SYRIA VS NIGERIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NIGERIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	20,895	4	2,958	+ 17,937
Diarrhoeal diseases	2	14,589	7	2,156	+ 12,433
Tuberculosis	3	12,836	56	23	+ 12,813
Malaria	4	10,178	79	0	+ 10,178
Birth Trauma	5	10,099	21	744	+ 9,355
Low Birth Weight	6	9,673	12	1,652	+ 8,021
Coronary Heart Disease	7	6,187	1	28,203	- 22,016
Stroke	8	5,821	2	8,088	- 2,268
Congenital Anomalies	9	5,010	8	2,077	+ 2,932
HIV/AIDS	10	4,448	58	15	+ 4,433
Meningitis	11	4,400	35	295	+ 4,105
Road Traffic Accidents	12	4,203	5	2,550	+ 1,653
Liver Disease	13	3,863	11	1,720	+ 2,144
Measles	14	2,968	70	0	+ 2,967
Maternal Conditions	15	2,373	45	105	+ 2,268
Pertussis	16	2,347	37	289	+ 2,058
Other Injuries	17	2,288	24	521	+ 1,767
Diabetes Mellitus	18	2,268	15	1,534	+ 734
Violence	19	1,856	25	444	+ 1,411
Kidney Disease	20	1,834	6	2,329	- 495
Endocrine Disorders	21	1,593	26	418	+ 1,175
Lung Disease	22	1,267	13	1,601	- 334
Breast Cancer	23	1,198	10	1,953	- 755
Hypertension	24	1,078	23	707	+ 370
Cervical Cancer	25	1,066	42	188	+ 878
Tetanus	26	842	52	57	+ 785
Asthma	27	826	17	1,052	- 227
Falls	28	759	29	383	+ 376
Fires	29	719	43	179	+ 540
Suicide	30	708	33	333	+ 375
Alzheimers & Dementia	31	684	14	1,551	- 867
Drownings	32	664	40	215	+ 449
Poisonings	33	662	46	98	+ 564
Drug Use	34	632	39	249	+ 383
Prostate Cancer	35	596	28	404	+ 192
Malnutrition	36	594	51	73	+ 522
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	589	49	79	+ 510
Syphilis	38	549	55	31	+ 519
Liver Cancer	39	533	31	366	+ 167
Lymphomas	40	524	18	827	- 303
Epilepsy	41	504	48	92	+ 412
Inflammatory/Heart	42	487	32	337	+ 149
Colon-Rectum Cancers	43	419	16	1,224	- 805
Diphtheria	44	383	64	5	+ 378
War	45	327	3	7,760	- 7,433
Parkinson's Disease	46	249	30	367	- 118
Leukemia	47	227	19	796	- 569
Oral Cancer	48	226	36	289	- 64
Ovary Cancer	49	215	34	328	- 113
Stomach Cancer	50	215	22	725	- 510
Pancreas Cancer	51	199	27	411	- 212
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	196	41	197	- 1
Skin Cancers	53	195	38	276	- 82
Schistosomiasis	54	152	60	11	+ 141
Hepatitis B	55	150	63	5	+ 145
Skin Disease	56	148	61	8	+ 140
Lung Cancers	57	131	9	2,048	- 1,917
Alcohol	58	104	53	51	+ 53
Encephalitis	59	94	50	77	+ 17
Appendicitis	60	77	54	36	+ 40
Ascariasis	61	69	67	1	+ 68
Uterin Cancer	62	68	44	146	- 77
Bladder Cancer	63	68	20	757	- 690
Oesophagus Cancer	64	56	47	97	- 41
Hepatitis C	65	31	68	1	+ 30
Other Neoplasms	66	29	57	21	+ 8
Upper Respiratory	67	26	66	3	+ 23
Multiple Sclerosis	68	18	59	14	+ 4
Rheumatoid Arthritis	69	17	62	7	+ 10
Leishmaniasis	70	2	65	5	- 3
Chlamydia	71	1	69	1	+ 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	73	0	72	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	75	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	76	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	80	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	81	0	80	0	- 0
Anemia	82	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	83	0	82	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

Nigeria

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.