SYRIA VS ETHIOPIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	ETHIOPIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	12,065	4	2,958	+ 9,106
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	8,930	7	2,156	+ 6,774
Stroke	3	7,924	2	8,088	- 165
Coronary Heart Disease	4	7,354	1	28,203	- 20,849
Road Traffic Accidents	5	6,354	5	2,550	+ 3,804
Birth Trauma	6	6,262	21	744	+ 5,518
Low Birth Weight	7	5,641	12	1,652	+ 3,989
Liver Disease	8	5,490	11	1,720	+ 3,770
Tuberculosis	9	4,319	56	23	+ 4,296
Diabetes Mellitus	10	3,273	15	1,534	+ 1,739
Congenital Anomalies	11	3,148	8	2,077	+ 1,071
Hypertension	12	2,712	23	707	+ 2,004
Kidney Disease	13	2,436	6	2,329	+ 108
Meningitis	14	2,420	35	295	+ 2,125
Lung Disease	15	2,390	13	1,601	+ 788
Other Injuries	16	2,362	24	521	+ 1,841
HIV/AIDS	17	2,309	58	15	+ 2,295
Maternal Conditions	18	1,789	45	105	+ 1,684
Malnutrition	19	1,740	51	73	+ 1,667
Breast Cancer	20	1,708	10	1,953	- 245
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,662	14	1,551	+ 112
Violence	22	1,626	25	444	+ 1,182
Pertussis	23	1,388	37	289	+ 1,099
Measles	24	1,273	70	0	+ 1,273
Suicide	25	1,214	33	333	+ 881
Malaria	26	1,133	79	0	+ 1,133
Cervical Cancer	27	1,010	42	188	+ 822
Falls	28	908	29	383	+ 525
Asthma	29	903	17	1,052	- 150
Leukemia	30	850	19	796	+ 54
Colon-Rectum Cancers	31	756	16	1,224	- 468
Poisonings	32	738	46	98	+ 640
Lymphomas	33	723	18	827	- 104
Fires	34	655	43	179	+ 476
Drownings	35	631	40	215	+ 416
Ovary Cancer	36	488	34	328	+ 160
Tetanus	37	443	52	57	+ 386
Lung Cancers	38	443	9	2,048	- 1,604
Inflammatory/Heart	39	437	32	337	+ 99
Oesophagus Cancer	40	370	47	97	+ 273
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	354	49	79	+ 275
Liver Cancer	42	348	31	366	- 18
Syphilis	43	342	55	31	+ 311
Epilepsy	44	327	48	92	+ 235
Endocrine Disorders	45	327	26	418	- 91
Parkinson's Disease	46	318	30	367	- 49
Stomach Cancer	47	306	22	725	- 419
Oral Cancer	48	297	36	289	+ 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	49	270	41	197	+ 72
Prostate Cancer	50	250	28	404	- 154
Bladder Cancer	51	217	20	757	- 540
Skin Cancers	52	203	38	276	- 74
Skin Disease	53	182	61	8	+ 174
Schistosomiasis	54	169	60	11	+ 158
Alcohol	55	151	53	51	+ 100
Hepatitis B	56	149	63	5	+ 144
Upper Respiratory	57	143	66	3	+ 139
Appendicitis	58	136	54	36	+ 100
Leishmaniasis	59	116	65	5	+ 112
Drug Use	60	103	39	249	- 146
Pancreas Cancer	61	98	27	411	- 313
Uterin Cancer	62	85	44	146	- 61
Encephalitis	63	78	50	77	+ 1
War	64	56	3	7,760	- 7,704
Rheumatoid Arthritis	65	44	62	7	+ 38
Other Neoplasms	66	30	57	21	+ 9
Diphtheria	67	29	64	5	+ 24
Ascariasis	68	26	67	1	+ 25
Hepatitis C	69	23	68	1	+ 22
Multiple Sclerosis	70	12	59	14	- 2
Otitis Media	71	8	71	0	+ 8
Chlamydia	72	4	69	1	+ 3
Dengue	73	4	72	0	+ 4
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	79	0	75	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Ethiopia

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.