SYRIA VS NAMIBIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NAMIBIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
HIV/AIDS	1	24,928	58	15	+ 24,913
Influenza and Pneumonia	2	12,466	4	2,958	+ 9,507
Tuberculosis	3	12,056	56	23	+ 12,032
Stroke	4	11,346	2	8,088	+ 3,258
Coronary Heart Disease	5	10,390	1	28,203	- 17,813
Road Traffic Accidents	6	7,391	5	2,550	+ 4,841
Diabetes Mellitus	7	6,166	15	1,534	+ 4,632
Diarrhoeal diseases	8	5,489	7	2,156	+ 3,333
Low Birth Weight	9	4,392	12	1,652	+ 2,740
Lung Disease	10	3,926	13	1,601	+ 2,324
Violence	11	3,828	25	444	+ 3,384
Hypertension	12	3,643	23	707	+ 2,935
Birth Trauma	13	2,933	21	744	+ 2,188
Liver Disease	14	2,857	11	1,720	+ 1,137
Kidney Disease	15	2,738	6	2,329	+ 409
Congenital Anomalies	16	2,410	8	2,077	+ 333
Suicide	17	2,066	33	333	+ 1,734
Malnutrition	18	1,903	51	73	+ 1,830
Other Injuries	19	1,759	24	521	+ 1,238
Asthma	20	1,707	17	1,052	+ 654
Alzheimers & Dementia	21	1,495	14	1,551	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	22	1,377	32	337	+ 1,040
Cervical Cancer	23	1,130	42	188	+ 942
Breast Cancer	24	1,031	10	1,953	- 922
Maternal Conditions	25	937	45	105	+ 833
Drownings	26	933	40	215	+ 718
Meningitis	27	926	35	295	+ 631
Fires	28	926	43	179	+ 747
Skin Cancers	29	917	38	276	+ 641
Oral Cancer	30	849	36	289	+ 560
Prostate Cancer	31	802	28	404	+ 398
Peptic Ulcer Disease	32	645	49	79	+ 566
Endocrine Disorders	33	620	26	418	+ 202
Falls	34	529	29	383	+ 146
Lung Cancers	35	500	9	2,048	- 1,547
Colon-Rectum Cancers	36	463	16	1,224	- 760
Pertussis	37	461	37	289	+ 172
Epilepsy	38	419	48	92	+ 326
Poisonings	39	394	46	98	+ 296
Lymphomas	40	390	18	827	- 437
Liver Cancer	41	383	31	366	+ 16
Parkinson's Disease	42	369	30	367	+ 2
Syphilis	43	296	55	31	+ 265
Rheumatic Heart Disease	44	281	41	197	+ 84
Stomach Cancer	45	277	22	725	- 447
Drug Use	46	270	39	249	+ 21
Skin Disease	47	263	61	8	+ 255
Alcohol	48	239	53	51	+ 189
Leukemia	49	202	19	796	- 594
Ovary Cancer	50	198	34	328	- 130
Malaria	51	183	79	0	+ 183
Oesophagus Cancer	52	178	47	97	+ 81
Pancreas Cancer	53	149	27	411	- 262
Bladder Cancer	54	133	20	757	- 624
Schistosomiasis	55	116	60	11	+ 105
Uterin Cancer	56	97	44	146	- 49
Rheumatoid Arthritis	57	80	62	7	+ 74
Appendicitis	58	75	54	36	+ 38
Encephalitis	59	69	50	77	- 8
Other Neoplasms	60	66	57	21	+ 44
Upper Respiratory	61	54	66	3	+ 51
Tetanus	62	51	52	57	- 6
Hepatitis B	63	38	63	5	+ 33
Multiple Sclerosis	64	19	59	14	+ 5
Measles	65	17	70	0	+ 17
Hepatitis C	66	5	68	1	+ 4
War	67	4	3	7,760	- 7,756
Chlamydia	68	3	69	1	+ 2
Ascariasis	69	2	67	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	70	2	71	0	+ 2
Diphtheria	71	2	64	5	- 3
Leprosy	72	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	73	0	76	0	- 0
Dengue	74	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	79	0	65	5	- 5
Oral conditions	80	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	82	0	85	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

Namibia

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.