SYRIA VS PORTUGAL: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	PORTUGAL		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	30,110	1	28,203	+ 1,907
Stroke	2	28,851	2	8,088	+ 20,762
Alzheimers & Dementia	3	16,813	14	1,551	+ 15,263
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	16,019	4	2,958	+ 13,061
Lung Cancers	5	10,302	9	2,048	+ 8,254
Colon-Rectum Cancers	6	10,263	16	1,224	+ 9,040
Lung Disease	7	10,021	13	1,601	+ 8,420
Diabetes Mellitus	8	8,420	15	1,534	+ 6,886
Kidney Disease	9	6,554	6	2,329	+ 4,225
Stomach Cancer	10	5,920	22	725	+ 5,196
Prostate Cancer	11	4,966	28	404	+ 4,562
Breast Cancer	12	4,669	10	1,953	+ 2,716
Other Injuries	13	4,529	24	521	+ 4,008
Hypertension	14	4,395	23	707	+ 3,688
Pancreas Cancer	15	3,903	27	411	+ 3,492
Lymphomas	16	3,759	18	827	+ 2,932
Endocrine Disorders	17	3,616	26	418	+ 3,198
Liver Cancer	18	2,970	31	366	+ 2,604
Suicide	19	2,740	33	333	+ 2,407
Bladder Cancer	20	2,737	20	757	+ 1,979
Parkinson's Disease	21	2,664	30	367	+ 2,297
Liver Disease	22	2,632	11	1,720	+ 912
Falls	23	2,414	29	383	+ 2,032
Leukemia	24	2,374	19	796	+ 1,578
Oral Cancer	25	2,132	36	289	+ 1,843
Inflammatory/Heart	26	2,125	32	337	+ 1,787
Road Traffic Accidents	27	1,960	5	2,550	- 590
Other Neoplasms	28	1,525	57	21	+ 1,503
Oesophagus Cancer	29	1,456	47	97	+ 1,359
Skin Cancers	30	1,224	38	276	+ 947
Epilepsy	31	971	48	92	+ 878
Uterin Cancer	32	949	44	146	+ 803
Ovary Cancer	33	929	34	328	+ 601
Cervical Cancer	34	769	42	188	+ 581
HIV/AIDS	35	747	58	15	+ 733
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	539	7	2,156	- 1,617
Peptic Ulcer Disease	37	534	49	79	+ 455
Tuberculosis	38	498	56	23	+ 475
Skin Disease	39	473	61	8	+ 465
Congenital Anomalies	40	459	8	2,077	- 1,618
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	395	41	197	+ 197
Anemia	42	352	83	0	+ 352
Asthma	43	342	17	1,052	- 710
Drug Use	44	300	39	249	+ 51
Alcohol	45	260	53	51	+ 209
Fires	46	253	43	179	+ 74
Rheumatoid Arthritis	47	231	62	7	+ 225
Violence	48	225	25	444	- 219
Hepatitis C	49	203	68	1	+ 202
Prostatic Hypertrophy	50	193	85	0	+ 193
Drownings	51	185	40	215	- 30
Low Birth Weight	52	184	12	1,652	- 1,468
Malnutrition	53	184	51	73	+ 111
Multiple Sclerosis	54	131	59	14	+ 117
Schizophrenia	55	115	81	0	+ 115
Meningitis	56	100	35	295	- 195
Poisonings	57	69	46	98	- 29
Osteoarthritis	58	67	84	0	+ 67
Hepatitis B	59	61	63	5	+ 56
Birth Trauma	60	56	21	744	- 689
Appendicitis	61	49	54	36	+ 12
Upper Respiratory	62	34	66	3	+ 31
Maternal Conditions	63	17	45	105	- 88
Syphilis	64	7	55	31	- 23
Oral conditions	65	7	86	0	+ 7
Otitis Media	66	6	71	0	+ 6
Encephalitis	67	3	50	77	- 74
Leishmaniasis	68	3	65	5	- 2
War	69	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Leprosy	70	1	75	0	+ 1
Measles	71	1	70	0	+ 0
Pertussis	72	0	37	289	- 289
Tetanus	73	0	52	57	- 57
Diphtheria	74	0	64	5	- 5
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Chlamydia	76	0	69	1	- 1
Schistosomiasis	77	0	60	11	- 11
Malaria	78	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	80	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	82	0	73	0	- 0
Ascariasis	83	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	84	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	85	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Portugal

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.