LESOTHO VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		LESOTHO		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,632	5	2,101	+ 532
Stroke	2	755	3	2,817	- 2,062
War	3	724	68	0	+ 724
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	276	2	3,214	- 2,938
Road Traffic Accidents	5	238	16	678	- 440
Kidney Disease	6	217	10	1,015	- 797
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	201	4	2,354	- 2,153
Congenital Anomalies	8	194	19	389	- 195
Lung Cancers	9	191	43	51	+ 140
Breast Cancer	10	182	34	97	+ 85
Liver Disease	11	161	14	792	- 632
Low Birth Weight	12	154	12	957	- 803
Lung Disease	13	149	9	1,102	- 952
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	145	29	194	- 49
Diabetes Mellitus	15	143	6	2,000	- 1,856
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	114	48	40	+ 75
Asthma	17	98	17	678	- 580
Lymphomas	18	77	36	78	- 1
Leukemia	19	74	49	39	+ 35
Bladder Cancer	20	71	61	10	+ 61
Birth Trauma	21	69	15	717	- 648
Stomach Cancer	22	68	60	11	+ 57
Hypertension	23	66	11	990	- 924
Other Injuries	24	49	18	533	- 484
Violence	25	41	13	924	- 882
Endocrine Disorders	26	39	27	235	- 196
Pancreas Cancer	27	38	58	12	+ 26
Prostate Cancer	28	38	35	81	- 43
Falls	29	36	31	128	- 92
Parkinson's Disease	30	34	41	55	- 21
Liver Cancer	31	34	39	71	- 36
Inflammatory/Heart	32	31	23	305	- 274
Suicide	33	31	7	1,539	- 1,508
Ovary Cancer	34	31	53	24	+ 6
Meningitis	35	28	22	318	- 290
Oral Cancer	36	27	42	52	- 25
Pertussis	37	27	44	51	- 24
Skin Cancers	38	26	46	46	- 21
Drug Use	39	23	50	32	- 8
Drownings	40	20	28	200	- 180
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	18	32	126	- 107
Cervical Cancer	42	18	20	372	- 355
Fires	43	17	26	269	- 252
Uterin Cancer	44	14	54	23	- 10
Maternal Conditions	45	10	24	292	- 282
Poisonings	46	9	33	111	- 102
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	37	73	- 64
Epilepsy	48	9	30	143	- 135
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	25	279	- 271
Encephalitis	50	7	57	14	- 6
Malnutrition	51	7	21	357	- 350
Tetanus	52	5	47	45	- 40
Alcohol	53	5	38	71	- 66
Appendicitis	54	3	52	25	- 21
Syphilis	55	3	45	50	- 48
Tuberculosis	56	2	8	1,208	- 1,206
Other Neoplasms	57	2	62	9	- 7
HIV/AIDS	58	1	1	4,767	- 4,766
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	63	6	- 5
Schistosomiasis	60	1	76	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	40	70	- 69
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	56	18	- 17
Hepatitis B	63	0	51	27	- 26
Diphtheria	64	0	69	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	75	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	55	18	- 18
Ascariasis	67	0	67	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	64	2	- 2
Chlamydia	69	0	65	2	- 1
Measles	70	0	59	12	- 12
Otitis Media	71	0	66	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	70	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	71	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	84	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	85	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LESOTHO

Syria

Lesotho

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.