SYRIA VS SRI LANKA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SRI LANKA		SYRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	28,557	1	28,203	+ 354
Diabetes Mellitus	2	13,528	15	1,534	+ 11,994
Lung Disease	3	10,266	13	1,601	+ 8,665
Alzheimers & Dementia	4	7,533	14	1,551	+ 5,982
Kidney Disease	5	7,446	6	2,329	+ 5,117
Stroke	6	7,388	2	8,088	- 701
Asthma	7	7,025	17	1,052	+ 5,973
Influenza and Pneumonia	8	5,555	4	2,958	+ 2,597
Road Traffic Accidents	9	4,559	5	2,550	+ 2,009
Suicide	10	3,232	33	333	+ 2,900
Oral Cancer	11	3,141	36	289	+ 2,852
Lung Cancers	12	1,927	9	2,048	- 121
Oesophagus Cancer	13	1,676	47	97	+ 1,579
Other Injuries	14	1,660	24	521	+ 1,139
Breast Cancer	15	1,501	10	1,953	- 451
Stomach Cancer	16	1,434	22	725	+ 710
Liver Disease	17	1,414	11	1,720	- 305
Leukemia	18	1,254	19	796	+ 458
Liver Cancer	19	1,184	31	366	+ 817
Hypertension	20	1,146	23	707	+ 438
Lymphomas	21	1,115	18	827	+ 288
Congenital Anomalies	22	1,074	8	2,077	- 1,003
Falls	23	1,047	29	383	+ 664
Colon-Rectum Cancers	24	990	16	1,224	- 234
Tuberculosis	25	835	56	23	+ 812
Cervical Cancer	26	828	42	188	+ 639
Drownings	27	793	40	215	+ 578
Diarrhoeal diseases	28	656	7	2,156	- 1,499
Low Birth Weight	29	582	12	1,652	- 1,070
Prostate Cancer	30	550	28	404	+ 146
Violence	31	542	25	444	+ 98
Endocrine Disorders	32	502	26	418	+ 84
Anemia	33	483	83	0	+ 483
Bladder Cancer	34	469	20	757	- 289
Inflammatory/Heart	35	461	32	337	+ 124
Skin Disease	36	318	61	8	+ 310
Ovary Cancer	37	305	34	328	- 23
War	38	304	3	7,760	- 7,457
Epilepsy	39	292	48	92	+ 200
Drug Use	40	279	39	249	+ 30
Fires	41	259	43	179	+ 80
Uterin Cancer	42	237	44	146	+ 91
Pancreas Cancer	43	232	27	411	- 179
Birth Trauma	44	209	21	744	- 535
Parkinson's Disease	45	182	30	367	- 185
Meningitis	46	159	35	295	- 136
Dengue	47	142	72	0	+ 142
Maternal Conditions	48	104	45	105	- 0
Poisonings	49	101	46	98	+ 3
Other Neoplasms	50	93	57	21	+ 72
Alcohol	51	89	53	51	+ 39
Skin Cancers	52	63	38	276	- 213
Rheumatic Heart Disease	53	54	41	197	- 144
Malnutrition	54	47	51	73	- 25
HIV/AIDS	55	43	58	15	+ 28
Peptic Ulcer Disease	56	41	49	79	- 38
Tetanus	57	30	52	57	- 28
Syphilis	58	16	55	31	- 15
Pertussis	59	16	37	289	- 273
Rheumatoid Arthritis	60	12	62	7	+ 5
Encephalitis	61	11	50	77	- 66
Hepatitis B	62	6	63	5	+ 1
Leprosy	63	6	75	0	+ 6
Appendicitis	64	6	54	36	- 31
Schizophrenia	65	5	81	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	5	66	3	+ 2
Osteoarthritis	67	4	84	0	+ 4
Oral conditions	68	3	86	0	+ 3
Multiple Sclerosis	69	2	59	14	- 12
Prostatic Hypertrophy	70	2	85	0	+ 2
Hookworm Disease	71	0	73	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	67	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	73	0	65	5	- 5
Diphtheria	74	0	64	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	75	0	68	1	- 1
Otitis Media	76	0	71	0	- 0
Measles	77	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	78	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	79	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	80	0	79	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	81	0	60	11	- 11
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	83	0	78	0	- 0
Chlamydia	84	0	69	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SYRIA

Sri Lanka

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.