BOTSWANA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		BOTSWANA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,896	3	1,632	+ 1,264
Stroke	2	831	4	1,588	- 758
War	3	797	69	0	+ 797
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	304	2	1,674	- 1,370
Road Traffic Accidents	5	262	7	608	- 347
Kidney Disease	6	239	9	506	- 267
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	221	8	527	- 306
Congenital Anomalies	8	213	16	287	- 74
Lung Cancers	9	210	39	45	+ 165
Breast Cancer	10	201	33	68	+ 132
Liver Disease	11	177	12	459	- 282
Low Birth Weight	12	170	13	447	- 277
Lung Disease	13	164	10	482	- 317
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	159	23	164	- 4
Diabetes Mellitus	15	158	5	1,273	- 1,115
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	126	47	28	+ 98
Asthma	17	108	18	232	- 124
Lymphomas	18	85	31	77	+ 8
Leukemia	19	82	51	13	+ 69
Bladder Cancer	20	78	60	6	+ 71
Birth Trauma	21	76	17	261	- 185
Stomach Cancer	22	74	53	10	+ 64
Hypertension	23	73	11	471	- 398
Other Injuries	24	54	19	216	- 163
Violence	25	46	14	389	- 344
Endocrine Disorders	26	43	27	103	- 60
Pancreas Cancer	27	42	50	16	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	28	41	41	45	- 3
Falls	29	39	34	62	- 22
Parkinson's Disease	30	38	38	47	- 10
Liver Cancer	31	38	35	57	- 20
Inflammatory/Heart	32	35	20	177	- 142
Suicide	33	34	15	370	- 336
Ovary Cancer	34	34	49	19	+ 14
Meningitis	35	30	25	108	- 78
Oral Cancer	36	30	32	70	- 40
Pertussis	37	30	40	45	- 15
Skin Cancers	38	28	37	52	- 24
Drug Use	39	26	48	26	- 0
Drownings	40	22	30	83	- 60
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	20	43	37	- 17
Cervical Cancer	42	19	22	164	- 145
Fires	43	18	26	108	- 90
Uterin Cancer	44	15	56	9	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	45	11	24	118	- 107
Poisonings	46	10	42	42	- 32
Oesophagus Cancer	47	10	28	103	- 93
Epilepsy	48	9	36	56	- 47
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	8	29	90	- 82
Encephalitis	50	8	59	7	+ 1
Malnutrition	51	7	21	171	- 164
Tetanus	52	6	61	6	- 0
Alcohol	53	5	45	31	- 26
Appendicitis	54	4	57	8	- 4
Syphilis	55	3	44	36	- 33
Tuberculosis	56	2	6	649	- 646
Other Neoplasms	57	2	55	9	- 7
HIV/AIDS	58	2	1	4,950	- 4,948
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	3	- 2
Schistosomiasis	60	1	54	10	- 9
Skin Disease	61	1	46	30	- 29
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	52	11	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	1	62	6	- 5
Diphtheria	64	1	70	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	58	7	- 7
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	65	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	68	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	64	1	- 1
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	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 BOTSWANA

Syria

Botswana

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.