LIBYA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		LIBYA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	8,699	1	6,610	+ 2,089
Stroke	2	2,495	2	2,603	- 108
War	3	2,394	5	1,055	+ 1,339
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	913	9	744	+ 169
Road Traffic Accidents	5	787	3	1,444	- 657
Kidney Disease	6	718	4	1,186	- 467
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	665	40	92	+ 573
Congenital Anomalies	8	641	14	493	+ 148
Lung Cancers	9	632	13	592	+ 39
Breast Cancer	10	602	25	190	+ 412
Liver Disease	11	530	11	630	- 100
Low Birth Weight	12	510	18	359	+ 151
Lung Disease	13	494	12	607	- 113
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	478	10	743	- 265
Diabetes Mellitus	15	473	8	803	- 330
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	377	16	427	- 49
Asthma	17	325	20	297	+ 28
Lymphomas	18	255	26	189	+ 66
Leukemia	19	246	22	217	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	20	234	31	136	+ 98
Birth Trauma	21	230	34	132	+ 97
Stomach Cancer	22	223	33	134	+ 90
Hypertension	23	218	6	915	- 696
Other Injuries	24	161	15	432	- 272
Violence	25	137	30	145	- 8
Endocrine Disorders	26	129	29	153	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	27	127	23	209	- 82
Prostate Cancer	28	125	39	96	+ 29
Falls	29	118	24	204	- 85
Parkinson's Disease	30	113	27	159	- 46
Liver Cancer	31	113	28	153	- 40
Inflammatory/Heart	32	104	37	107	- 3
Suicide	33	103	19	304	- 201
Ovary Cancer	34	101	42	75	+ 26
Meningitis	35	91	47	41	+ 49
Oral Cancer	36	89	41	81	+ 8
Pertussis	37	89	55	17	+ 72
Skin Cancers	38	85	51	20	+ 65
Drug Use	39	77	17	371	- 294
Drownings	40	66	43	74	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	61	46	49	+ 12
Cervical Cancer	42	58	32	135	- 77
Fires	43	55	36	115	- 60
Uterin Cancer	44	45	60	8	+ 37
Maternal Conditions	45	32	35	124	- 91
Poisonings	46	30	45	56	- 26
Oesophagus Cancer	47	30	49	33	- 3
Epilepsy	48	29	44	67	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	24	38	99	- 74
Encephalitis	50	24	53	19	+ 4
Malnutrition	51	22	57	11	+ 12
Tetanus	52	18	64	1	+ 17
Alcohol	53	16	50	22	- 6
Appendicitis	54	11	56	15	- 3
Syphilis	55	9	61	6	+ 4
Tuberculosis	56	7	7	812	- 805
Other Neoplasms	57	7	58	10	- 3
HIV/AIDS	58	5	21	224	- 219
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	52	20	- 15
Schistosomiasis	60	4	59	9	- 5
Skin Disease	61	2	54	17	- 15
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	62	4	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	48	34	- 33
Diphtheria	64	2	68	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	63	2	- 0
Upper Respiratory	66	1	67	0	+ 1
Ascariasis	67	0	66	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	65	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	69	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	77	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	76	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	84	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to LIBYA

Syria

Libya

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.