AUSTRALIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		AUSTRALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,634	1	21,548	+ 10,086
Stroke	2	9,072	3	10,331	- 1,259
War	3	8,704	65	8	+ 8,697
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,318	8	4,446	- 1,128
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,860	29	1,245	+ 1,615
Kidney Disease	6	2,612	12	3,139	- 527
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,418	40	296	+ 2,123
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,330	33	711	+ 1,620
Lung Cancers	9	2,297	4	8,769	- 6,472
Breast Cancer	10	2,190	10	3,405	- 1,215
Liver Disease	11	1,929	26	1,421	+ 508
Low Birth Weight	12	1,853	43	248	+ 1,605
Lung Disease	13	1,796	5	8,487	- 6,691
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,739	2	15,588	- 13,849
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,720	7	4,471	- 2,751
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,372	6	6,209	- 4,836
Asthma	17	1,180	36	455	+ 725
Lymphomas	18	928	15	3,039	- 2,111
Leukemia	19	893	18	2,126	- 1,233
Bladder Cancer	20	850	30	1,187	- 338
Birth Trauma	21	835	50	140	+ 695
Stomach Cancer	22	813	27	1,288	- 475
Hypertension	23	794	23	1,631	- 838
Other Injuries	24	585	22	1,642	- 1,058
Violence	25	498	44	243	+ 255
Endocrine Disorders	26	469	16	2,328	- 1,860
Pancreas Cancer	27	461	13	3,118	- 2,657
Prostate Cancer	28	453	9	3,766	- 3,313
Falls	29	430	14	3,116	- 2,686
Parkinson's Disease	30	412	19	2,036	- 1,624
Liver Cancer	31	411	20	2,036	- 1,625
Inflammatory/Heart	32	378	24	1,571	- 1,193
Suicide	33	373	11	3,150	- 2,777
Ovary Cancer	34	368	31	1,003	- 635
Meningitis	35	331	60	37	+ 294
Oral Cancer	36	324	32	972	- 648
Pertussis	37	324	69	1	+ 323
Skin Cancers	38	310	17	2,319	- 2,008
Drug Use	39	280	21	1,783	- 1,503
Drownings	40	241	47	177	+ 64
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	221	38	379	- 157
Cervical Cancer	42	211	39	342	- 130
Fires	43	201	55	55	+ 146
Uterin Cancer	44	163	35	524	- 361
Maternal Conditions	45	117	63	20	+ 97
Poisonings	46	110	61	35	+ 75
Oesophagus Cancer	47	109	25	1,494	- 1,384
Epilepsy	48	104	41	285	- 181
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	89	42	276	- 187
Encephalitis	50	86	68	3	+ 84
Malnutrition	51	82	51	117	- 35
Tetanus	52	64	70	1	+ 63
Alcohol	53	57	37	380	- 323
Appendicitis	54	41	62	26	+ 14
Syphilis	55	34	67	3	+ 32
Tuberculosis	56	26	56	53	- 26
Other Neoplasms	57	24	28	1,252	- 1,228
HIV/AIDS	58	16	57	50	- 34
Multiple Sclerosis	59	16	46	188	- 172
Schistosomiasis	60	13	79	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	9	34	594	- 586
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	45	229	- 221
Hepatitis B	63	6	58	41	- 35
Diphtheria	64	6	71	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	6	81	0	+ 6
Upper Respiratory	66	4	64	17	- 13
Ascariasis	67	1	75	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	48	173	- 172
Chlamydia	69	1	77	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	6	- 6
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	83	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	64	- 64
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	157	- 157
Osteoarthritis	84	0	52	114	- 114
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	71	- 71
Oral conditions	86	0	59	40	- 40
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRALIA

Syria

Australia

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.