LATVIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		LATVIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,129	1	8,099	- 5,971
Stroke	2	610	2	5,893	- 5,282
War	3	586	68	0	+ 586
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	223	9	501	- 278
Road Traffic Accidents	5	192	27	154	+ 39
Kidney Disease	6	176	17	356	- 181
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	163	54	14	+ 149
Congenital Anomalies	8	157	43	46	+ 110
Lung Cancers	9	155	4	956	- 802
Breast Cancer	10	147	10	472	- 325
Liver Disease	11	130	15	365	- 235
Low Birth Weight	12	125	56	11	+ 113
Lung Disease	13	121	18	346	- 225
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	117	7	664	- 547
Diabetes Mellitus	15	116	8	529	- 414
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	92	6	722	- 630
Asthma	17	79	46	42	+ 38
Lymphomas	18	62	19	245	- 183
Leukemia	19	60	25	186	- 126
Bladder Cancer	20	57	20	228	- 171
Birth Trauma	21	56	55	12	+ 45
Stomach Cancer	22	55	11	470	- 415
Hypertension	23	53	3	1,194	- 1,140
Other Injuries	24	39	16	362	- 323
Violence	25	34	37	94	- 61
Endocrine Disorders	26	32	41	59	- 28
Pancreas Cancer	27	31	13	436	- 405
Prostate Cancer	28	30	12	464	- 433
Falls	29	29	23	201	- 172
Parkinson's Disease	30	28	35	125	- 98
Liver Cancer	31	28	26	157	- 129
Inflammatory/Heart	32	25	5	921	- 895
Suicide	33	25	14	384	- 359
Ovary Cancer	34	25	24	196	- 172
Meningitis	35	22	52	15	+ 7
Oral Cancer	36	22	22	214	- 192
Pertussis	37	22	70	0	+ 22
Skin Cancers	38	21	30	144	- 124
Drug Use	39	19	48	41	- 22
Drownings	40	16	34	127	- 111
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	15	47	41	- 26
Cervical Cancer	42	14	33	128	- 113
Fires	43	13	36	103	- 90
Uterin Cancer	44	11	29	148	- 137
Maternal Conditions	45	8	60	5	+ 3
Poisonings	46	7	49	23	- 16
Oesophagus Cancer	47	7	32	131	- 124
Epilepsy	48	7	45	44	- 37
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	6	31	142	- 136
Encephalitis	50	6	69	0	+ 6
Malnutrition	51	5	64	2	+ 4
Tetanus	52	4	71	0	+ 4
Alcohol	53	4	21	227	- 224
Appendicitis	54	3	59	5	- 2
Syphilis	55	2	65	1	+ 1
Tuberculosis	56	2	40	71	- 70
Other Neoplasms	57	2	28	153	- 151
HIV/AIDS	58	1	39	74	- 73
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	50	20	- 19
Schistosomiasis	60	1	78	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	38	76	- 76
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	0	51	20	- 19
Hepatitis B	63	0	63	3	- 3
Diphtheria	64	0	67	1	- 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	77	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	62	4	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	84	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	42	53	- 53
Chlamydia	69	0	75	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	83	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	57	7	- 7
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	14	- 14
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	7	- 7
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	44	45	- 45
Oral conditions	86	0	61	4	- 4
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LATVIA

Syria

Latvia

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.