NIGERIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NIGERIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	279,777	7	61,374	+ 218,404
Stroke	2	80,238	8	57,744	+ 22,494
War	3	76,983	45	3,245	+ 73,738
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	29,348	1	207,281	- 177,933
Road Traffic Accidents	5	25,297	12	41,693	- 16,396
Kidney Disease	6	23,104	20	18,189	+ 4,914
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	21,387	2	144,724	- 123,337
Congenital Anomalies	8	20,608	9	49,696	- 29,088
Lung Cancers	9	20,314	57	1,295	+ 19,018
Breast Cancer	10	19,371	23	11,884	+ 7,487
Liver Disease	11	17,061	13	38,326	- 21,265
Low Birth Weight	12	16,388	6	95,959	- 79,571
Lung Disease	13	15,884	22	12,569	+ 3,316
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	15,383	31	6,786	+ 8,598
Diabetes Mellitus	15	15,216	18	22,497	- 7,281
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	12,138	43	4,152	+ 7,986
Asthma	17	10,439	27	8,192	+ 2,247
Lymphomas	18	8,204	40	5,202	+ 3,002
Leukemia	19	7,897	47	2,257	+ 5,640
Bladder Cancer	20	7,514	63	670	+ 6,844
Birth Trauma	21	7,385	5	100,186	- 92,801
Stomach Cancer	22	7,188	50	2,129	+ 5,059
Hypertension	23	7,018	24	10,692	- 3,674
Other Injuries	24	5,171	17	22,696	- 17,525
Violence	25	4,407	19	18,407	- 14,001
Endocrine Disorders	26	4,146	21	15,799	- 11,653
Pancreas Cancer	27	4,077	51	1,975	+ 2,102
Prostate Cancer	28	4,009	35	5,914	- 1,906
Falls	29	3,799	28	7,528	- 3,729
Parkinson's Disease	30	3,641	46	2,473	+ 1,168
Liver Cancer	31	3,635	39	5,289	- 1,653
Inflammatory/Heart	32	3,346	42	4,826	- 1,480
Suicide	33	3,299	30	7,019	- 3,719
Ovary Cancer	34	3,252	49	2,133	+ 1,120
Meningitis	35	2,925	11	43,651	- 40,726
Oral Cancer	36	2,869	48	2,238	+ 630
Pertussis	37	2,866	16	23,282	- 20,416
Skin Cancers	38	2,742	53	1,933	+ 809
Drug Use	39	2,473	34	6,273	- 3,800
Drownings	40	2,133	32	6,584	- 4,451
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	1,959	52	1,946	+ 13
Cervical Cancer	42	1,867	25	10,574	- 8,707
Fires	43	1,774	29	7,132	- 5,358
Uterin Cancer	44	1,444	62	679	+ 765
Maternal Conditions	45	1,039	15	23,540	- 22,501
Poisonings	46	972	33	6,570	- 5,598
Oesophagus Cancer	47	966	64	560	+ 406
Epilepsy	48	917	41	5,001	- 4,084
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	785	37	5,846	- 5,061
Encephalitis	50	765	59	937	- 172
Malnutrition	51	721	36	5,896	- 5,175
Tetanus	52	570	26	8,355	- 7,784
Alcohol	53	502	58	1,031	- 529
Appendicitis	54	362	60	760	- 399
Syphilis	55	304	38	5,449	- 5,145
Tuberculosis	56	232	3	127,335	- 127,104
Other Neoplasms	57	210	66	290	- 80
HIV/AIDS	58	145	10	44,124	- 43,978
Multiple Sclerosis	59	141	68	179	- 38
Schistosomiasis	60	113	54	1,508	- 1,395
Skin Disease	61	78	56	1,468	- 1,391
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	65	69	165	- 99
Hepatitis B	63	50	55	1,488	- 1,439
Diphtheria	64	50	44	3,800	- 3,750
Leishmaniasis	65	49	70	23	+ 26
Upper Respiratory	66	32	67	259	- 227
Ascariasis	67	10	61	685	- 675
Hepatitis C	68	8	65	304	- 295
Chlamydia	69	8	71	14	- 5
Measles	70	3	14	29,439	- 29,436
Otitis Media	71	0	72	3	- 3
Dengue	72	0	73	2	- 2
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	78	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	4	100,963	- 100,963
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 NIGERIA

Syria

Nigeria

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.