BELARUS VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		BELARUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,228	1	53,186	- 41,958
Stroke	2	3,220	2	16,393	- 13,173
War	3	3,090	59	3	+ 3,086
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,178	15	1,086	+ 91
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,015	19	722	+ 293
Kidney Disease	6	927	26	480	+ 447
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	858	57	13	+ 846
Congenital Anomalies	8	827	41	202	+ 625
Lung Cancers	9	815	4	2,950	- 2,135
Breast Cancer	10	777	12	1,230	- 453
Liver Disease	11	685	8	2,078	- 1,393
Low Birth Weight	12	658	47	64	+ 593
Lung Disease	13	637	7	2,208	- 1,571
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	617	3	3,530	- 2,913
Diabetes Mellitus	15	611	30	373	+ 238
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	487	5	2,886	- 2,399
Asthma	17	419	44	122	+ 297
Lymphomas	18	329	20	672	- 342
Leukemia	19	317	23	554	- 237
Bladder Cancer	20	302	35	295	+ 6
Birth Trauma	21	296	52	25	+ 271
Stomach Cancer	22	288	10	1,690	- 1,401
Hypertension	23	282	31	367	- 86
Other Injuries	24	208	14	1,099	- 891
Violence	25	177	38	255	- 78
Endocrine Disorders	26	166	43	141	+ 26
Pancreas Cancer	27	164	13	1,171	- 1,007
Prostate Cancer	28	161	17	936	- 775
Falls	29	152	16	952	- 799
Parkinson's Disease	30	146	21	621	- 475
Liver Cancer	31	146	32	363	- 217
Inflammatory/Heart	32	134	11	1,361	- 1,226
Suicide	33	132	9	2,004	- 1,872
Ovary Cancer	34	131	27	429	- 298
Meningitis	35	117	50	36	+ 81
Oral Cancer	36	115	18	901	- 786
Pertussis	37	115	65	0	+ 115
Skin Cancers	38	110	36	272	- 162
Drug Use	39	99	29	389	- 290
Drownings	40	86	24	543	- 458
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	79	39	239	- 161
Cervical Cancer	42	75	34	303	- 228
Fires	43	71	22	620	- 549
Uterin Cancer	44	58	28	391	- 333
Maternal Conditions	45	42	60	2	+ 40
Poisonings	46	39	33	311	- 272
Oesophagus Cancer	47	39	25	493	- 454
Epilepsy	48	37	45	116	- 79
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	31	40	235	- 204
Encephalitis	50	31	46	93	- 62
Malnutrition	51	29	53	22	+ 7
Tetanus	52	23	64	0	+ 23
Alcohol	53	20	6	2,761	- 2,741
Appendicitis	54	15	54	20	- 5
Syphilis	55	12	63	1	+ 12
Tuberculosis	56	9	37	269	- 259
Other Neoplasms	57	8	48	52	- 44
HIV/AIDS	58	6	42	167	- 161
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	49	42	- 36
Schistosomiasis	60	5	74	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	51	31	- 28
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	55	15	- 12
Hepatitis B	63	2	56	14	- 12
Diphtheria	64	2	67	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	78	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	58	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	70	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	61	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	68	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	71	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	69	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	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 BELARUS

Syria

Belarus

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.