NAMIBIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NAMIBIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	3,313	5	1,221	+ 2,093
Stroke	2	950	4	1,333	- 383
War	3	912	67	0	+ 911
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	348	2	1,464	- 1,117
Road Traffic Accidents	5	300	6	868	- 569
Kidney Disease	6	274	15	322	- 48
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	253	8	645	- 392
Congenital Anomalies	8	244	16	283	- 39
Lung Cancers	9	241	35	59	+ 182
Breast Cancer	10	229	24	121	+ 108
Liver Disease	11	202	14	336	- 134
Low Birth Weight	12	194	9	516	- 322
Lung Disease	13	188	10	461	- 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	182	21	176	+ 7
Diabetes Mellitus	15	180	7	724	- 544
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	144	36	54	+ 89
Asthma	17	124	20	200	- 77
Lymphomas	18	97	40	46	+ 51
Leukemia	19	94	49	24	+ 70
Bladder Cancer	20	89	54	16	+ 73
Birth Trauma	21	87	13	345	- 257
Stomach Cancer	22	85	45	33	+ 53
Hypertension	23	83	12	428	- 345
Other Injuries	24	61	19	207	- 145
Violence	25	52	11	450	- 398
Endocrine Disorders	26	49	33	73	- 24
Pancreas Cancer	27	48	53	18	+ 31
Prostate Cancer	28	47	31	94	- 47
Falls	29	45	34	62	- 17
Parkinson's Disease	30	43	42	43	- 0
Liver Cancer	31	43	41	45	- 2
Inflammatory/Heart	32	40	22	162	- 122
Suicide	33	39	17	243	- 204
Ovary Cancer	34	39	50	23	+ 15
Meningitis	35	35	27	109	- 74
Oral Cancer	36	34	30	100	- 66
Pertussis	37	34	37	54	- 20
Skin Cancers	38	32	29	108	- 75
Drug Use	39	29	46	32	- 2
Drownings	40	25	26	110	- 84
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	23	44	33	- 10
Cervical Cancer	42	22	23	133	- 111
Fires	43	21	28	109	- 88
Uterin Cancer	44	17	56	11	+ 6
Maternal Conditions	45	12	25	110	- 98
Poisonings	46	12	39	46	- 35
Oesophagus Cancer	47	11	52	21	- 9
Epilepsy	48	11	38	49	- 38
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	9	32	76	- 66
Encephalitis	50	9	59	8	+ 1
Malnutrition	51	9	18	224	- 215
Tetanus	52	7	62	6	+ 1
Alcohol	53	6	48	28	- 22
Appendicitis	54	4	58	9	- 5
Syphilis	55	4	43	35	- 31
Tuberculosis	56	3	3	1,416	- 1,414
Other Neoplasms	57	2	60	8	- 5
HIV/AIDS	58	2	1	2,928	- 2,927
Multiple Sclerosis	59	2	64	2	- 1
Schistosomiasis	60	1	55	14	- 12
Skin Disease	61	1	47	31	- 30
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	57	9	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	4	- 4
Diphtheria	64	1	71	0	+ 0
Leishmaniasis	65	1	79	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	0	61	6	- 6
Ascariasis	67	0	69	0	- 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	66	1	- 0
Chlamydia	69	0	68	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	65	2	- 2
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	74	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	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	51	22	- 22
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	86	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	82	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	80	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NAMIBIA

Syria

Namibia

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.