CUBA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		CUBA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,959	1	22,079	- 9,120
Stroke	2	3,717	2	10,725	- 7,009
War	3	3,566	68	1	+ 3,565
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,359	3	8,564	- 7,205
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,172	19	1,007	+ 164
Kidney Disease	6	1,070	14	1,700	- 630
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	991	43	206	+ 784
Congenital Anomalies	8	955	37	368	+ 587
Lung Cancers	9	941	4	5,985	- 5,044
Breast Cancer	10	897	15	1,673	- 776
Liver Disease	11	790	11	1,873	- 1,083
Low Birth Weight	12	759	48	98	+ 661
Lung Disease	13	736	6	5,492	- 4,757
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	713	5	5,841	- 5,129
Diabetes Mellitus	15	705	13	1,791	- 1,086
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	562	9	2,958	- 2,395
Asthma	17	484	40	301	+ 182
Lymphomas	18	380	18	1,089	- 709
Leukemia	19	366	30	633	- 268
Bladder Cancer	20	348	26	734	- 386
Birth Trauma	21	342	59	49	+ 293
Stomach Cancer	22	333	20	991	- 658
Hypertension	23	325	7	3,469	- 3,144
Other Injuries	24	240	12	1,869	- 1,630
Violence	25	204	32	584	- 380
Endocrine Disorders	26	192	36	412	- 220
Pancreas Cancer	27	189	21	905	- 716
Prostate Cancer	28	186	8	3,365	- 3,180
Falls	29	176	10	2,810	- 2,634
Parkinson's Disease	30	169	27	691	- 522
Liver Cancer	31	168	24	815	- 647
Inflammatory/Heart	32	155	17	1,156	- 1,001
Suicide	33	153	16	1,638	- 1,485
Ovary Cancer	34	151	39	323	- 172
Meningitis	35	135	50	83	+ 53
Oral Cancer	36	133	23	876	- 743
Pertussis	37	133	73	0	+ 133
Skin Cancers	38	127	33	514	- 387
Drug Use	39	115	51	82	+ 33
Drownings	40	99	42	231	- 132
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	91	44	162	- 71
Cervical Cancer	42	86	29	666	- 579
Fires	43	82	58	55	+ 27
Uterin Cancer	44	67	31	602	- 535
Maternal Conditions	45	48	61	43	+ 5
Poisonings	46	45	62	17	+ 28
Oesophagus Cancer	47	45	22	879	- 835
Epilepsy	48	42	46	108	- 66
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	36	35	420	- 383
Encephalitis	50	35	66	6	+ 30
Malnutrition	51	33	55	64	- 30
Tetanus	52	26	71	1	+ 26
Alcohol	53	23	28	675	- 652
Appendicitis	54	17	47	104	- 87
Syphilis	55	14	69	1	+ 13
Tuberculosis	56	11	60	45	- 34
Other Neoplasms	57	10	25	769	- 759
HIV/AIDS	58	7	34	471	- 465
Multiple Sclerosis	59	7	57	55	- 49
Schistosomiasis	60	5	81	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	4	41	258	- 255
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	49	87	- 84
Hepatitis B	63	2	56	59	- 57
Diphtheria	64	2	75	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	83	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	65	6	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	70	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	45	112	- 112
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	63	11	- 11
Dengue	72	0	74	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	77	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	67	2	- 2
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	72	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	82	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	54	68	- 68
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	77	- 77
Osteoarthritis	84	0	38	326	- 326
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	75	- 75
Oral conditions	86	0	64	6	- 6
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CUBA

Syria

Cuba

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.