NEW GUINEA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NEW GUINEA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	11,872	1	6,835	+ 5,037
Stroke	2	3,405	2	5,095	- 1,690
War	3	3,267	69	1	+ 3,266
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,245	6	2,595	- 1,350
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,073	12	1,105	- 32
Kidney Disease	6	980	18	687	+ 294
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	908	8	2,295	- 1,387
Congenital Anomalies	8	874	16	951	- 76
Lung Cancers	9	862	23	622	+ 240
Breast Cancer	10	822	17	764	+ 58
Liver Disease	11	724	22	624	+ 99
Low Birth Weight	12	695	10	1,661	- 966
Lung Disease	13	674	3	4,538	- 3,864
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	653	33	343	+ 310
Diabetes Mellitus	15	646	4	4,533	- 3,887
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	515	29	445	+ 70
Asthma	17	443	9	1,842	- 1,399
Lymphomas	18	348	32	353	- 5
Leukemia	19	335	38	253	+ 82
Bladder Cancer	20	319	54	82	+ 236
Birth Trauma	21	313	11	1,504	- 1,190
Stomach Cancer	22	305	28	447	- 142
Hypertension	23	298	13	1,096	- 798
Other Injuries	24	219	20	647	- 427
Violence	25	187	15	969	- 782
Endocrine Disorders	26	176	47	153	+ 23
Pancreas Cancer	27	173	52	107	+ 66
Prostate Cancer	28	170	36	285	- 115
Falls	29	161	26	502	- 340
Parkinson's Disease	30	155	45	185	- 30
Liver Cancer	31	154	21	644	- 490
Inflammatory/Heart	32	142	43	229	- 87
Suicide	33	140	37	259	- 119
Ovary Cancer	34	138	46	179	- 41
Meningitis	35	124	34	324	- 200
Oral Cancer	36	122	25	580	- 458
Pertussis	37	122	39	248	- 126
Skin Cancers	38	116	31	417	- 300
Drug Use	39	105	61	13	+ 92
Drownings	40	91	40	240	- 149
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	83	14	1,072	- 989
Cervical Cancer	42	79	19	665	- 585
Fires	43	75	27	488	- 413
Uterin Cancer	44	61	55	81	- 20
Maternal Conditions	45	44	30	421	- 377
Poisonings	46	41	50	121	- 80
Oesophagus Cancer	47	41	44	199	- 158
Epilepsy	48	39	51	111	- 72
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	33	35	302	- 268
Encephalitis	50	32	57	31	+ 2
Malnutrition	51	31	48	134	- 103
Tetanus	52	24	56	48	- 23
Alcohol	53	21	53	93	- 72
Appendicitis	54	15	59	20	- 5
Syphilis	55	13	42	234	- 221
Tuberculosis	56	10	5	3,969	- 3,959
Other Neoplasms	57	9	60	15	- 6
HIV/AIDS	58	6	24	611	- 605
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	66	5	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	5	73	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	49	126	- 123
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	65	5	- 2
Hepatitis B	63	2	58	27	- 25
Diphtheria	64	2	67	3	- 1
Leishmaniasis	65	2	74	0	+ 2
Upper Respiratory	66	1	68	2	- 1
Ascariasis	67	0	63	7	- 6
Hepatitis C	68	0	62	8	- 8
Chlamydia	69	0	70	1	- 0
Measles	70	0	41	238	- 238
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	6	- 6
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	76	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	75	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	7	2,446	- 2,446
Depression	80	0	81	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	80	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	83	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	82	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW GUINEA

Syria

New Guinea

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.