NEW ZEALAND VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NEW ZEALAND		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,099	1	5,095	+ 1,004
Stroke	2	1,749	3	2,378	- 629
War	3	1,678	68	1	+ 1,678
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	640	7	920	- 280
Road Traffic Accidents	5	551	16	458	+ 94
Kidney Disease	6	504	17	432	+ 72
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	466	37	81	+ 385
Congenital Anomalies	8	449	30	176	+ 274
Lung Cancers	9	443	4	1,873	- 1,431
Breast Cancer	10	422	10	737	- 314
Liver Disease	11	372	32	158	+ 214
Low Birth Weight	12	357	38	78	+ 279
Lung Disease	13	346	5	1,815	- 1,469
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	335	2	3,032	- 2,696
Diabetes Mellitus	15	332	8	769	- 437
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	265	6	1,495	- 1,230
Asthma	17	228	36	91	+ 137
Lymphomas	18	179	13	608	- 429
Leukemia	19	172	18	391	- 219
Bladder Cancer	20	164	26	267	- 103
Birth Trauma	21	161	54	15	+ 146
Stomach Cancer	22	157	22	323	- 166
Hypertension	23	153	20	327	- 174
Other Injuries	24	113	28	218	- 105
Violence	25	96	42	57	+ 39
Endocrine Disorders	26	90	21	325	- 234
Pancreas Cancer	27	89	14	543	- 454
Prostate Cancer	28	87	9	739	- 651
Falls	29	83	11	627	- 544
Parkinson's Disease	30	79	19	353	- 274
Liver Cancer	31	79	24	288	- 209
Inflammatory/Heart	32	73	23	313	- 240
Suicide	33	72	15	528	- 456
Ovary Cancer	34	71	29	207	- 136
Meningitis	35	64	59	9	+ 55
Oral Cancer	36	63	31	164	- 101
Pertussis	37	62	65	1	+ 62
Skin Cancers	38	60	12	612	- 552
Drug Use	39	54	40	69	- 15
Drownings	40	47	44	54	- 8
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	43	35	113	- 70
Cervical Cancer	42	41	41	61	- 20
Fires	43	39	53	17	+ 22
Uterin Cancer	44	31	33	145	- 113
Maternal Conditions	45	23	63	5	+ 18
Poisonings	46	21	58	9	+ 12
Oesophagus Cancer	47	21	25	279	- 258
Epilepsy	48	20	43	55	- 35
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	17	39	70	- 53
Encephalitis	50	17	66	1	+ 16
Malnutrition	51	16	55	14	+ 2
Tetanus	52	12	69	0	+ 12
Alcohol	53	11	45	51	- 40
Appendicitis	54	8	62	6	+ 2
Syphilis	55	7	70	0	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	5	52	17	- 12
Other Neoplasms	57	5	27	245	- 240
HIV/AIDS	58	3	57	10	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	47	43	- 40
Schistosomiasis	60	2	77	0	+ 2
Skin Disease	61	2	34	118	- 116
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	1	46	47	- 46
Hepatitis B	63	1	56	14	- 13
Diphtheria	64	1	83	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	80	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	64	4	- 3
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	48	30	- 29
Chlamydia	69	0	71	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	82	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	67	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	73	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	72	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	84	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	81	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	60	8	- 8
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	51	17	- 17
Osteoarthritis	84	0	49	24	- 24
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	22	- 22
Oral conditions	86	0	61	8	- 8
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NEW ZEALAND

Syria

New Zealand

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.