NIGER VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NIGER		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,131	6	8,229	+ 22,901
Stroke	2	8,928	5	8,717	+ 211
War	3	8,566	41	409	+ 8,156
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,266	1	21,093	- 17,828
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,815	8	5,946	- 3,131
Kidney Disease	6	2,571	16	2,732	- 162
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,380	3	16,030	- 13,651
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,293	10	4,346	- 2,053
Lung Cancers	9	2,260	67	42	+ 2,218
Breast Cancer	10	2,155	29	1,075	+ 1,080
Liver Disease	11	1,898	11	4,116	- 2,218
Low Birth Weight	12	1,823	4	9,560	- 7,736
Lung Disease	13	1,767	20	2,172	- 405
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,712	32	858	+ 854
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,693	17	2,630	- 937
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,351	37	522	+ 829
Asthma	17	1,162	22	1,902	- 740
Lymphomas	18	913	43	350	+ 563
Leukemia	19	879	48	258	+ 621
Bladder Cancer	20	836	53	161	+ 675
Birth Trauma	21	822	7	8,030	- 7,209
Stomach Cancer	22	800	44	300	+ 499
Hypertension	23	781	25	1,356	- 575
Other Injuries	24	575	12	3,826	- 3,250
Violence	25	490	19	2,244	- 1,753
Endocrine Disorders	26	461	23	1,806	- 1,345
Pancreas Cancer	27	454	54	138	+ 316
Prostate Cancer	28	446	57	128	+ 318
Falls	29	423	26	1,297	- 875
Parkinson's Disease	30	405	47	275	+ 130
Liver Cancer	31	404	35	745	- 341
Inflammatory/Heart	32	372	34	769	- 396
Suicide	33	367	27	1,227	- 860
Ovary Cancer	34	362	40	425	- 63
Meningitis	35	325	9	5,237	- 4,912
Oral Cancer	36	319	49	242	+ 77
Pertussis	37	319	15	2,858	- 2,539
Skin Cancers	38	305	45	287	+ 18
Drug Use	39	275	58	126	+ 149
Drownings	40	237	24	1,581	- 1,343
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	218	39	467	- 249
Cervical Cancer	42	208	38	487	- 279
Fires	43	197	28	1,120	- 923
Uterin Cancer	44	161	64	86	+ 75
Maternal Conditions	45	116	14	3,317	- 3,202
Poisonings	46	108	33	771	- 663
Oesophagus Cancer	47	108	55	132	- 24
Epilepsy	48	102	36	676	- 574
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	87	31	1,044	- 957
Encephalitis	50	85	61	112	- 27
Malnutrition	51	80	21	2,170	- 2,090
Tetanus	52	63	42	372	- 309
Alcohol	53	56	60	120	- 64
Appendicitis	54	40	56	128	- 88
Syphilis	55	34	62	110	- 76
Tuberculosis	56	26	13	3,703	- 3,677
Other Neoplasms	57	23	68	24	- 1
HIV/AIDS	58	16	30	1,048	- 1,032
Multiple Sclerosis	59	16	69	22	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	13	50	237	- 225
Skin Disease	61	9	52	213	- 204
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	70	18	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	6	46	279	- 273
Diphtheria	64	6	65	60	- 55
Leishmaniasis	65	5	51	237	- 232
Upper Respiratory	66	4	63	94	- 90
Ascariasis	67	1	59	125	- 124
Hepatitis C	68	1	66	46	- 45
Chlamydia	69	1	71	3	- 2
Measles	70	0	18	2,414	- 2,413
Otitis Media	71	0	72	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	2	17,022	- 17,022
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 NIGER

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.