CONGO VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		CONGO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,206	4	2,494	+ 4,712
Stroke	2	2,067	5	2,267	- 200
War	3	1,983	72	1	+ 1,982
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	756	3	2,576	- 1,820
Road Traffic Accidents	5	652	7	1,598	- 947
Kidney Disease	6	595	15	613	- 18
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	551	8	1,304	- 753
Congenital Anomalies	8	531	14	729	- 198
Lung Cancers	9	523	47	54	+ 470
Breast Cancer	10	499	32	159	+ 340
Liver Disease	11	439	13	931	- 491
Low Birth Weight	12	422	9	1,283	- 861
Lung Disease	13	409	17	541	- 132
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	396	25	230	+ 166
Diabetes Mellitus	15	392	10	1,050	- 658
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	313	38	89	+ 224
Asthma	17	269	23	291	- 22
Lymphomas	18	211	45	61	+ 150
Leukemia	19	203	46	57	+ 146
Bladder Cancer	20	194	61	15	+ 179
Birth Trauma	21	190	11	997	- 807
Stomach Cancer	22	185	39	88	+ 97
Hypertension	23	181	12	933	- 752
Other Injuries	24	133	20	333	- 200
Violence	25	113	18	539	- 425
Endocrine Disorders	26	107	27	208	- 101
Pancreas Cancer	27	105	52	42	+ 63
Prostate Cancer	28	103	28	198	- 95
Falls	29	98	33	149	- 51
Parkinson's Disease	30	94	42	69	+ 25
Liver Cancer	31	94	30	169	- 76
Inflammatory/Heart	32	86	26	220	- 133
Suicide	33	85	19	349	- 264
Ovary Cancer	34	84	48	49	+ 34
Meningitis	35	75	22	299	- 224
Oral Cancer	36	74	54	33	+ 41
Pertussis	37	74	21	329	- 255
Skin Cancers	38	71	53	36	+ 35
Drug Use	39	64	44	65	- 2
Drownings	40	55	36	104	- 49
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	43	67	- 16
Cervical Cancer	42	48	29	196	- 148
Fires	43	46	37	90	- 45
Uterin Cancer	44	37	60	15	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	45	27	16	578	- 551
Poisonings	46	25	41	71	- 45
Oesophagus Cancer	47	25	57	19	+ 5
Epilepsy	48	24	40	76	- 52
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	20	35	105	- 85
Encephalitis	50	20	56	20	- 0
Malnutrition	51	19	24	272	- 253
Tetanus	52	15	55	23	- 8
Alcohol	53	13	49	46	- 33
Appendicitis	54	9	58	18	- 9
Syphilis	55	8	34	107	- 99
Tuberculosis	56	6	2	2,781	- 2,775
Other Neoplasms	57	5	63	8	- 2
HIV/AIDS	58	4	1	4,509	- 4,506
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	66	4	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	3	51	45	- 42
Skin Disease	61	2	50	46	- 44
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	59	15	- 13
Hepatitis B	63	1	62	14	- 13
Diphtheria	64	1	68	2	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	78	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	7	- 6
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	31	159	- 159
Otitis Media	71	0	71	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	65	7	- 7
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	6	1,977	- 1,977
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	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 CONGO

Syria

Congo

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.