SYRIA VS COLOMBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	COLOMBIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,726	1	28,203	- 7,477
Violence	2	9,273	25	444	+ 8,829
Stroke	3	7,976	2	8,088	- 113
Lung Disease	4	7,666	13	1,601	+ 6,065
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	5,185	4	2,958	+ 2,227
Road Traffic Accidents	6	3,737	5	2,550	+ 1,187
Kidney Disease	7	3,289	6	2,329	+ 960
Hypertension	8	3,080	23	707	+ 2,372
Stomach Cancer	9	2,941	22	725	+ 2,217
Lung Cancers	10	2,527	9	2,048	+ 479
Diabetes Mellitus	11	2,420	15	1,534	+ 886
Colon-Rectum Cancers	12	2,104	16	1,224	+ 880
Breast Cancer	13	1,766	10	1,953	- 187
Prostate Cancer	14	1,725	28	404	+ 1,321
Other Neoplasms	15	1,542	57	21	+ 1,521
Congenital Anomalies	16	1,426	8	2,077	- 652
HIV/AIDS	17	1,291	58	15	+ 1,277
Lymphomas	18	1,253	18	827	+ 426
Liver Disease	19	1,168	11	1,720	- 552
Cervical Cancer	20	1,091	42	188	+ 902
Leukemia	21	1,063	19	796	+ 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	22	1,038	14	1,551	- 513
Low Birth Weight	23	1,008	12	1,652	- 644
Liver Cancer	24	994	31	366	+ 627
Pancreas Cancer	25	973	27	411	+ 562
Suicide	26	946	33	333	+ 613
Malnutrition	27	904	51	73	+ 831
Other Injuries	28	766	24	521	+ 245
Falls	29	730	29	383	+ 347
Endocrine Disorders	30	658	26	418	+ 240
Inflammatory/Heart	31	640	32	337	+ 302
Tuberculosis	32	612	56	23	+ 589
Ovary Cancer	33	540	34	328	+ 212
Skin Disease	34	530	61	8	+ 522
Skin Cancers	35	495	38	276	+ 218
Oesophagus Cancer	36	402	47	97	+ 305
Oral Cancer	37	388	36	289	+ 99
Diarrhoeal diseases	38	360	7	2,156	- 1,796
Peptic Ulcer Disease	39	336	49	79	+ 257
Drownings	40	332	40	215	+ 117
Birth Trauma	41	312	21	744	- 432
Bladder Cancer	42	293	20	757	- 464
Epilepsy	43	287	48	92	+ 195
Drug Use	44	237	39	249	- 13
Uterin Cancer	45	204	44	146	+ 58
Maternal Conditions	46	190	45	105	+ 85
Parkinson's Disease	47	184	30	367	- 183
Prostatic Hypertrophy	48	160	85	0	+ 160
War	49	125	3	7,760	- 7,635
Meningitis	50	117	35	295	- 177
Rheumatoid Arthritis	51	117	62	7	+ 110
Appendicitis	52	102	54	36	+ 66
Chagas disease	53	98	78	0	+ 98
Asthma	54	92	17	1,052	- 960
Dengue	55	64	72	0	+ 64
Fires	56	61	43	179	- 118
Anemia	57	48	83	0	+ 48
Osteoarthritis	58	32	84	0	+ 32
Hepatitis C	59	31	68	1	+ 30
Multiple Sclerosis	60	30	59	14	+ 16
Poisonings	61	29	46	98	- 69
Hepatitis B	62	24	63	5	+ 19
Rheumatic Heart Disease	63	18	41	197	- 179
Encephalitis	64	18	50	77	- 59
Syphilis	65	15	55	31	- 16
Upper Respiratory	66	13	66	3	+ 10
Malaria	67	12	79	0	+ 12
Alcohol	68	11	53	51	- 40
Pertussis	69	9	37	289	- 280
Schizophrenia	70	8	81	0	+ 8
Tetanus	71	7	52	57	- 51
Leprosy	72	4	75	0	+ 4
Otitis Media	73	4	71	0	+ 4
Leishmaniasis	74	4	65	5	- 1
Oral conditions	75	3	86	0	+ 3
Ascariasis	76	2	67	1	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	11	- 11
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	80	0	64	5	- 5
Chlamydia	81	0	69	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	82	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	83	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	84	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Colombia

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.