NO MACEDONIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NO MACEDONIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	2,524	2	4,420	- 1,896
Stroke	2	724	1	5,521	- 4,797
War	3	694	63	0	+ 694
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	265	19	157	+ 108
Road Traffic Accidents	5	228	24	107	+ 121
Kidney Disease	6	208	9	516	- 307
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	193	56	1	+ 192
Congenital Anomalies	8	186	37	29	+ 157
Lung Cancers	9	183	5	1,055	- 872
Breast Cancer	10	175	11	386	- 211
Liver Disease	11	154	15	218	- 64
Low Birth Weight	12	148	28	73	+ 74
Lung Disease	13	143	6	807	- 663
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	139	30	71	+ 68
Diabetes Mellitus	15	137	4	1,104	- 966
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	109	8	560	- 451
Asthma	17	94	33	53	+ 41
Lymphomas	18	74	25	96	- 22
Leukemia	19	71	22	114	- 43
Bladder Cancer	20	68	18	163	- 95
Birth Trauma	21	67	48	7	+ 59
Stomach Cancer	22	65	10	455	- 390
Hypertension	23	63	7	627	- 564
Other Injuries	24	47	17	183	- 136
Violence	25	40	36	31	+ 9
Endocrine Disorders	26	37	44	12	+ 25
Pancreas Cancer	27	37	12	267	- 230
Prostate Cancer	28	36	14	259	- 223
Falls	29	34	27	78	- 44
Parkinson's Disease	30	33	20	141	- 108
Liver Cancer	31	33	13	260	- 227
Inflammatory/Heart	32	30	3	4,249	- 4,219
Suicide	33	30	16	196	- 166
Ovary Cancer	34	29	26	93	- 64
Meningitis	35	26	51	4	+ 23
Oral Cancer	36	26	29	72	- 46
Pertussis	37	26	50	4	+ 22
Skin Cancers	38	25	21	126	- 101
Drug Use	39	22	47	9	+ 13
Drownings	40	19	41	18	+ 1
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	18	43	13	+ 5
Cervical Cancer	42	17	31	68	- 51
Fires	43	16	46	11	+ 5
Uterin Cancer	44	13	23	108	- 95
Maternal Conditions	45	9	54	2	+ 7
Poisonings	46	9	45	11	- 2
Oesophagus Cancer	47	9	34	45	- 37
Epilepsy	48	8	38	23	- 15
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	7	32	56	- 49
Encephalitis	50	7	59	1	+ 6
Malnutrition	51	7	58	1	+ 6
Tetanus	52	5	75	0	+ 5
Alcohol	53	5	42	14	- 9
Appendicitis	54	3	55	1	+ 2
Syphilis	55	3	62	0	+ 2
Tuberculosis	56	2	35	32	- 30
Other Neoplasms	57	2	40	19	- 17
HIV/AIDS	58	1	61	0	+ 1
Multiple Sclerosis	59	1	39	21	- 20
Schistosomiasis	60	1	79	0	+ 1
Skin Disease	61	1	57	1	- 0
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	60	0	+ 0
Hepatitis B	63	0	49	7	- 7
Diphtheria	64	0	66	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	0	64	0	+ 0
Upper Respiratory	66	0	65	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	71	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	0	+ 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	74	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	80	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	72	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	81	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	69	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	85	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	52	3	- 3
Osteoarthritis	84	0	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	53	3	- 3
Oral conditions	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NO MACEDONIA

Syria

No Macedonia

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.