NEPAL VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NEPAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	36,779	2	19,677	+ 17,103
Stroke	2	10,548	4	12,909	- 2,361
War	3	10,120	65	24	+ 10,096
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,858	6	6,237	- 2,379
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,326	9	4,654	- 1,329
Kidney Disease	6	3,037	10	4,284	- 1,247
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,811	7	6,071	- 3,259
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,709	21	1,949	+ 760
Lung Cancers	9	2,670	12	3,586	- 916
Breast Cancer	10	2,547	27	1,038	+ 1,508
Liver Disease	11	2,243	5	6,383	- 4,140
Low Birth Weight	12	2,154	11	3,822	- 1,668
Lung Disease	13	2,088	1	27,027	- 24,939
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,022	19	2,022	+ 0
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,000	14	2,929	- 929
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,596	26	1,167	+ 428
Asthma	17	1,372	8	5,930	- 4,558
Lymphomas	18	1,078	32	768	+ 311
Leukemia	19	1,038	36	668	+ 370
Bladder Cancer	20	988	44	325	+ 663
Birth Trauma	21	971	15	2,676	- 1,705
Stomach Cancer	22	945	25	1,379	- 434
Hypertension	23	923	18	2,092	- 1,169
Other Injuries	24	680	22	1,655	- 975
Violence	25	579	35	704	- 124
Endocrine Disorders	26	545	45	257	+ 288
Pancreas Cancer	27	536	41	445	+ 91
Prostate Cancer	28	527	58	85	+ 442
Falls	29	499	13	3,321	- 2,822
Parkinson's Disease	30	479	33	760	- 281
Liver Cancer	31	478	46	256	+ 222
Inflammatory/Heart	32	440	48	217	+ 223
Suicide	33	434	16	2,571	- 2,137
Ovary Cancer	34	428	37	585	- 157
Meningitis	35	385	43	377	+ 7
Oral Cancer	36	377	24	1,389	- 1,012
Pertussis	37	377	40	453	- 76
Skin Cancers	38	361	42	400	- 39
Drug Use	39	325	57	93	+ 232
Drownings	40	280	23	1,505	- 1,225
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	257	17	2,320	- 2,063
Cervical Cancer	42	245	20	1,969	- 1,724
Fires	43	233	50	184	+ 50
Uterin Cancer	44	190	60	56	+ 133
Maternal Conditions	45	137	28	977	- 840
Poisonings	46	128	39	474	- 346
Oesophagus Cancer	47	127	38	491	- 364
Epilepsy	48	121	30	874	- 753
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	103	49	191	- 88
Encephalitis	50	101	29	882	- 781
Malnutrition	51	95	31	845	- 750
Tetanus	52	75	53	134	- 59
Alcohol	53	66	52	168	- 102
Appendicitis	54	48	47	220	- 173
Syphilis	55	40	54	134	- 94
Tuberculosis	56	30	3	16,535	- 16,504
Other Neoplasms	57	28	61	50	- 22
HIV/AIDS	58	19	34	737	- 718
Multiple Sclerosis	59	18	63	38	- 20
Schistosomiasis	60	15	73	0	+ 15
Skin Disease	61	10	67	17	- 7
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	9	51	173	- 164
Hepatitis B	63	7	56	117	- 110
Diphtheria	64	7	71	1	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	6	62	39	- 32
Upper Respiratory	66	4	66	24	- 20
Ascariasis	67	1	69	4	- 3
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	29	- 27
Chlamydia	69	1	68	5	- 4
Measles	70	0	59	60	- 60
Otitis Media	71	0	70	4	- 4
Dengue	72	0	55	120	- 120
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	72	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	86	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 NEPAL

Syria

Nepal

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.