AFGHANISTAN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		AFGHANISTAN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	47,414	1	40,195	+ 7,219
Stroke	2	13,598	3	19,060	- 5,462
War	3	13,046	2	25,620	- 12,573
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,974	4	14,649	- 9,676
Road Traffic Accidents	5	4,287	11	6,033	- 1,746
Kidney Disease	6	3,915	10	6,590	- 2,675
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	3,624	13	5,555	- 1,931
Congenital Anomalies	8	3,492	14	5,001	- 1,508
Lung Cancers	9	3,443	32	1,076	+ 2,367
Breast Cancer	10	3,283	22	1,822	+ 1,461
Liver Disease	11	2,891	16	4,600	- 1,708
Low Birth Weight	12	2,777	5	12,631	- 9,853
Lung Disease	13	2,692	15	4,650	- 1,958
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,607	23	1,765	+ 842
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,579	12	5,750	- 3,171
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	2,057	39	741	+ 1,316
Asthma	17	1,769	17	3,403	- 1,634
Lymphomas	18	1,390	36	946	+ 444
Leukemia	19	1,338	42	610	+ 728
Bladder Cancer	20	1,273	54	272	+ 1,001
Birth Trauma	21	1,252	6	10,723	- 9,471
Stomach Cancer	22	1,218	26	1,501	- 282
Hypertension	23	1,189	8	7,995	- 6,806
Other Injuries	24	876	18	3,241	- 2,365
Violence	25	747	19	3,217	- 2,470
Endocrine Disorders	26	703	28	1,364	- 661
Pancreas Cancer	27	691	56	229	+ 462
Prostate Cancer	28	679	55	258	+ 421
Falls	29	644	37	905	- 261
Parkinson's Disease	30	617	41	628	- 11
Liver Cancer	31	616	40	657	- 41
Inflammatory/Heart	32	567	45	527	+ 40
Suicide	33	559	24	1,573	- 1,013
Ovary Cancer	34	551	48	369	+ 182
Meningitis	35	496	20	2,626	- 2,130
Oral Cancer	36	486	27	1,467	- 981
Pertussis	37	486	21	2,107	- 1,622
Skin Cancers	38	465	59	145	+ 320
Drug Use	39	419	51	328	+ 91
Drownings	40	362	34	996	- 635
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	332	33	1,041	- 709
Cervical Cancer	42	316	44	541	- 224
Fires	43	301	50	348	- 47
Uterin Cancer	44	245	53	289	- 44
Maternal Conditions	45	176	9	7,807	- 7,631
Poisonings	46	165	47	384	- 219
Oesophagus Cancer	47	164	29	1,314	- 1,151
Epilepsy	48	155	35	993	- 837
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	133	25	1,505	- 1,372
Encephalitis	50	130	31	1,190	- 1,061
Malnutrition	51	122	43	589	- 467
Tetanus	52	97	30	1,254	- 1,158
Alcohol	53	85	58	150	- 65
Appendicitis	54	61	52	298	- 237
Syphilis	55	52	60	94	- 43
Tuberculosis	56	39	7	9,839	- 9,800
Other Neoplasms	57	36	63	29	+ 7
HIV/AIDS	58	25	46	464	- 439
Multiple Sclerosis	59	24	62	84	- 60
Schistosomiasis	60	19	79	0	+ 19
Skin Disease	61	13	61	94	- 81
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	11	65	25	- 14
Hepatitis B	63	8	38	863	- 855
Diphtheria	64	8	67	16	- 8
Leishmaniasis	65	8	70	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	5	68	9	- 4
Ascariasis	67	2	66	17	- 15
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	28	- 26
Chlamydia	69	1	69	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	49	350	- 350
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	57	185	- 185
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AFGHANISTAN

Syria

Afghanistan

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.