SYRIA VS EGYPT: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	EGYPT		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	37,300	1	28,203	+ 9,097
Liver Disease	2	12,898	11	1,720	+ 11,178
Stroke	3	9,405	2	8,088	+ 1,316
Liver Cancer	4	5,258	31	366	+ 4,892
Hypertension	5	4,525	23	707	+ 3,818
Kidney Disease	6	4,524	6	2,329	+ 2,195
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,440	4	2,958	+ 1,481
Diabetes Mellitus	8	4,104	15	1,534	+ 2,570
Lung Disease	9	2,873	13	1,601	+ 1,272
Congenital Anomalies	10	2,609	8	2,077	+ 532
Low Birth Weight	11	2,444	12	1,652	+ 792
Road Traffic Accidents	12	2,175	5	2,550	- 375
Breast Cancer	13	1,969	10	1,953	+ 17
Lymphomas	14	1,617	18	827	+ 790
Asthma	15	1,524	17	1,052	+ 472
Alzheimers & Dementia	16	1,496	14	1,551	- 54
Birth Trauma	17	1,311	21	744	+ 566
Lung Cancers	18	1,218	9	2,048	- 830
Bladder Cancer	19	1,101	20	757	+ 344
Violence	20	893	25	444	+ 449
Other Injuries	21	819	24	521	+ 298
Leukemia	22	807	19	796	+ 11
Diarrhoeal diseases	23	792	7	2,156	- 1,364
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	661	16	1,224	- 562
Suicide	25	648	33	333	+ 316
Pancreas Cancer	26	623	27	411	+ 212
Inflammatory/Heart	27	534	32	337	+ 197
Parkinson's Disease	28	513	30	367	+ 146
Endocrine Disorders	29	509	26	418	+ 91
Falls	30	433	29	383	+ 50
Ovary Cancer	31	417	34	328	+ 89
Stomach Cancer	32	396	22	725	- 329
Fires	33	336	43	179	+ 158
Peptic Ulcer Disease	34	287	49	79	+ 208
Prostate Cancer	35	275	28	404	- 129
Rheumatic Heart Disease	36	268	41	197	+ 70
Drownings	37	241	40	215	+ 26
Encephalitis	38	224	50	77	+ 147
Skin Cancers	39	217	38	276	- 59
Hepatitis B	40	212	63	5	+ 207
Oesophagus Cancer	41	204	47	97	+ 107
Pertussis	42	194	37	289	- 94
Meningitis	43	177	35	295	- 117
Maternal Conditions	44	171	45	105	+ 66
Oral Cancer	45	170	36	289	- 119
Malnutrition	46	163	51	73	+ 90
War	47	153	3	7,760	- 7,607
Cervical Cancer	48	134	42	188	- 54
Tetanus	49	116	52	57	+ 58
Epilepsy	50	97	48	92	+ 4
Tuberculosis	51	93	56	23	+ 69
Uterin Cancer	52	91	44	146	- 55
HIV/AIDS	53	85	58	15	+ 70
Schistosomiasis	54	47	60	11	+ 36
Skin Disease	55	47	61	8	+ 39
Multiple Sclerosis	56	46	59	14	+ 31
Poisonings	57	42	46	98	- 56
Syphilis	58	34	55	31	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	31	54	36	- 6
Alcohol	60	30	53	51	- 20
Other Neoplasms	61	25	57	21	+ 4
Drug Use	62	25	39	249	- 224
Hepatitis C	63	21	68	1	+ 20
Measles	64	9	70	0	+ 9
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	6	62	7	- 1
Leishmaniasis	66	3	65	5	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	68	1	66	3	- 2
Dengue	69	1	72	0	+ 1
Diphtheria	70	1	64	5	- 4
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	74	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	75	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	76	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	77	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	81	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	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

Egypt

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.