NICARAGUA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NICARAGUA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,891	1	5,843	+ 2,047
Stroke	2	2,263	3	2,225	+ 38
War	3	2,171	70	1	+ 2,170
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	828	7	1,152	- 324
Road Traffic Accidents	5	713	8	1,109	- 395
Kidney Disease	6	652	2	3,533	- 2,881
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	603	36	122	+ 481
Congenital Anomalies	8	581	11	571	+ 10
Lung Cancers	9	573	23	274	+ 299
Breast Cancer	10	546	20	283	+ 263
Liver Disease	11	481	6	1,203	- 722
Low Birth Weight	12	462	13	490	- 27
Lung Disease	13	448	5	1,570	- 1,122
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	434	33	149	+ 285
Diabetes Mellitus	15	429	4	2,068	- 1,638
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	342	18	315	+ 27
Asthma	17	294	38	105	+ 189
Lymphomas	18	231	29	164	+ 68
Leukemia	19	223	24	227	- 4
Bladder Cancer	20	212	52	28	+ 184
Birth Trauma	21	208	25	198	+ 10
Stomach Cancer	22	203	14	478	- 275
Hypertension	23	198	9	1,103	- 905
Other Injuries	24	146	17	358	- 212
Violence	25	124	10	619	- 494
Endocrine Disorders	26	117	28	164	- 47
Pancreas Cancer	27	115	27	178	- 63
Prostate Cancer	28	113	15	386	- 273
Falls	29	107	22	276	- 169
Parkinson's Disease	30	103	42	67	+ 36
Liver Cancer	31	103	12	509	- 406
Inflammatory/Heart	32	94	34	139	- 45
Suicide	33	93	19	285	- 192
Ovary Cancer	34	92	44	61	+ 30
Meningitis	35	82	51	29	+ 54
Oral Cancer	36	81	43	64	+ 17
Pertussis	37	81	67	3	+ 78
Skin Cancers	38	77	45	59	+ 18
Drug Use	39	70	46	50	+ 19
Drownings	40	60	32	157	- 97
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	55	54	20	+ 35
Cervical Cancer	42	53	16	374	- 321
Fires	43	50	57	16	+ 34
Uterin Cancer	44	41	48	39	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	45	29	39	88	- 59
Poisonings	46	27	55	18	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	27	47	42	- 15
Epilepsy	48	26	41	74	- 48
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	22	40	85	- 63
Encephalitis	50	22	58	10	+ 11
Malnutrition	51	20	30	163	- 143
Tetanus	52	16	79	0	+ 16
Alcohol	53	14	21	279	- 264
Appendicitis	54	10	49	32	- 22
Syphilis	55	9	60	9	- 1
Tuberculosis	56	7	37	115	- 108
Other Neoplasms	57	6	26	192	- 186
HIV/AIDS	58	4	35	139	- 135
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	61	7	- 3
Schistosomiasis	60	3	84	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	31	162	- 160
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	50	31	- 29
Hepatitis B	63	1	62	5	- 4
Diphtheria	64	1	77	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	72	1	+ 0
Ascariasis	67	0	69	1	- 1
Hepatitis C	68	0	68	1	- 1
Chlamydia	69	0	74	0	- 0
Measles	70	0	78	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	75	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	64	4	- 4
Hookworm Disease	73	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	1	- 1
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	73	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	65	4	- 4
Malaria	79	0	83	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	66	3	- 3
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	53	28	- 28
Osteoarthritis	84	0	59	10	- 10
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	56	17	- 17
Oral conditions	86	0	63	5	- 5
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NICARAGUA

Syria

Nicaragua

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.