CYPRUS VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		CYPRUS		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,561	1	1,120	+ 441
Stroke	2	448	2	462	- 14
War	3	429	68	0	+ 429
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	164	15	98	+ 66
Road Traffic Accidents	5	141	18	69	+ 72
Kidney Disease	6	129	7	213	- 84
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	119	22	56	+ 63
Congenital Anomalies	8	115	38	18	+ 97
Lung Cancers	9	113	6	319	- 206
Breast Cancer	10	108	9	155	- 47
Liver Disease	11	95	26	50	+ 45
Low Birth Weight	12	91	47	6	+ 85
Lung Disease	13	89	4	355	- 267
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	86	3	400	- 314
Diabetes Mellitus	15	85	5	332	- 247
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	68	8	167	- 99
Asthma	17	58	35	24	+ 34
Lymphomas	18	46	16	97	- 51
Leukemia	19	44	17	83	- 39
Bladder Cancer	20	42	19	67	- 25
Birth Trauma	21	41	53	2	+ 39
Stomach Cancer	22	40	21	63	- 23
Hypertension	23	39	11	127	- 88
Other Injuries	24	29	10	136	- 107
Violence	25	25	40	15	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	26	23	12	126	- 103
Pancreas Cancer	27	23	14	104	- 82
Prostate Cancer	28	22	13	118	- 95
Falls	29	21	25	51	- 30
Parkinson's Disease	30	20	28	44	- 24
Liver Cancer	31	20	20	64	- 44
Inflammatory/Heart	32	19	24	51	- 32
Suicide	33	18	29	44	- 25
Ovary Cancer	34	18	27	45	- 27
Meningitis	35	16	55	2	+ 15
Oral Cancer	36	16	36	21	- 5
Pertussis	37	16	70	0	+ 16
Skin Cancers	38	15	31	39	- 23
Drug Use	39	14	41	13	+ 0
Drownings	40	12	33	33	- 21
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	11	32	35	- 24
Cervical Cancer	42	10	37	18	- 8
Fires	43	10	50	5	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	44	8	34	27	- 19
Maternal Conditions	45	6	63	1	+ 5
Poisonings	46	5	51	4	+ 1
Oesophagus Cancer	47	5	43	10	- 5
Epilepsy	48	5	44	10	- 5
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	4	42	11	- 7
Encephalitis	50	4	69	0	+ 4
Malnutrition	51	4	56	2	+ 2
Tetanus	52	3	71	0	+ 3
Alcohol	53	3	49	5	- 2
Appendicitis	54	2	66	0	+ 2
Syphilis	55	2	62	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	1	52	4	- 2
Other Neoplasms	57	1	23	53	- 52
HIV/AIDS	58	1	64	0	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	46	9	- 8
Schistosomiasis	60	1	80	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	0	30	44	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	45	10	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	0	54	2	- 2
Diphtheria	64	0	73	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	67	0	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	59	1	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	58	2	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	76	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	82	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	83	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	81	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	2	- 2
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	39	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	60	1	- 1
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	48	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	61	1	- 1
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to CYPRUS

Syria

Cyprus

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.