MAURITANIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		MAURITANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	5,115	4	1,636	+ 3,479
Stroke	2	1,467	6	1,307	+ 160
War	3	1,407	70	2	+ 1,406
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	537	1	2,756	- 2,219
Road Traffic Accidents	5	462	8	1,158	- 696
Kidney Disease	6	422	15	555	- 132
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	391	3	1,656	- 1,265
Congenital Anomalies	8	377	10	665	- 288
Lung Cancers	9	371	44	60	+ 311
Breast Cancer	10	354	28	189	+ 165
Liver Disease	11	312	13	586	- 274
Low Birth Weight	12	300	2	2,014	- 1,714
Lung Disease	13	290	23	275	+ 16
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	281	24	251	+ 30
Diabetes Mellitus	15	278	12	594	- 316
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	222	37	110	+ 112
Asthma	17	191	29	170	+ 21
Lymphomas	18	150	43	65	+ 85
Leukemia	19	144	55	22	+ 122
Bladder Cancer	20	137	50	42	+ 95
Birth Trauma	21	135	7	1,204	- 1,069
Stomach Cancer	22	131	32	132	- 1
Hypertension	23	128	22	286	- 158
Other Injuries	24	95	19	343	- 249
Violence	25	81	16	491	- 411
Endocrine Disorders	26	76	27	197	- 122
Pancreas Cancer	27	75	51	39	+ 36
Prostate Cancer	28	73	34	118	- 45
Falls	29	69	31	140	- 71
Parkinson's Disease	30	67	41	69	- 2
Liver Cancer	31	66	21	312	- 245
Inflammatory/Heart	32	61	36	110	- 49
Suicide	33	60	30	141	- 81
Ovary Cancer	34	59	49	43	+ 16
Meningitis	35	53	18	357	- 303
Oral Cancer	36	52	48	45	+ 8
Pertussis	37	52	14	574	- 522
Skin Cancers	38	50	46	50	+ 0
Drug Use	39	45	40	71	- 26
Drownings	40	39	35	116	- 77
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	36	52	34	+ 2
Cervical Cancer	42	34	20	333	- 299
Fires	43	32	33	123	- 91
Uterin Cancer	44	26	57	17	+ 9
Maternal Conditions	45	19	11	639	- 620
Poisonings	46	18	42	67	- 50
Oesophagus Cancer	47	18	54	30	- 12
Epilepsy	48	17	39	75	- 58
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	14	38	83	- 69
Encephalitis	50	14	53	33	- 19
Malnutrition	51	13	17	462	- 449
Tetanus	52	10	45	58	- 47
Alcohol	53	9	58	16	- 7
Appendicitis	54	7	60	9	- 2
Syphilis	55	6	26	204	- 198
Tuberculosis	56	4	9	717	- 712
Other Neoplasms	57	4	62	7	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	3	25	231	- 228
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	63	5	- 3
Schistosomiasis	60	2	59	14	- 12
Skin Disease	61	1	47	47	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	64	4	- 3
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	22	- 21
Diphtheria	64	1	65	3	- 2
Leishmaniasis	65	1	69	2	- 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	66	3	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	3	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	61	9	- 9
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	1,423	- 1,423
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITANIA

Syria

Mauritania

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.