SYRIA VS CROATIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CROATIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	70,773	1	28,203	+ 42,570
Stroke	2	36,087	2	8,088	+ 27,998
Lung Cancers	3	16,343	9	2,048	+ 14,295
Colon-Rectum Cancers	4	12,588	16	1,224	+ 11,365
Lung Disease	5	12,138	13	1,601	+ 10,537
Diabetes Mellitus	6	11,287	15	1,534	+ 9,754
Kidney Disease	7	8,006	6	2,329	+ 5,677
Hypertension	8	6,337	23	707	+ 5,629
Alzheimers & Dementia	9	6,132	14	1,551	+ 4,581
Influenza and Pneumonia	10	5,873	4	2,958	+ 2,915
Breast Cancer	11	5,857	10	1,953	+ 3,904
Falls	12	5,604	29	383	+ 5,221
Liver Disease	13	5,316	11	1,720	+ 3,596
Prostate Cancer	14	4,899	28	404	+ 4,495
Stomach Cancer	15	4,522	22	725	+ 3,798
Pancreas Cancer	16	4,337	27	411	+ 3,926
Suicide	17	3,888	33	333	+ 3,555
Lymphomas	18	3,199	18	827	+ 2,372
Liver Cancer	19	2,883	31	366	+ 2,516
Bladder Cancer	20	2,871	20	757	+ 2,113
Inflammatory/Heart	21	2,626	32	337	+ 2,289
Leukemia	22	2,503	19	796	+ 1,707
Other Injuries	23	2,460	24	521	+ 1,939
Parkinson's Disease	24	2,433	30	367	+ 2,066
Oral Cancer	25	1,943	36	289	+ 1,654
Skin Cancers	26	1,908	38	276	+ 1,632
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,887	5	2,550	- 663
Ovary Cancer	28	1,773	34	328	+ 1,445
Other Neoplasms	29	1,628	57	21	+ 1,607
Alcohol	30	1,259	53	51	+ 1,208
Peptic Ulcer Disease	31	1,189	49	79	+ 1,110
Uterin Cancer	32	1,146	44	146	+ 1,001
Oesophagus Cancer	33	1,088	47	97	+ 991
Cervical Cancer	34	894	42	188	+ 706
Rheumatic Heart Disease	35	786	41	197	+ 589
Epilepsy	36	543	48	92	+ 451
Congenital Anomalies	37	542	8	2,077	- 1,535
Drownings	38	493	40	215	+ 278
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	471	7	2,156	- 1,684
Schizophrenia	40	455	81	0	+ 455
Asthma	41	423	17	1,052	- 629
Endocrine Disorders	42	417	26	418	- 1
Drug Use	43	405	39	249	+ 156
Tuberculosis	44	354	56	23	+ 330
Multiple Sclerosis	45	316	59	14	+ 301
Rheumatoid Arthritis	46	270	62	7	+ 263
Hepatitis C	47	257	68	1	+ 256
Violence	48	257	25	444	- 188
Prostatic Hypertrophy	49	246	85	0	+ 246
Fires	50	196	43	179	+ 18
Hepatitis B	51	99	63	5	+ 94
Meningitis	52	93	35	295	- 201
Anemia	53	91	83	0	+ 91
Poisonings	54	91	46	98	- 7
Birth Trauma	55	64	21	744	- 681
Low Birth Weight	56	58	12	1,652	- 1,594
Appendicitis	57	50	54	36	+ 13
Skin Disease	58	44	61	8	+ 37
HIV/AIDS	59	43	58	15	+ 29
Otitis Media	60	19	71	0	+ 19
Maternal Conditions	61	13	45	105	- 92
Iodine Deficiency	62	12	76	0	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	63	10	66	3	+ 6
Oral conditions	64	10	86	0	+ 10
Encephalitis	65	4	50	77	- 73
Leishmaniasis	66	3	65	5	- 2
War	67	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Tetanus	68	2	52	57	- 56
Pertussis	69	1	37	289	- 288
Malnutrition	70	1	51	73	- 72
Syphilis	71	0	55	31	- 31
Diphtheria	72	0	64	5	- 5
Measles	73	0	70	0	- 0
Chlamydia	74	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	75	0	60	11	- 11
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	80	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	1	- 1
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Croatia

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.