,418
Stroke	2	9,982	1	17,964	- 7,982
War	3	9,577	54	155	+ 9,422
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,651	2	14,605	- 10,954
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,147	7	7,880	- 4,733
Kidney Disease	6	2,874	22	2,202	+ 672
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,661	5	11,085	- 8,424
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,564	15	3,380	- 817
Lung Cancers	9	2,527	55	147	+ 2,380
Breast Cancer	10	2,410	37	629	+ 1,781
Liver Disease	11	2,122	12	4,803	- 2,680
Low Birth Weight	12	2,039	10	5,353	- 3,314
Lung Disease	13	1,976	14	3,957	- 1,981
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,914	26	1,120	+ 794
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,893	16	3,278	- 1,385
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,510	39	606	+ 904
Asthma	17	1,299	19	2,507	- 1,208
Lymphomas	18	1,021	34	675	+ 346
Leukemia	19	982	45	401	+ 581
Bladder Cancer	20	935	48	286	+ 649
Birth Trauma	21	919	11	5,347	- 4,428
Stomach Cancer	22	894	47	368	+ 527
Hypertension	23	873	8	6,208	- 5,335
Other Injuries	24	643	21	2,359	- 1,716
Violence	25	548	23	1,749	- 1,201
Endocrine Disorders	26	516	44	463	+ 53
Pancreas Cancer	27	507	61	80	+ 427
Prostate Cancer	28	499	29	996	- 497
Falls	29	473	36	653	- 181
Parkinson's Disease	30	453	49	266	+ 187
Liver Cancer	31	452	30	933	- 481
Inflammatory/Heart	32	416	28	1,046	- 630
Suicide	33	410	24	1,476	- 1,065
Ovary Cancer	34	405	57	135	+ 270
Meningitis	35	364	20	2,391	- 2,027
Oral Cancer	36	357	32	697	- 340
Pertussis	37	357	41	519	- 162
Skin Cancers	38	341	43	467	- 126
Drug Use	39	308	62	58	+ 249
Drownings	40	265	31	825	- 559
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	244	38	627	- 384
Cervical Cancer	42	232	17	3,028	- 2,795
Fires	43	221	35	661	- 441
Uterin Cancer	44	180	59	95	+ 85
Maternal Conditions	45	129	18	2,776	- 2,647
Poisonings	46	121	40	571	- 450
Oesophagus Cancer	47	120	27	1,080	- 960
Epilepsy	48	114	46	385	- 270
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	98	42	495	- 397
Encephalitis	50	95	60	94	+ 1
Malnutrition	51	90	13	4,236	- 4,146
Tetanus	52	71	52	186	- 115
Alcohol	53	62	53	161	- 98
Appendicitis	54	45	56	147	- 102
Syphilis	55	38	33	680	- 642
Tuberculosis	56	29	4	11,606	- 11,577
Other Neoplasms	57	26	65	24	+ 2
HIV/AIDS	58	18	25	1,341	- 1,323
Multiple Sclerosis	59	17	66	18	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	14	50	260	- 246
Skin Disease	61	10	51	187	- 178
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	8	64	47	- 39
Hepatitis B	63	6	58	98	- 92
Diphtheria	64	6	71	3	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	6	78	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	4	63	49	- 45
Ascariasis	67	1	70	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	16	- 15
Chlamydia	69	1	69	7	- 6
Measles	70	0	6	9,172	- 9,172
Otitis Media	71	0	68	10	- 10
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	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	9	5,507	- 5,507
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 MADAGASCAR

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Madagascar

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.