ERITREA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ERITREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,497	4	2,154	+ 5,343
Stroke	2	2,150	2	2,564	- 414
War	3	2,063	71	0	+ 2,062
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	786	1	3,277	- 2,490
Road Traffic Accidents	5	678	5	1,326	- 648
Kidney Disease	6	619	12	578	+ 41
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	573	3	2,292	- 1,719
Congenital Anomalies	8	552	18	432	+ 120
Lung Cancers	9	544	46	62	+ 483
Breast Cancer	10	519	23	311	+ 208
Liver Disease	11	457	6	1,215	- 758
Low Birth Weight	12	439	16	531	- 92
Lung Disease	13	426	9	662	- 236
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	412	24	310	+ 102
Diabetes Mellitus	15	408	7	944	- 537
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	325	35	113	+ 212
Asthma	17	280	22	326	- 46
Lymphomas	18	220	28	147	+ 73
Leukemia	19	212	29	144	+ 68
Bladder Cancer	20	201	51	42	+ 159
Birth Trauma	21	198	11	616	- 418
Stomach Cancer	22	193	48	48	+ 144
Hypertension	23	188	8	926	- 738
Other Injuries	24	139	15	540	- 401
Violence	25	118	20	384	- 266
Endocrine Disorders	26	111	43	71	+ 40
Pancreas Cancer	27	109	58	20	+ 90
Prostate Cancer	28	107	47	54	+ 53
Falls	29	102	26	168	- 66
Parkinson's Disease	30	98	37	85	+ 13
Liver Cancer	31	97	45	69	+ 28
Inflammatory/Heart	32	90	32	123	- 33
Suicide	33	88	21	382	- 293
Ovary Cancer	34	87	40	79	+ 8
Meningitis	35	78	19	404	- 326
Oral Cancer	36	77	44	71	+ 6
Pertussis	37	77	36	90	- 13
Skin Cancers	38	73	56	30	+ 44
Drug Use	39	66	53	36	+ 30
Drownings	40	57	33	118	- 61
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	52	41	77	- 24
Cervical Cancer	42	50	30	132	- 82
Fires	43	48	31	132	- 84
Uterin Cancer	44	39	61	18	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	45	28	13	544	- 516
Poisonings	46	26	34	114	- 88
Oesophagus Cancer	47	26	39	81	- 55
Epilepsy	48	25	38	81	- 57
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	21	27	147	- 126
Encephalitis	50	20	62	16	+ 5
Malnutrition	51	19	10	660	- 640
Tetanus	52	15	52	37	- 22
Alcohol	53	13	49	45	- 32
Appendicitis	54	10	55	31	- 22
Syphilis	55	8	54	35	- 27
Tuberculosis	56	6	14	543	- 537
Other Neoplasms	57	6	66	6	- 0
HIV/AIDS	58	4	25	308	- 304
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	67	4	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	3	42	73	- 70
Skin Disease	61	2	50	45	- 43
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	64	12	- 10
Hepatitis B	63	1	57	28	- 26
Diphtheria	64	1	72	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	59	19	- 18
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	18	- 17
Ascariasis	67	0	68	2	- 2
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	6	- 6
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	63	13	- 13
Otitis Media	71	0	69	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	17	437	- 437
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	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ERITREA

Syria

Eritrea

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.