SYRIA VS VIET NAM: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	VIET NAM		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Stroke	1	35,887	2	8,088	+ 27,799
Coronary Heart Disease	2	20,747	1	28,203	- 7,456
Lung Disease	3	8,095	13	1,601	+ 6,494
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,641	15	1,534	+ 6,107
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,651	5	2,550	+ 4,101
Alzheimers & Dementia	6	6,613	14	1,551	+ 5,063
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	6,282	4	2,958	+ 3,323
Kidney Disease	8	5,698	6	2,329	+ 3,369
Liver Cancer	9	5,640	31	366	+ 5,274
Liver Disease	10	5,393	11	1,720	+ 3,673
Lung Cancers	11	4,805	9	2,048	+ 2,757
Hypertension	12	4,486	23	707	+ 3,779
Falls	13	3,481	29	383	+ 3,098
Stomach Cancer	14	3,415	22	725	+ 2,691
Tuberculosis	15	2,132	56	23	+ 2,108
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,864	16	1,224	+ 640
Asthma	17	1,839	17	1,052	+ 787
Suicide	18	1,636	33	333	+ 1,303
Low Birth Weight	19	1,609	12	1,652	- 43
Oral Cancer	20	1,599	36	289	+ 1,310
Congenital Anomalies	21	1,594	8	2,077	- 483
Breast Cancer	22	1,396	10	1,953	- 557
Other Injuries	23	1,250	24	521	+ 729
Inflammatory/Heart	24	1,209	32	337	+ 871
Parkinson's Disease	25	1,205	30	367	+ 838
Drownings	26	1,150	40	215	+ 935
HIV/AIDS	27	1,127	58	15	+ 1,112
Leukemia	28	1,106	19	796	+ 309
Diarrhoeal diseases	29	991	7	2,156	- 1,165
Lymphomas	30	669	18	827	- 158
Cervical Cancer	31	540	42	188	+ 351
Birth Trauma	32	528	21	744	- 217
Oesophagus Cancer	33	511	47	97	+ 414
Endocrine Disorders	34	470	26	418	+ 52
Prostate Cancer	35	431	28	404	+ 27
Violence	36	403	25	444	- 41
Measles	37	402	70	0	+ 401
Rheumatic Heart Disease	38	385	41	197	+ 188
Encephalitis	39	352	50	77	+ 275
Skin Disease	40	342	61	8	+ 334
Drug Use	41	308	39	249	+ 59
Uterin Cancer	42	261	44	146	+ 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	43	216	49	79	+ 137
Pancreas Cancer	44	210	27	411	- 201
Bladder Cancer	45	202	20	757	- 555
Alcohol	46	196	53	51	+ 145
Ovary Cancer	47	195	34	328	- 133
Poisonings	48	188	46	98	+ 90
Maternal Conditions	49	174	45	105	+ 70
Pertussis	50	159	37	289	- 130
Meningitis	51	141	35	295	- 154
Fires	52	134	43	179	- 45
Epilepsy	53	131	48	92	+ 39
Skin Cancers	54	105	38	276	- 171
Hepatitis B	55	86	63	5	+ 81
Syphilis	56	74	55	31	+ 43
Other Neoplasms	57	73	57	21	+ 52
Tetanus	58	65	52	57	+ 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	59	50	62	7	+ 44
Appendicitis	60	45	54	36	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	61	31	59	14	+ 16
Dengue	62	29	72	0	+ 29
Malnutrition	63	27	51	73	- 46
Hepatitis C	64	18	68	1	+ 17
War	65	8	3	7,760	- 7,753
Upper Respiratory	66	8	66	3	+ 4
Malaria	67	3	79	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	68	2	67	1	+ 1
Diphtheria	69	1	64	5	- 4
Chlamydia	70	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	78	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	79	0	77	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	80	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	82	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	84	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to 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.