ROMANIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ROMANIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,447	1	71,810	- 50,364
Stroke	2	6,151	2	49,707	- 43,557
War	3	5,901	65	2	+ 5,899
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,250	5	9,357	- 7,107
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,939	20	1,992	- 53
Kidney Disease	6	1,771	9	5,175	- 3,404
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,639	46	223	+ 1,416
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,580	38	367	+ 1,213
Lung Cancers	9	1,557	4	10,113	- 8,556
Breast Cancer	10	1,485	11	3,851	- 2,366
Liver Disease	11	1,308	6	8,920	- 7,612
Low Birth Weight	12	1,256	41	317	+ 939
Lung Disease	13	1,218	7	7,359	- 6,141
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,179	15	2,839	- 1,660
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,166	18	2,230	- 1,064
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	930	8	6,835	- 5,905
Asthma	17	800	45	225	+ 575
Lymphomas	18	629	25	1,385	- 756
Leukemia	19	605	26	1,342	- 737
Bladder Cancer	20	576	23	1,715	- 1,139
Birth Trauma	21	566	57	38	+ 528
Stomach Cancer	22	551	12	3,457	- 2,906
Hypertension	23	538	3	11,007	- 10,469
Other Injuries	24	396	19	2,139	- 1,743
Violence	25	338	44	255	+ 83
Endocrine Disorders	26	318	48	193	+ 125
Pancreas Cancer	27	313	14	2,935	- 2,622
Prostate Cancer	28	307	16	2,449	- 2,142
Falls	29	291	24	1,504	- 1,213
Parkinson's Disease	30	279	31	741	- 462
Liver Cancer	31	279	13	3,114	- 2,835
Inflammatory/Heart	32	257	10	4,433	- 4,176
Suicide	33	253	21	1,886	- 1,633
Ovary Cancer	34	249	27	1,109	- 860
Meningitis	35	224	54	76	+ 148
Oral Cancer	36	220	17	2,290	- 2,070
Pertussis	37	220	69	0	+ 219
Skin Cancers	38	210	29	1,003	- 793
Drug Use	39	190	40	346	- 156
Drownings	40	164	32	596	- 433
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	150	35	440	- 290
Cervical Cancer	42	143	22	1,870	- 1,727
Fires	43	136	36	421	- 285
Uterin Cancer	44	111	34	522	- 412
Maternal Conditions	45	80	58	35	+ 44
Poisonings	46	75	39	366	- 292
Oesophagus Cancer	47	74	30	755	- 681
Epilepsy	48	70	42	314	- 244
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	60	33	531	- 471
Encephalitis	50	59	62	6	+ 53
Malnutrition	51	55	50	142	- 86
Tetanus	52	44	67	1	+ 42
Alcohol	53	38	37	409	- 371
Appendicitis	54	28	60	21	+ 7
Syphilis	55	23	66	1	+ 22
Tuberculosis	56	18	28	1,015	- 998
Other Neoplasms	57	16	43	289	- 272
HIV/AIDS	58	11	47	219	- 208
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	55	66	- 55
Schistosomiasis	60	9	74	0	+ 9
Skin Disease	61	6	53	97	- 91
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	85	0	+ 5
Hepatitis B	63	4	59	30	- 27
Diphtheria	64	4	71	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	65	4	70	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	3	- 0
Ascariasis	67	1	82	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	52	98	- 98
Chlamydia	69	1	78	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	61	7	- 7
Otitis Media	71	0	68	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	80	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	51	103	- 103
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	56	59	- 59
Osteoarthritis	84	0	86	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	143	- 143
Oral conditions	86	0	64	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ROMANIA

Syria

Romania

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.