DOMINICAN REP. VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		DOMINICAN REP.		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,782	1	14,986	- 2,204
Stroke	2	3,666	2	7,882	- 4,217
War	3	3,517	67	1	+ 3,516
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,341	6	2,254	- 914
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,156	3	6,937	- 5,781
Kidney Disease	6	1,055	7	2,121	- 1,065
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	977	26	504	+ 473
Congenital Anomalies	8	941	17	1,038	- 97
Lung Cancers	9	928	16	1,244	- 316
Breast Cancer	10	885	14	1,460	- 575
Liver Disease	11	779	5	2,680	- 1,901
Low Birth Weight	12	749	13	1,532	- 784
Lung Disease	13	726	15	1,360	- 635
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	703	11	1,808	- 1,105
Diabetes Mellitus	15	695	4	2,762	- 2,067
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	555	20	851	- 296
Asthma	17	477	29	441	+ 36
Lymphomas	18	375	33	374	+ 1
Leukemia	19	361	32	409	- 48
Bladder Cancer	20	343	49	92	+ 251
Birth Trauma	21	337	18	915	- 577
Stomach Cancer	22	328	24	547	- 219
Hypertension	23	321	10	1,894	- 1,573
Other Injuries	24	236	19	890	- 654
Violence	25	201	9	1,917	- 1,715
Endocrine Disorders	26	189	22	602	- 413
Pancreas Cancer	27	186	27	456	- 270
Prostate Cancer	28	183	12	1,655	- 1,471
Falls	29	174	30	435	- 261
Parkinson's Disease	30	166	28	446	- 280
Liver Cancer	31	166	21	664	- 498
Inflammatory/Heart	32	153	35	312	- 159
Suicide	33	151	25	530	- 379
Ovary Cancer	34	149	50	89	+ 60
Meningitis	35	134	45	134	- 0
Oral Cancer	36	131	31	434	- 303
Pertussis	37	131	47	121	+ 10
Skin Cancers	38	125	41	172	- 47
Drug Use	39	113	43	156	- 43
Drownings	40	97	37	248	- 150
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	89	46	123	- 33
Cervical Cancer	42	85	23	560	- 475
Fires	43	81	44	139	- 58
Uterin Cancer	44	66	57	43	+ 23
Maternal Conditions	45	47	39	202	- 155
Poisonings	46	44	55	47	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	44	40	200	- 156
Epilepsy	48	42	42	158	- 116
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	36	36	295	- 259
Encephalitis	50	35	56	44	- 10
Malnutrition	51	33	34	372	- 339
Tetanus	52	26	61	17	+ 9
Alcohol	53	23	48	120	- 97
Appendicitis	54	17	52	67	- 50
Syphilis	55	14	51	70	- 56
Tuberculosis	56	11	38	242	- 231
Other Neoplasms	57	10	58	35	- 26
HIV/AIDS	58	7	8	1,931	- 1,924
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	62	13	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	5	59	22	- 17
Skin Disease	61	4	53	50	- 46
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	54	48	- 45
Hepatitis B	63	2	63	11	- 9
Diphtheria	64	2	69	1	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	70	1	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	60	17	- 17
Chlamydia	69	0	66	2	- 1
Measles	70	0	79	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	5	- 5
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	65	4	- 4
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	81	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to DOMINICAN REP.

Syria

Dominican Rep.

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.