PARAGUAY VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		PARAGUAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,890	1	4,327	+ 4,563
Stroke	2	2,550	2	3,007	- 458
War	3	2,446	71	3	+ 2,443
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	933	4	1,661	- 729
Road Traffic Accidents	5	804	6	1,552	- 748
Kidney Disease	6	734	5	1,592	- 858
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	680	31	192	+ 487
Congenital Anomalies	8	655	11	662	- 7
Lung Cancers	9	645	10	738	- 92
Breast Cancer	10	616	20	481	+ 135
Liver Disease	11	542	17	524	+ 18
Low Birth Weight	12	521	12	644	- 124
Lung Disease	13	505	7	1,181	- 676
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	489	36	144	+ 345
Diabetes Mellitus	15	483	3	2,361	- 1,878
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	386	16	543	- 157
Asthma	17	332	39	126	+ 205
Lymphomas	18	261	29	245	+ 16
Leukemia	19	251	27	272	- 21
Bladder Cancer	20	239	51	57	+ 182
Birth Trauma	21	235	30	213	+ 22
Stomach Cancer	22	228	24	355	- 127
Hypertension	23	223	8	895	- 672
Other Injuries	24	164	9	843	- 679
Violence	25	140	13	566	- 426
Endocrine Disorders	26	132	14	562	- 430
Pancreas Cancer	27	130	28	258	- 129
Prostate Cancer	28	127	15	546	- 419
Falls	29	121	43	100	+ 20
Parkinson's Disease	30	116	41	122	- 6
Liver Cancer	31	116	35	152	- 37
Inflammatory/Heart	32	106	34	154	- 48
Suicide	33	105	22	425	- 320
Ovary Cancer	34	103	45	85	+ 18
Meningitis	35	93	53	52	+ 41
Oral Cancer	36	91	38	134	- 42
Pertussis	37	91	59	30	+ 61
Skin Cancers	38	87	40	125	- 38
Drug Use	39	79	56	38	+ 41
Drownings	40	68	32	178	- 110
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	62	55	43	+ 19
Cervical Cancer	42	59	18	516	- 456
Fires	43	56	50	63	- 7
Uterin Cancer	44	46	54	45	+ 0
Maternal Conditions	45	33	49	64	- 31
Poisonings	46	31	63	14	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	47	31	33	173	- 143
Epilepsy	48	29	44	98	- 69
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	25	47	69	- 44
Encephalitis	50	24	66	11	+ 13
Malnutrition	51	23	25	330	- 307
Tetanus	52	18	64	12	+ 6
Alcohol	53	16	23	410	- 394
Appendicitis	54	11	57	37	- 26
Syphilis	55	10	42	119	- 109
Tuberculosis	56	7	26	273	- 265
Other Neoplasms	57	7	19	487	- 480
HIV/AIDS	58	5	21	448	- 443
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	68	8	- 4
Schistosomiasis	60	4	80	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	2	37	144	- 141
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	48	66	- 64
Hepatitis B	63	2	67	10	- 8
Diphtheria	64	2	77	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	61	17	- 15
Upper Respiratory	66	1	70	4	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	72	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	79	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	74	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	62	16	- 16
Hookworm Disease	73	0	84	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	83	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	65	12	- 12
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	1	- 1
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	60	19	- 19
Malaria	79	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	69	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	46	82	- 82
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	30	- 30
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	52	52	- 52
Oral conditions	86	0	73	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PARAGUAY

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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.