SYRIA VS RWANDA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	RWANDA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	9,249	4	2,958	+ 6,290
Stroke	2	8,865	2	8,088	+ 776
Road Traffic Accidents	3	6,514	5	2,550	+ 3,964
Coronary Heart Disease	4	6,316	1	28,203	- 21,887
Malaria	5	5,777	79	0	+ 5,777
Diarrhoeal diseases	6	5,468	7	2,156	+ 3,312
HIV/AIDS	7	4,950	58	15	+ 4,935
Liver Disease	8	4,464	11	1,720	+ 2,744
Low Birth Weight	9	3,841	12	1,652	+ 2,189
Birth Trauma	10	3,308	21	744	+ 2,563
Diabetes Mellitus	11	3,256	15	1,534	+ 1,722
Congenital Anomalies	12	3,113	8	2,077	+ 1,036
Lung Disease	13	2,723	13	1,601	+ 1,122
Hypertension	14	2,378	23	707	+ 1,670
Kidney Disease	15	2,112	6	2,329	- 217
Malnutrition	16	2,046	51	73	+ 1,973
Other Injuries	17	1,654	24	521	+ 1,133
Cervical Cancer	18	1,648	42	188	+ 1,459
Meningitis	19	1,484	35	295	+ 1,189
Stomach Cancer	20	1,367	22	725	+ 642
Maternal Conditions	21	1,266	45	105	+ 1,161
Asthma	22	1,256	17	1,052	+ 204
Liver Cancer	23	1,237	31	366	+ 871
Suicide	24	1,233	33	333	+ 900
Alzheimers & Dementia	25	1,151	14	1,551	- 399
Tuberculosis	26	1,095	56	23	+ 1,071
Breast Cancer	27	1,051	10	1,953	- 902
Colon-Rectum Cancers	28	1,035	16	1,224	- 188
Violence	29	960	25	444	+ 516
Lymphomas	30	788	18	827	- 39
Falls	31	722	29	383	+ 339
Prostate Cancer	32	694	28	404	+ 290
Peptic Ulcer Disease	33	635	49	79	+ 556
Inflammatory/Heart	34	608	32	337	+ 270
Leukemia	35	555	19	796	- 241
Drownings	36	499	40	215	+ 284
Oral Cancer	37	476	36	289	+ 187
Fires	38	472	43	179	+ 294
Lung Cancers	39	410	9	2,048	- 1,638
Poisonings	40	385	46	98	+ 288
Endocrine Disorders	41	385	26	418	- 33
Pertussis	42	381	37	289	+ 93
Pancreas Cancer	43	374	27	411	- 37
Oesophagus Cancer	44	373	47	97	+ 276
Epilepsy	45	335	48	92	+ 243
Syphilis	46	302	55	31	+ 272
Parkinson's Disease	47	256	30	367	- 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	48	238	41	197	+ 41
Alcohol	49	220	53	51	+ 169
Skin Cancers	50	198	38	276	- 79
Schistosomiasis	51	194	60	11	+ 183
Skin Disease	52	180	61	8	+ 172
Ovary Cancer	53	161	34	328	- 166
Appendicitis	54	123	54	36	+ 86
Hepatitis B	55	119	63	5	+ 114
Uterin Cancer	56	102	44	146	- 43
Upper Respiratory	57	102	66	3	+ 99
Tetanus	58	92	52	57	+ 35
Measles	59	90	70	0	+ 90
Drug Use	60	78	39	249	- 171
Encephalitis	61	68	50	77	- 9
Bladder Cancer	62	62	20	757	- 696
Rheumatoid Arthritis	63	40	62	7	+ 34
Other Neoplasms	64	28	57	21	+ 7
Hepatitis C	65	22	68	1	+ 21
Multiple Sclerosis	66	13	59	14	- 1
Ascariasis	67	8	67	1	+ 7
Otitis Media	68	6	71	0	+ 6
War	69	5	3	7,760	- 7,756
Chlamydia	70	4	69	1	+ 3
Diphtheria	71	2	64	5	- 3
Dengue	72	1	72	0	+ 1
Trichuriasis	73	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	74	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	75	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	65	5	- 5
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	79	0	78	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	80	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	81	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Depression	84	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Rwanda

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.