HAITI VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		HAITI		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	13,890	1	13,208	+ 682
Stroke	2	3,984	2	11,779	- 7,795
War	3	3,822	66	5	+ 3,817
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,457	3	7,064	- 5,607
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,256	13	2,115	- 859
Kidney Disease	6	1,147	6	2,701	- 1,554
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,062	8	2,540	- 1,478
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,023	15	1,819	- 796
Lung Cancers	9	1,009	36	492	+ 517
Breast Cancer	10	962	30	705	+ 257
Liver Disease	11	847	10	2,425	- 1,578
Low Birth Weight	12	814	9	2,516	- 1,702
Lung Disease	13	789	11	2,334	- 1,546
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	764	23	955	- 191
Diabetes Mellitus	15	755	4	5,026	- 4,270
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	603	32	680	- 78
Asthma	17	518	20	1,107	- 589
Lymphomas	18	407	47	235	+ 172
Leukemia	19	392	43	300	+ 92
Bladder Cancer	20	373	55	92	+ 281
Birth Trauma	21	367	14	2,100	- 1,734
Stomach Cancer	22	357	26	863	- 506
Hypertension	23	348	7	2,632	- 2,283
Other Injuries	24	257	16	1,499	- 1,242
Violence	25	219	12	2,330	- 2,111
Endocrine Disorders	26	206	24	951	- 746
Pancreas Cancer	27	202	44	268	- 66
Prostate Cancer	28	199	17	1,356	- 1,157
Falls	29	189	35	549	- 360
Parkinson's Disease	30	181	42	329	- 149
Liver Cancer	31	180	33	662	- 482
Inflammatory/Heart	32	166	25	941	- 775
Suicide	33	164	21	1,085	- 922
Ovary Cancer	34	161	51	153	+ 8
Meningitis	35	145	28	780	- 635
Oral Cancer	36	142	45	261	- 118
Pertussis	37	142	38	446	- 304
Skin Cancers	38	136	56	56	+ 80
Drug Use	39	123	52	140	- 17
Drownings	40	106	19	1,306	- 1,200
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	97	27	814	- 717
Cervical Cancer	42	93	34	573	- 480
Fires	43	88	37	470	- 382
Uterin Cancer	44	72	57	42	+ 30
Maternal Conditions	45	52	18	1,349	- 1,297
Poisonings	46	48	50	154	- 106
Oesophagus Cancer	47	48	49	155	- 107
Epilepsy	48	46	41	409	- 363
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	39	31	704	- 665
Encephalitis	50	38	54	118	- 80
Malnutrition	51	36	29	717	- 681
Tetanus	52	28	53	119	- 90
Alcohol	53	25	39	428	- 403
Appendicitis	54	18	48	172	- 154
Syphilis	55	15	46	251	- 236
Tuberculosis	56	12	22	1,007	- 996
Other Neoplasms	57	10	60	31	- 20
HIV/AIDS	58	7	5	2,706	- 2,698
Multiple Sclerosis	59	7	61	28	- 21
Schistosomiasis	60	6	76	0	+ 6
Skin Disease	61	4	40	425	- 421
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	58	37	- 34
Hepatitis B	63	2	62	26	- 24
Diphtheria	64	2	69	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	79	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	2	63	19	- 17
Ascariasis	67	0	67	5	- 5
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	7	- 7
Chlamydia	69	0	68	5	- 4
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	64	17	- 17
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	72	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	59	36	- 36
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to HAITI

Syria

Haiti

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.