SYRIA VS SAUDI ARABIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SAUDI ARABIA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,493	1	28,203	- 2,710
Stroke	2	10,967	2	8,088	+ 2,878
Road Traffic Accidents	3	8,044	5	2,550	+ 5,494
Kidney Disease	4	5,911	6	2,329	+ 3,582
Influenza and Pneumonia	5	4,004	4	2,958	+ 1,046
Falls	6	3,487	29	383	+ 3,104
Liver Disease	7	3,220	11	1,720	+ 1,501
Other Injuries	8	2,615	24	521	+ 2,094
Diabetes Mellitus	9	2,540	15	1,534	+ 1,006
Lung Disease	10	1,856	13	1,601	+ 255
Alzheimers & Dementia	11	1,595	14	1,551	+ 44
Congenital Anomalies	12	1,507	8	2,077	- 571
Suicide	13	1,336	33	333	+ 1,003
Colon-Rectum Cancers	14	1,065	16	1,224	- 159
Endocrine Disorders	15	945	26	418	+ 527
Inflammatory/Heart	16	876	32	337	+ 539
Asthma	17	762	17	1,052	- 290
Low Birth Weight	18	646	12	1,652	- 1,006
Leukemia	19	604	19	796	- 192
Breast Cancer	20	593	10	1,953	- 1,360
Liver Cancer	21	552	31	366	+ 185
Hypertension	22	545	23	707	- 163
Fires	23	539	43	179	+ 360
Drownings	24	536	40	215	+ 321
Parkinson's Disease	25	507	30	367	+ 140
Lung Cancers	26	506	9	2,048	- 1,542
Tuberculosis	27	491	56	23	+ 468
Lymphomas	28	467	18	827	- 360
Epilepsy	29	453	48	92	+ 361
Violence	30	422	25	444	- 23
Pancreas Cancer	31	344	27	411	- 67
Skin Disease	32	337	61	8	+ 329
Drug Use	33	321	39	249	+ 71
Oral Cancer	34	303	36	289	+ 14
Diarrhoeal diseases	35	298	7	2,156	- 1,858
Stomach Cancer	36	254	22	725	- 471
Birth Trauma	37	224	21	744	- 520
Uterin Cancer	38	211	44	146	+ 65
Rheumatic Heart Disease	39	183	41	197	- 15
Poisonings	40	182	46	98	+ 85
Peptic Ulcer Disease	41	180	49	79	+ 101
Ovary Cancer	42	162	34	328	- 166
Encephalitis	43	153	50	77	+ 76
Oesophagus Cancer	44	150	47	97	+ 52
Meningitis	45	148	35	295	- 147
Bladder Cancer	46	140	20	757	- 618
HIV/AIDS	47	125	58	15	+ 111
Maternal Conditions	48	113	45	105	+ 8
Cervical Cancer	49	102	42	188	- 86
Prostate Cancer	50	97	28	404	- 307
Alcohol	51	84	53	51	+ 33
Malnutrition	52	52	51	73	- 21
Hepatitis B	53	37	63	5	+ 32
Pertussis	54	37	37	289	- 252
Skin Cancers	55	36	38	276	- 241
Multiple Sclerosis	56	32	59	14	+ 18
Other Neoplasms	57	26	57	21	+ 5
Appendicitis	58	23	54	36	- 14
Syphilis	59	21	55	31	- 9
Schistosomiasis	60	16	60	11	+ 5
Tetanus	61	10	52	57	- 47
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	62	7	- 1
Dengue	63	6	72	0	+ 6
Hepatitis C	64	5	68	1	+ 4
War	65	2	3	7,760	- 7,758
Ascariasis	66	1	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	67	1	65	5	- 4
Measles	68	1	70	0	+ 0
Diphtheria	69	0	64	5	- 5
Upper Respiratory	70	0	66	3	- 3
Chlamydia	71	0	69	1	- 1
Otitis Media	72	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	75	0	79	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	73	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	80	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	81	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	82	0	86	0	- 0
Depression	83	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	84	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	85	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Saudi Arabia

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.