MOLDOVA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		MOLDOVA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,254	1	14,292	- 10,039
Stroke	2	1,220	2	5,878	- 4,658
War	3	1,170	67	1	+ 1,170
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	446	6	1,042	- 596
Road Traffic Accidents	5	385	20	293	+ 91
Kidney Disease	6	351	18	307	+ 44
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	325	59	4	+ 322
Congenital Anomalies	8	313	27	190	+ 123
Lung Cancers	9	309	5	1,131	- 822
Breast Cancer	10	295	11	592	- 297
Liver Disease	11	259	3	2,869	- 2,609
Low Birth Weight	12	249	39	90	+ 159
Lung Disease	13	242	9	752	- 510
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	234	32	163	+ 71
Diabetes Mellitus	15	231	16	407	- 175
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	185	7	1,030	- 845
Asthma	17	159	48	26	+ 132
Lymphomas	18	125	22	230	- 105
Leukemia	19	120	34	140	- 20
Bladder Cancer	20	114	29	181	- 67
Birth Trauma	21	112	47	37	+ 75
Stomach Cancer	22	109	12	518	- 408
Hypertension	23	107	4	2,287	- 2,180
Other Injuries	24	79	8	772	- 693
Violence	25	67	31	167	- 100
Endocrine Disorders	26	63	46	40	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	27	62	15	427	- 365
Prostate Cancer	28	61	19	295	- 234
Falls	29	58	33	149	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	30	55	55	6	+ 49
Liver Cancer	31	55	13	514	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	32	51	14	476	- 425
Suicide	33	50	10	593	- 543
Ovary Cancer	34	49	35	123	- 74
Meningitis	35	44	49	17	+ 28
Oral Cancer	36	44	17	375	- 331
Pertussis	37	44	70	0	+ 44
Skin Cancers	38	42	36	121	- 79
Drug Use	39	38	43	59	- 21
Drownings	40	32	30	179	- 147
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	30	41	68	- 39
Cervical Cancer	42	28	25	212	- 184
Fires	43	27	40	70	- 43
Uterin Cancer	44	22	37	108	- 86
Maternal Conditions	45	16	54	7	+ 9
Poisonings	46	15	23	220	- 206
Oesophagus Cancer	47	15	38	105	- 91
Epilepsy	48	14	44	46	- 32
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	12	24	219	- 207
Encephalitis	50	12	60	3	+ 9
Malnutrition	51	11	64	1	+ 10
Tetanus	52	9	72	0	+ 9
Alcohol	53	8	21	233	- 226
Appendicitis	54	5	51	10	- 4
Syphilis	55	5	68	0	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	26	197	- 193
Other Neoplasms	57	3	42	65	- 62
HIV/AIDS	58	2	28	189	- 187
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	52	9	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	2	80	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	1	45	45	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	57	5	- 4
Hepatitis B	63	1	58	4	- 4
Diphtheria	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	2	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	74	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	63	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	73	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	69	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	61	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	79	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	66	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	56	6	- 6
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	12	- 12
Oral conditions	86	0	53	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to MOLDOVA

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Moldova

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.