MAURITIUS VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		MAURITIUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,549	2	1,805	- 256
Stroke	2	444	3	985	- 541
War	3	426	62	0	+ 426
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	162	7	346	- 184
Road Traffic Accidents	5	140	11	155	- 15
Kidney Disease	6	128	4	724	- 596
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	118	42	23	+ 96
Congenital Anomalies	8	114	25	57	+ 57
Lung Cancers	9	112	9	182	- 70
Breast Cancer	10	107	8	232	- 125
Liver Disease	11	94	12	145	- 51
Low Birth Weight	12	91	35	37	+ 54
Lung Disease	13	88	5	646	- 558
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	85	34	42	+ 43
Diabetes Mellitus	15	84	1	1,873	- 1,789
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	67	10	182	- 115
Asthma	17	58	17	107	- 49
Lymphomas	18	45	24	57	- 11
Leukemia	19	44	31	48	- 5
Bladder Cancer	20	42	44	21	+ 21
Birth Trauma	21	41	36	37	+ 4
Stomach Cancer	22	40	18	104	- 65
Hypertension	23	39	6	592	- 553
Other Injuries	24	29	21	66	- 37
Violence	25	24	41	30	- 5
Endocrine Disorders	26	23	19	101	- 78
Pancreas Cancer	27	23	28	55	- 32
Prostate Cancer	28	22	15	115	- 93
Falls	29	21	26	57	- 36
Parkinson's Disease	30	20	47	12	+ 8
Liver Cancer	31	20	27	56	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	32	19	16	108	- 90
Suicide	33	18	14	120	- 102
Ovary Cancer	34	18	32	46	- 28
Meningitis	35	16	57	2	+ 14
Oral Cancer	36	16	23	63	- 47
Pertussis	37	16	66	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	38	15	53	5	+ 11
Drug Use	39	14	46	16	- 2
Drownings	40	12	33	43	- 31
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	56	3	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	42	10	30	49	- 39
Fires	43	10	50	10	- 1
Uterin Cancer	44	8	40	32	- 24
Maternal Conditions	45	6	48	11	- 5
Poisonings	46	5	49	11	- 5
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	37	35	- 30
Epilepsy	48	5	38	35	- 30
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	4	43	22	- 18
Encephalitis	50	4	61	1	+ 3
Malnutrition	51	4	54	4	+ 0
Tetanus	52	3	76	0	+ 3
Alcohol	53	3	29	53	- 51
Appendicitis	54	2	59	1	+ 1
Syphilis	55	2	67	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	1	45	17	- 16
Other Neoplasms	57	1	20	77	- 76
HIV/AIDS	58	1	13	141	- 140
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	84	0	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	69	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	0	22	64	- 64
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	60	1	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	0	65	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	64	0	75	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	72	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	64	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	51	9	- 9
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	68	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	82	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	71	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	70	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	52	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	33	- 33
Osteoarthritis	84	0	83	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	58	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	55	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MAURITIUS

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.