SYRIA VS MALDIVES: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	MALDIVES		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,134	1	28,203	- 11,069
Stroke	2	8,786	2	8,088	+ 697
Lung Disease	3	5,591	13	1,601	+ 3,990
Kidney Disease	4	4,934	6	2,329	+ 2,605
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	2,898	14	1,551	+ 1,348
Diabetes Mellitus	6	2,874	15	1,534	+ 1,340
Lung Cancers	7	2,231	9	2,048	+ 183
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	2,027	4	2,958	- 931
Breast Cancer	9	1,717	10	1,953	- 236
Liver Cancer	10	1,646	31	366	+ 1,280
Liver Disease	11	1,497	11	1,720	- 223
Endocrine Disorders	12	1,327	26	418	+ 909
Cervical Cancer	13	1,320	42	188	+ 1,132
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,287	16	1,224	+ 64
Congenital Anomalies	15	1,182	8	2,077	- 895
Falls	16	1,154	29	383	+ 772
Hypertension	17	1,005	23	707	+ 298
Other Injuries	18	962	24	521	+ 441
Oral Cancer	19	947	36	289	+ 658
Low Birth Weight	20	900	12	1,652	- 752
Suicide	21	892	33	333	+ 560
Diarrhoeal diseases	22	881	7	2,156	- 1,275
Drownings	23	849	40	215	+ 634
Leukemia	24	785	19	796	- 11
Parkinson's Disease	25	711	30	367	+ 344
Prostate Cancer	26	705	28	404	+ 301
Tuberculosis	27	693	56	23	+ 670
Violence	28	614	25	444	+ 170
Asthma	29	604	17	1,052	- 449
Ovary Cancer	30	569	34	328	+ 241
Road Traffic Accidents	31	530	5	2,550	- 2,020
Skin Disease	32	519	61	8	+ 511
Dengue	33	463	72	0	+ 463
Lymphomas	34	454	18	827	- 373
Maternal Conditions	35	334	45	105	+ 229
Inflammatory/Heart	36	328	32	337	- 9
Bladder Cancer	37	322	20	757	- 435
Epilepsy	38	300	48	92	+ 208
Birth Trauma	39	296	21	744	- 449
Pancreas Cancer	40	270	27	411	- 141
Fires	41	241	43	179	+ 62
Peptic Ulcer Disease	42	221	49	79	+ 142
Rheumatic Heart Disease	43	209	41	197	+ 11
Encephalitis	44	166	50	77	+ 89
Malnutrition	45	166	51	73	+ 93
Other Neoplasms	46	125	57	21	+ 104
Uterin Cancer	47	121	44	146	- 24
Drug Use	48	112	39	249	- 137
Stomach Cancer	49	75	22	725	- 650
Meningitis	50	66	35	295	- 229
Alcohol	51	41	53	51	- 10
Pertussis	52	23	37	289	- 266
Rheumatoid Arthritis	53	21	62	7	+ 14
Tetanus	54	17	52	57	- 40
Poisonings	55	15	46	98	- 83
Hepatitis B	56	14	63	5	+ 9
Multiple Sclerosis	57	13	59	14	- 1
Syphilis	58	9	55	31	- 22
Oesophagus Cancer	59	9	47	97	- 89
Measles	60	8	70	0	+ 8
Appendicitis	61	7	54	36	- 30
War	62	5	3	7,760	- 7,756
Skin Cancers	63	3	38	276	- 273
Hepatitis C	64	3	68	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	65	2	67	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	2	66	3	- 1
Chlamydia	67	1	69	1	- 0
Diphtheria	68	0	64	5	- 5
Otitis Media	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Leprosy	70	0	75	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	71	0	60	11	- 11
Leishmaniasis	72	0	65	5	- 5
Chagas disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
HIV/AIDS	78	0	58	15	- 15
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	84	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Maldives

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.