ECUADOR VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ECUADOR		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	21,638	1	9,805	+ 11,833
Stroke	2	6,206	3	5,429	+ 776
War	3	5,954	66	2	+ 5,952
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,270	4	5,083	- 2,813
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,956	6	3,490	- 1,534
Kidney Disease	6	1,787	2	6,184	- 4,397
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,654	34	410	+ 1,244
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,594	13	1,335	+ 259
Lung Cancers	9	1,571	20	1,075	+ 497
Breast Cancer	10	1,498	25	825	+ 673
Liver Disease	11	1,319	7	3,330	- 2,011
Low Birth Weight	12	1,267	16	1,172	+ 96
Lung Disease	13	1,228	8	2,576	- 1,348
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,190	9	2,565	- 1,375
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,177	5	4,321	- 3,144
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	939	19	1,109	- 170
Asthma	17	807	53	85	+ 722
Lymphomas	18	634	22	883	- 248
Leukemia	19	611	23	882	- 271
Bladder Cancer	20	581	44	168	+ 413
Birth Trauma	21	571	38	302	+ 269
Stomach Cancer	22	556	11	2,089	- 1,533
Hypertension	23	543	10	2,507	- 1,964
Other Injuries	24	400	17	1,161	- 761
Violence	25	341	15	1,210	- 869
Endocrine Disorders	26	321	31	507	- 186
Pancreas Cancer	27	315	30	562	- 246
Prostate Cancer	28	310	12	1,362	- 1,052
Falls	29	294	18	1,114	- 820
Parkinson's Disease	30	282	26	658	- 376
Liver Cancer	31	281	21	954	- 672
Inflammatory/Heart	32	259	36	308	- 49
Suicide	33	255	14	1,326	- 1,071
Ovary Cancer	34	252	35	322	- 71
Meningitis	35	226	52	90	+ 137
Oral Cancer	36	222	45	166	+ 56
Pertussis	37	222	56	79	+ 142
Skin Cancers	38	212	37	308	- 95
Drug Use	39	191	41	214	- 22
Drownings	40	165	32	470	- 305
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	151	47	163	- 11
Cervical Cancer	42	144	24	840	- 695
Fires	43	137	43	175	- 38
Uterin Cancer	44	112	48	129	- 17
Maternal Conditions	45	80	46	164	- 84
Poisonings	46	75	58	59	+ 17
Oesophagus Cancer	47	75	42	180	- 105
Epilepsy	48	71	40	273	- 202
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	61	33	417	- 356
Encephalitis	50	59	55	82	- 23
Malnutrition	51	56	28	578	- 523
Tetanus	52	44	62	9	+ 35
Alcohol	53	39	39	280	- 241
Appendicitis	54	28	50	110	- 83
Syphilis	55	24	54	85	- 61
Tuberculosis	56	18	29	574	- 556
Other Neoplasms	57	16	57	64	- 48
HIV/AIDS	58	11	27	609	- 598
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	60	18	- 7
Schistosomiasis	60	9	75	0	+ 9
Skin Disease	61	6	51	103	- 97
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	49	124	- 119
Hepatitis B	63	4	64	3	+ 1
Diphtheria	64	4	69	1	+ 3
Leishmaniasis	65	4	74	0	+ 4
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	8	- 6
Ascariasis	67	1	65	2	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	67	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	1	68	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	61	10	- 10
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	59	21	- 21
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	81	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	86	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	84	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ECUADOR

Syria

Ecuador

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.