RWANDA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		RWANDA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	16,099	4	3,605	+ 12,494
Stroke	2	4,617	2	5,060	- 443
War	3	4,430	69	3	+ 4,427
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,689	1	5,280	- 3,591
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,456	3	3,718	- 2,263
Kidney Disease	6	1,329	15	1,206	+ 124
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,231	6	3,121	- 1,891
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,186	12	1,777	- 591
Lung Cancers	9	1,169	39	234	+ 935
Breast Cancer	10	1,115	27	600	+ 515
Liver Disease	11	982	8	2,548	- 1,566
Low Birth Weight	12	943	9	2,193	- 1,250
Lung Disease	13	914	13	1,555	- 641
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	885	25	657	+ 228
Diabetes Mellitus	15	876	11	1,858	- 983
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	698	28	591	+ 107
Asthma	17	601	22	717	- 117
Lymphomas	18	472	30	450	+ 23
Leukemia	19	454	35	317	+ 138
Bladder Cancer	20	432	62	35	+ 397
Birth Trauma	21	425	10	1,888	- 1,463
Stomach Cancer	22	414	20	780	- 367
Hypertension	23	404	14	1,357	- 954
Other Injuries	24	298	17	944	- 647
Violence	25	254	29	548	- 294
Endocrine Disorders	26	239	41	219	+ 19
Pancreas Cancer	27	235	43	214	+ 21
Prostate Cancer	28	231	32	396	- 165
Falls	29	219	31	412	- 194
Parkinson's Disease	30	210	47	146	+ 63
Liver Cancer	31	209	23	706	- 497
Inflammatory/Heart	32	193	34	347	- 154
Suicide	33	190	24	704	- 514
Ovary Cancer	34	187	53	92	+ 95
Meningitis	35	168	19	847	- 679
Oral Cancer	36	165	37	272	- 107
Pertussis	37	165	42	218	- 53
Skin Cancers	38	158	50	113	+ 45
Drug Use	39	142	60	45	+ 98
Drownings	40	123	36	285	- 162
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	113	48	136	- 23
Cervical Cancer	42	107	18	941	- 833
Fires	43	102	38	270	- 168
Uterin Cancer	44	83	56	58	+ 25
Maternal Conditions	45	60	21	722	- 663
Poisonings	46	56	40	220	- 164
Oesophagus Cancer	47	56	44	213	- 157
Epilepsy	48	53	45	191	- 138
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	45	33	362	- 317
Encephalitis	50	44	61	39	+ 5
Malnutrition	51	41	16	1,168	- 1,126
Tetanus	52	33	58	53	- 20
Alcohol	53	29	49	125	- 97
Appendicitis	54	21	54	70	- 49
Syphilis	55	17	46	173	- 155
Tuberculosis	56	13	26	625	- 612
Other Neoplasms	57	12	64	16	- 4
HIV/AIDS	58	8	7	2,826	- 2,817
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	66	7	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	6	51	111	- 105
Skin Disease	61	4	52	103	- 98
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	63	23	- 19
Hepatitis B	63	3	55	68	- 65
Diphtheria	64	3	71	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	3	77	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	57	58	- 56
Ascariasis	67	1	67	5	- 4
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	12	- 12
Chlamydia	69	0	70	2	- 2
Measles	70	0	59	51	- 51
Otitis Media	71	0	68	4	- 4
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	3,298	- 3,298
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 RWANDA

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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.