SYRIA VS AFGHANISTAN: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	AFGHANISTAN		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	23,909	1	28,203	- 4,294
War	2	15,239	3	7,760	+ 7,479
Stroke	3	11,338	2	8,088	+ 3,249
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	8,714	4	2,958	+ 5,755
Low Birth Weight	5	7,513	12	1,652	+ 5,861
Birth Trauma	6	6,378	21	744	+ 5,634
Tuberculosis	7	5,853	56	23	+ 5,829
Hypertension	8	4,756	23	707	+ 4,048
Maternal Conditions	9	4,644	45	105	+ 4,539
Kidney Disease	10	3,920	6	2,329	+ 1,591
Road Traffic Accidents	11	3,589	5	2,550	+ 1,039
Diabetes Mellitus	12	3,420	15	1,534	+ 1,886
Diarrhoeal diseases	13	3,304	7	2,156	+ 1,149
Congenital Anomalies	14	2,975	8	2,077	+ 897
Lung Disease	15	2,766	13	1,601	+ 1,165
Liver Disease	16	2,736	11	1,720	+ 1,016
Asthma	17	2,024	17	1,052	+ 972
Other Injuries	18	1,928	24	521	+ 1,407
Violence	19	1,913	25	444	+ 1,469
Meningitis	20	1,562	35	295	+ 1,267
Pertussis	21	1,254	37	289	+ 965
Breast Cancer	22	1,084	10	1,953	- 869
Alzheimers & Dementia	23	1,050	14	1,551	- 501
Suicide	24	935	33	333	+ 603
Peptic Ulcer Disease	25	895	49	79	+ 816
Stomach Cancer	26	893	22	725	+ 168
Oral Cancer	27	873	36	289	+ 584
Endocrine Disorders	28	811	26	418	+ 393
Oesophagus Cancer	29	782	47	97	+ 684
Tetanus	30	746	52	57	+ 689
Encephalitis	31	708	50	77	+ 631
Lung Cancers	32	640	9	2,048	- 1,408
Rheumatic Heart Disease	33	619	41	197	+ 422
Drownings	34	592	40	215	+ 377
Epilepsy	35	590	48	92	+ 498
Lymphomas	36	563	18	827	- 264
Falls	37	539	29	383	+ 156
Hepatitis B	38	514	63	5	+ 509
Colon-Rectum Cancers	39	441	16	1,224	- 783
Liver Cancer	40	391	31	366	+ 24
Parkinson's Disease	41	373	30	367	+ 6
Leukemia	42	363	19	796	- 433
Malnutrition	43	351	51	73	+ 278
Cervical Cancer	44	322	42	188	+ 133
Inflammatory/Heart	45	313	32	337	- 24
HIV/AIDS	46	276	58	15	+ 261
Poisonings	47	228	46	98	+ 130
Ovary Cancer	48	220	34	328	- 108
Measles	49	208	70	0	+ 208
Fires	50	207	43	179	+ 28
Drug Use	51	195	39	249	- 54
Appendicitis	52	178	54	36	+ 141
Uterin Cancer	53	172	44	146	+ 26
Bladder Cancer	54	162	20	757	- 596
Prostate Cancer	55	153	28	404	- 251
Pancreas Cancer	56	136	27	411	- 275
Malaria	57	110	79	0	+ 110
Alcohol	58	89	53	51	+ 39
Skin Cancers	59	86	38	276	- 190
Syphilis	60	56	55	31	+ 25
Skin Disease	61	56	61	8	+ 48
Multiple Sclerosis	62	50	59	14	+ 36
Other Neoplasms	63	17	57	21	- 4
Hepatitis C	64	17	68	1	+ 16
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	15	62	7	+ 9
Ascariasis	66	10	67	1	+ 9
Diphtheria	67	10	64	5	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	68	5	66	3	+ 2
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	70	1	65	5	- 4
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	77	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	79	0	60	11	- 11
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Afghanistan

Syria

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.