BENIN VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		BENIN		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	17,368	5	5,397	+ 11,971
Stroke	2	4,981	4	5,855	- 874
War	3	4,779	69	2	+ 4,777
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,822	1	10,205	- 8,383
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,570	8	3,162	- 1,592
Kidney Disease	6	1,434	13	1,929	- 494
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,328	3	6,830	- 5,503
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,279	10	2,265	- 985
Lung Cancers	9	1,261	59	66	+ 1,195
Breast Cancer	10	1,203	27	784	+ 418
Liver Disease	11	1,059	9	2,447	- 1,388
Low Birth Weight	12	1,017	6	4,908	- 3,890
Lung Disease	13	986	17	1,220	- 234
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	955	29	715	+ 240
Diabetes Mellitus	15	945	14	1,912	- 967
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	754	41	311	+ 442
Asthma	17	648	24	891	- 243
Lymphomas	18	509	36	387	+ 123
Leukemia	19	490	46	196	+ 295
Bladder Cancer	20	466	61	43	+ 423
Birth Trauma	21	458	7	3,950	- 3,491
Stomach Cancer	22	446	38	361	+ 85
Hypertension	23	436	19	1,088	- 653
Other Injuries	24	321	15	1,532	- 1,211
Violence	25	274	28	726	- 453
Endocrine Disorders	26	257	16	1,454	- 1,196
Pancreas Cancer	27	253	48	177	+ 76
Prostate Cancer	28	249	25	867	- 618
Falls	29	236	32	543	- 307
Parkinson's Disease	30	226	43	212	+ 14
Liver Cancer	31	226	40	322	- 96
Inflammatory/Heart	32	208	33	457	- 249
Suicide	33	205	22	922	- 717
Ovary Cancer	34	202	56	86	+ 116
Meningitis	35	182	12	1,967	- 1,785
Oral Cancer	36	178	49	156	+ 22
Pertussis	37	178	18	1,168	- 990
Skin Cancers	38	170	54	102	+ 69
Drug Use	39	154	44	197	- 44
Drownings	40	132	31	570	- 438
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	122	45	197	- 75
Cervical Cancer	42	116	30	669	- 553
Fires	43	110	35	431	- 321
Uterin Cancer	44	90	55	99	- 9
Maternal Conditions	45	64	20	1,039	- 974
Poisonings	46	60	42	307	- 247
Oesophagus Cancer	47	60	39	326	- 266
Epilepsy	48	57	37	369	- 312
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	49	34	442	- 394
Encephalitis	50	47	57	85	- 38
Malnutrition	51	45	21	928	- 883
Tetanus	52	35	50	156	- 121
Alcohol	53	31	58	85	- 54
Appendicitis	54	22	60	45	- 23
Syphilis	55	19	51	150	- 131
Tuberculosis	56	14	23	919	- 904
Other Neoplasms	57	13	63	20	- 7
HIV/AIDS	58	9	11	2,263	- 2,254
Multiple Sclerosis	59	9	66	16	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	7	47	183	- 176
Skin Disease	61	5	52	144	- 139
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	67	11	- 7
Hepatitis B	63	3	53	143	- 140
Diphtheria	64	3	68	10	- 7
Leishmaniasis	65	3	79	0	+ 3
Upper Respiratory	66	2	64	17	- 15
Ascariasis	67	1	62	40	- 40
Hepatitis C	68	1	65	17	- 16
Chlamydia	69	1	70	2	- 1
Measles	70	0	26	788	- 788
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	72	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	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	2	7,037	- 7,037
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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BENIN

Syria

Benin

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.