ISRAEL VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		ISRAEL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,112	1	5,122	+ 5,989
Stroke	2	3,187	4	2,431	+ 755
War	3	3,057	60	7	+ 3,050
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,166	8	1,519	- 353
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,005	26	333	+ 672
Kidney Disease	6	918	3	2,437	- 1,519
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	849	32	166	+ 683
Congenital Anomalies	8	818	29	291	+ 527
Lung Cancers	9	807	5	2,026	- 1,219
Breast Cancer	10	769	10	1,237	- 468
Liver Disease	11	678	28	292	+ 385
Low Birth Weight	12	651	42	94	+ 557
Lung Disease	13	631	7	1,546	- 915
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	611	2	2,996	- 2,385
Diabetes Mellitus	15	604	6	1,913	- 1,309
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	482	9	1,510	- 1,028
Asthma	17	415	36	142	+ 273
Lymphomas	18	326	13	925	- 599
Leukemia	19	314	15	612	- 298
Bladder Cancer	20	298	18	496	- 198
Birth Trauma	21	293	50	35	+ 258
Stomach Cancer	22	285	16	565	- 280
Hypertension	23	279	21	400	- 122
Other Injuries	24	205	14	828	- 622
Violence	25	175	41	104	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	26	165	12	1,002	- 838
Pancreas Cancer	27	162	11	1,023	- 861
Prostate Cancer	28	159	17	521	- 362
Falls	29	151	39	123	+ 27
Parkinson's Disease	30	145	22	398	- 253
Liver Cancer	31	144	25	345	- 201
Inflammatory/Heart	32	133	30	214	- 82
Suicide	33	131	19	453	- 322
Ovary Cancer	34	129	27	323	- 193
Meningitis	35	116	55	20	+ 96
Oral Cancer	36	114	33	150	- 36
Pertussis	37	114	69	0	+ 114
Skin Cancers	38	109	23	379	- 270
Drug Use	39	98	43	67	+ 31
Drownings	40	85	45	39	+ 46
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	78	35	144	- 66
Cervical Cancer	42	74	38	133	- 59
Fires	43	70	53	24	+ 46
Uterin Cancer	44	57	31	202	- 145
Maternal Conditions	45	41	61	6	+ 36
Poisonings	46	39	63	4	+ 35
Oesophagus Cancer	47	38	37	138	- 99
Epilepsy	48	36	40	109	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	31	51	33	- 2
Encephalitis	50	30	66	3	+ 27
Malnutrition	51	29	48	39	- 10
Tetanus	52	23	73	0	+ 23
Alcohol	53	20	49	39	- 19
Appendicitis	54	14	64	4	+ 11
Syphilis	55	12	71	0	+ 12
Tuberculosis	56	9	57	16	- 7
Other Neoplasms	57	8	20	420	- 412
HIV/AIDS	58	6	52	25	- 20
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	47	39	- 33
Schistosomiasis	60	4	78	0	+ 4
Skin Disease	61	3	24	368	- 365
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	54	23	- 20
Hepatitis B	63	2	58	16	- 14
Diphtheria	64	2	72	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	70	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	5	- 4
Ascariasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	46	39	- 39
Chlamydia	69	0	80	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	81	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	82	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	68	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	77	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	44	66	- 66
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	34	149	- 149
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	8	- 8
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	65	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to ISRAEL

Syria

Israel

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.