BOSNIA/HERZEG. VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		BOSNIA/HERZEG.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	4,489	1	9,201	- 4,712
Stroke	2	1,287	2	7,871	- 6,584
War	3	1,235	62	0	+ 1,235
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	471	17	440	+ 31
Road Traffic Accidents	5	406	16	446	- 40
Kidney Disease	6	371	9	689	- 318
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	343	54	8	+ 335
Congenital Anomalies	8	331	35	69	+ 262
Lung Cancers	9	326	4	2,076	- 1,750
Breast Cancer	10	311	13	528	- 217
Liver Disease	11	274	10	613	- 340
Low Birth Weight	12	263	41	48	+ 215
Lung Disease	13	255	5	1,163	- 908
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	247	6	1,144	- 897
Diabetes Mellitus	15	244	3	2,406	- 2,161
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	195	7	998	- 804
Asthma	17	167	37	60	+ 108
Lymphomas	18	132	24	184	- 53
Leukemia	19	127	23	186	- 59
Bladder Cancer	20	121	22	232	- 112
Birth Trauma	21	118	49	14	+ 105
Stomach Cancer	22	115	12	532	- 417
Hypertension	23	113	11	546	- 433
Other Injuries	24	83	26	157	- 74
Violence	25	71	40	49	+ 22
Endocrine Disorders	26	67	39	53	+ 13
Pancreas Cancer	27	65	15	463	- 398
Prostate Cancer	28	64	18	413	- 349
Falls	29	61	21	267	- 206
Parkinson's Disease	30	58	20	341	- 282
Liver Cancer	31	58	14	480	- 421
Inflammatory/Heart	32	54	8	874	- 820
Suicide	33	53	19	361	- 308
Ovary Cancer	34	52	25	182	- 130
Meningitis	35	47	53	10	+ 37
Oral Cancer	36	46	27	146	- 100
Pertussis	37	46	59	2	+ 44
Skin Cancers	38	44	28	133	- 89
Drug Use	39	40	44	25	+ 14
Drownings	40	34	42	48	- 14
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	31	43	36	- 5
Cervical Cancer	42	30	29	132	- 102
Fires	43	28	38	54	- 26
Uterin Cancer	44	23	33	92	- 69
Maternal Conditions	45	17	58	2	+ 14
Poisonings	46	16	50	13	+ 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	16	31	110	- 95
Epilepsy	48	15	36	60	- 45
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	13	30	121	- 108
Encephalitis	50	12	51	13	- 1
Malnutrition	51	12	57	2	+ 9
Tetanus	52	9	60	1	+ 8
Alcohol	53	8	34	90	- 82
Appendicitis	54	6	52	11	- 5
Syphilis	55	5	61	1	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	4	32	93	- 89
Other Neoplasms	57	3	45	23	- 19
HIV/AIDS	58	2	70	0	+ 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	46	22	- 20
Schistosomiasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	1	47	21	- 19
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	48	19	- 18
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	3	- 2
Diphtheria	64	1	67	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	64	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	63	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	73	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	66	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	55	5	- 5
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	69	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to BOSNIA/HERZEG.

Syria

Bosnia/Herzeg.

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.