IRELAND VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		IRELAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,185	1	4,762	+ 1,423
Stroke	2	1,774	5	1,770	+ 4
War	3	1,702	65	0	+ 1,701
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	649	6	1,298	- 649
Road Traffic Accidents	5	559	33	153	+ 406
Kidney Disease	6	511	10	566	- 56
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	473	45	53	+ 420
Congenital Anomalies	8	456	32	153	+ 303
Lung Cancers	9	449	3	1,916	- 1,467
Breast Cancer	10	428	8	760	- 331
Liver Disease	11	377	19	279	+ 98
Low Birth Weight	12	362	44	56	+ 306
Lung Disease	13	351	4	1,915	- 1,564
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	340	2	3,209	- 2,869
Diabetes Mellitus	15	336	16	414	- 77
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	268	7	1,095	- 827
Asthma	17	231	41	58	+ 173
Lymphomas	18	181	13	513	- 331
Leukemia	19	175	20	274	- 99
Bladder Cancer	20	166	22	256	- 90
Birth Trauma	21	163	56	10	+ 153
Stomach Cancer	22	159	17	357	- 198
Hypertension	23	155	29	175	- 20
Other Injuries	24	114	30	171	- 57
Violence	25	97	47	38	+ 59
Endocrine Disorders	26	92	24	249	- 158
Pancreas Cancer	27	90	11	530	- 440
Prostate Cancer	28	89	9	585	- 496
Falls	29	84	25	247	- 163
Parkinson's Disease	30	80	12	530	- 449
Liver Cancer	31	80	18	318	- 238
Inflammatory/Heart	32	74	26	240	- 166
Suicide	33	73	14	470	- 397
Ovary Cancer	34	72	21	273	- 201
Meningitis	35	65	58	7	+ 57
Oral Cancer	36	63	28	183	- 119
Pertussis	37	63	67	0	+ 63
Skin Cancers	38	61	23	252	- 191
Drug Use	39	55	31	167	- 112
Drownings	40	47	43	57	- 10
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	46	50	- 6
Cervical Cancer	42	41	35	103	- 62
Fires	43	39	48	30	+ 9
Uterin Cancer	44	32	34	126	- 94
Maternal Conditions	45	23	61	3	+ 20
Poisonings	46	21	53	14	+ 7
Oesophagus Cancer	47	21	15	419	- 397
Epilepsy	48	20	36	85	- 65
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	17	38	67	- 50
Encephalitis	50	17	66	0	+ 17
Malnutrition	51	16	63	2	+ 14
Tetanus	52	13	81	0	+ 13
Alcohol	53	11	39	64	- 53
Appendicitis	54	8	60	3	+ 5
Syphilis	55	7	68	0	+ 7
Tuberculosis	56	5	50	23	- 18
Other Neoplasms	57	5	27	218	- 213
HIV/AIDS	58	3	57	9	- 5
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	37	83	- 80
Schistosomiasis	60	2	72	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	2	42	58	- 56
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	40	59	- 57
Hepatitis B	63	1	59	6	- 5
Diphtheria	64	1	82	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	1	- 0
Ascariasis	67	0	77	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	52	19	- 19
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	83	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	78	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	73	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	12	- 12
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	49	29	- 29
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	20	- 20
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	54	14	- 14
Oral conditions	86	0	62	2	- 2
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to IRELAND

Syria

Ireland

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.