SYRIA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	NICARAGUA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	20,886	1	28,203	- 7,317
Kidney Disease	2	12,628	6	2,329	+ 10,299
Stroke	3	7,951	2	8,088	- 137
Diabetes Mellitus	4	7,390	15	1,534	+ 5,856
Lung Disease	5	5,610	13	1,601	+ 4,009
Liver Disease	6	4,301	11	1,720	+ 2,581
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	4,116	4	2,958	+ 1,158
Road Traffic Accidents	8	3,962	5	2,550	+ 1,412
Hypertension	9	3,943	23	707	+ 3,236
Violence	10	2,211	25	444	+ 1,767
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,040	8	2,077	- 37
Liver Cancer	12	1,818	31	366	+ 1,451
Low Birth Weight	13	1,750	12	1,652	+ 98
Stomach Cancer	14	1,707	22	725	+ 983
Prostate Cancer	15	1,380	28	404	+ 976
Cervical Cancer	16	1,337	42	188	+ 1,149
Other Injuries	17	1,278	24	521	+ 757
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,127	16	1,224	- 96
Suicide	19	1,017	33	333	+ 685
Breast Cancer	20	1,012	10	1,953	- 941
Alcohol	21	996	53	51	+ 945
Falls	22	987	29	383	+ 604
Lung Cancers	23	979	9	2,048	- 1,069
Leukemia	24	811	19	796	+ 15
Birth Trauma	25	707	21	744	- 37
Other Neoplasms	26	687	57	21	+ 666
Pancreas Cancer	27	635	27	411	+ 224
Endocrine Disorders	28	585	26	418	+ 167
Lymphomas	29	585	18	827	- 242
Malnutrition	30	583	51	73	+ 510
Skin Disease	31	578	61	8	+ 570
Drownings	32	561	40	215	+ 346
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	533	14	1,551	- 1,018
Inflammatory/Heart	34	498	32	337	+ 161
HIV/AIDS	35	498	58	15	+ 483
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	437	7	2,156	- 1,718
Tuberculosis	37	410	56	23	+ 387
Asthma	38	375	17	1,052	- 677
Maternal Conditions	39	315	45	105	+ 210
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	306	49	79	+ 226
Epilepsy	41	265	48	92	+ 173
Parkinson's Disease	42	238	30	367	- 129
Oral Cancer	43	230	36	289	- 59
Ovary Cancer	44	219	34	328	- 109
Skin Cancers	45	210	38	276	- 66
Drug Use	46	180	39	249	- 69
Oesophagus Cancer	47	150	47	97	+ 52
Uterin Cancer	48	139	44	146	- 6
Appendicitis	49	113	54	36	+ 77
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	109	62	7	+ 103
Meningitis	51	103	35	295	- 191
Bladder Cancer	52	100	20	757	- 657
Anemia	53	100	83	0	+ 100
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	71	41	197	- 126
Poisonings	55	63	46	98	- 35
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	60	85	0	+ 60
Fires	57	58	43	179	- 120
Encephalitis	58	37	50	77	- 41
Osteoarthritis	59	35	84	0	+ 35
Syphilis	60	34	55	31	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	61	24	59	14	+ 10
Hepatitis B	62	18	63	5	+ 13
Oral conditions	63	16	86	0	+ 16
Dengue	64	16	72	0	+ 16
Chagas disease	65	14	78	0	+ 14
Schizophrenia	66	12	81	0	+ 12
Pertussis	67	11	37	289	- 278
Hepatitis C	68	4	68	1	+ 4
Ascariasis	69	3	67	1	+ 2
War	70	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Leprosy	71	2	75	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	72	2	66	3	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	76	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	1	69	1	+ 0
Otitis Media	75	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	77	0	64	5	- 5
Measles	78	0	70	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	52	57	- 57
Hookworm Disease	80	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	60	11	- 11
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Nicaragua

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.