AUSTRIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		AUSTRIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	10,598	1	17,638	- 7,040
Stroke	2	3,039	2	5,208	- 2,169
War	3	2,916	67	1	+ 2,915
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,112	13	1,563	- 452
Road Traffic Accidents	5	958	31	436	+ 523
Kidney Disease	6	875	8	2,247	- 1,372
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	810	40	152	+ 658
Congenital Anomalies	8	781	34	327	+ 454
Lung Cancers	9	769	3	4,217	- 3,447
Breast Cancer	10	734	11	1,857	- 1,123
Liver Disease	11	646	16	1,366	- 720
Low Birth Weight	12	621	51	40	+ 581
Lung Disease	13	602	5	4,107	- 3,505
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	583	4	4,174	- 3,592
Diabetes Mellitus	15	576	9	2,093	- 1,517
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	460	7	2,324	- 1,864
Asthma	17	395	45	81	+ 315
Lymphomas	18	311	18	1,167	- 856
Leukemia	19	299	23	878	- 579
Bladder Cancer	20	285	26	617	- 333
Birth Trauma	21	280	54	34	+ 246
Stomach Cancer	22	272	24	817	- 544
Hypertension	23	266	6	3,601	- 3,335
Other Injuries	24	196	12	1,700	- 1,504
Violence	25	167	47	47	+ 120
Endocrine Disorders	26	157	20	1,077	- 920
Pancreas Cancer	27	154	10	1,901	- 1,747
Prostate Cancer	28	152	15	1,501	- 1,349
Falls	29	144	21	982	- 838
Parkinson's Disease	30	138	19	1,102	- 965
Liver Cancer	31	138	22	922	- 784
Inflammatory/Heart	32	127	14	1,515	- 1,389
Suicide	33	125	17	1,307	- 1,182
Ovary Cancer	34	123	30	513	- 390
Meningitis	35	111	58	22	+ 89
Oral Cancer	36	109	27	614	- 505
Pertussis	37	109	70	0	+ 108
Skin Cancers	38	104	28	585	- 481
Drug Use	39	94	39	161	- 68
Drownings	40	81	48	42	+ 39
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	74	33	379	- 305
Cervical Cancer	42	71	37	205	- 135
Fires	43	67	52	36	+ 31
Uterin Cancer	44	55	35	275	- 221
Maternal Conditions	45	39	64	4	+ 35
Poisonings	46	37	60	15	+ 22
Oesophagus Cancer	47	37	32	406	- 370
Epilepsy	48	35	36	222	- 187
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	30	42	142	- 112
Encephalitis	50	29	68	1	+ 28
Malnutrition	51	27	46	71	- 43
Tetanus	52	22	72	0	+ 22
Alcohol	53	19	29	538	- 519
Appendicitis	54	14	59	15	- 1
Syphilis	55	12	66	1	+ 10
Tuberculosis	56	9	50	41	- 32
Other Neoplasms	57	8	25	814	- 806
HIV/AIDS	58	6	49	41	- 35
Multiple Sclerosis	59	5	38	170	- 164
Schistosomiasis	60	4	74	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	3	43	99	- 96
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	53	35	- 32
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	8	- 6
Diphtheria	64	2	71	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	69	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	55	26	- 25
Ascariasis	67	0	79	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	41	147	- 147
Chlamydia	69	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	73	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	81	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	84	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	63	4	- 4
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	99	- 99
Osteoarthritis	84	0	57	22	- 22
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to AUSTRIA

Syria

Austria

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.