FINLAND VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SYRIA		FINLAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,649	2	9,831	- 3,182
Stroke	2	1,907	3	4,115	- 2,208
War	3	1,830	65	1	+ 1,829
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	697	21	436	+ 261
Road Traffic Accidents	5	601	33	215	+ 386
Kidney Disease	6	549	26	342	+ 207
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	508	52	15	+ 493
Congenital Anomalies	8	490	35	192	+ 298
Lung Cancers	9	483	4	2,312	- 1,829
Breast Cancer	10	460	12	948	- 488
Liver Disease	11	405	10	1,068	- 663
Low Birth Weight	12	389	48	26	+ 363
Lung Disease	13	377	8	1,289	- 912
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	366	1	11,120	- 10,755
Diabetes Mellitus	15	362	22	418	- 56
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	288	6	1,433	- 1,145
Asthma	17	248	40	85	+ 163
Lymphomas	18	195	14	851	- 656
Leukemia	19	188	24	371	- 183
Bladder Cancer	20	179	28	308	- 130
Birth Trauma	21	176	56	8	+ 168
Stomach Cancer	22	171	19	447	- 276
Hypertension	23	167	5	2,030	- 1,863
Other Injuries	24	123	20	437	- 314
Violence	25	105	43	64	+ 40
Endocrine Disorders	26	99	31	257	- 158
Pancreas Cancer	27	97	9	1,247	- 1,150
Prostate Cancer	28	95	11	970	- 875
Falls	29	90	7	1,325	- 1,235
Parkinson's Disease	30	87	13	853	- 766
Liver Cancer	31	86	16	545	- 459
Inflammatory/Heart	32	80	17	518	- 438
Suicide	33	78	15	846	- 768
Ovary Cancer	34	77	25	344	- 267
Meningitis	35	70	55	9	+ 60
Oral Cancer	36	68	34	207	- 139
Pertussis	37	68	69	0	+ 68
Skin Cancers	38	65	29	297	- 232
Drug Use	39	59	30	269	- 210
Drownings	40	51	37	106	- 55
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	47	50	19	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	42	44	44	62	- 18
Fires	43	42	45	62	- 19
Uterin Cancer	44	34	32	225	- 191
Maternal Conditions	45	25	64	2	+ 23
Poisonings	46	23	49	25	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	23	27	320	- 297
Epilepsy	48	22	38	104	- 82
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	19	36	151	- 133
Encephalitis	50	18	66	0	+ 18
Malnutrition	51	17	57	7	+ 11
Tetanus	52	14	70	0	+ 14
Alcohol	53	12	18	464	- 452
Appendicitis	54	9	54	10	- 1
Syphilis	55	7	67	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	56	6	46	32	- 27
Other Neoplasms	57	5	23	377	- 372
HIV/AIDS	58	3	59	6	- 2
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	42	80	- 77
Schistosomiasis	60	3	77	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	47	27	- 25
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	41	83	- 81
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	2	- 0
Diphtheria	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	75	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	81	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	60	5	- 4
Chlamydia	69	0	84	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	68	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	82	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	83	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	74	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	39	93	- 93
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	58	6	- 6
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	17	- 17
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	11	- 11
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to FINLAND

Syria

Finland

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.