NORTH KOREA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NORTH KOREA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	31,079	2	31,342	- 263
Stroke	2	8,913	1	49,648	- 40,735
War	3	8,552	63	16	+ 8,535
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	3,260	6	6,231	- 2,971
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,810	7	6,210	- 3,400
Kidney Disease	6	2,566	12	3,959	- 1,392
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	2,376	40	374	+ 2,001
Congenital Anomalies	8	2,289	29	991	+ 1,298
Lung Cancers	9	2,257	5	11,893	- 9,637
Breast Cancer	10	2,152	23	1,366	+ 786
Liver Disease	11	1,895	10	4,506	- 2,611
Low Birth Weight	12	1,820	25	1,208	+ 612
Lung Disease	13	1,764	3	26,178	- 24,413
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,709	11	4,340	- 2,631
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,690	14	3,671	- 1,980
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,348	15	3,232	- 1,883
Asthma	17	1,160	22	1,439	- 279
Lymphomas	18	911	35	560	+ 352
Leukemia	19	877	30	965	- 88
Bladder Cancer	20	835	38	500	+ 335
Birth Trauma	21	820	32	736	+ 85
Stomach Cancer	22	798	13	3,771	- 2,972
Hypertension	23	780	8	5,368	- 4,588
Other Injuries	24	574	20	1,531	- 957
Violence	25	490	28	1,082	- 593
Endocrine Disorders	26	461	39	452	+ 9
Pancreas Cancer	27	453	21	1,525	- 1,073
Prostate Cancer	28	445	48	219	+ 226
Falls	29	422	18	1,801	- 1,379
Parkinson's Disease	30	404	26	1,155	- 750
Liver Cancer	31	404	9	5,326	- 4,922
Inflammatory/Heart	32	372	34	684	- 312
Suicide	33	366	16	2,407	- 2,041
Ovary Cancer	34	361	36	532	- 171
Meningitis	35	325	49	207	+ 118
Oral Cancer	36	319	37	513	- 194
Pertussis	37	318	61	34	+ 284
Skin Cancers	38	305	51	168	+ 136
Drug Use	39	275	42	356	- 82
Drownings	40	237	27	1,126	- 889
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	218	17	2,093	- 1,875
Cervical Cancer	42	207	33	704	- 497
Fires	43	197	46	253	- 56
Uterin Cancer	44	160	53	138	+ 22
Maternal Conditions	45	115	47	252	- 136
Poisonings	46	108	41	366	- 258
Oesophagus Cancer	47	107	24	1,222	- 1,115
Epilepsy	48	102	45	266	- 164
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	87	19	1,712	- 1,625
Encephalitis	50	85	54	117	- 32
Malnutrition	51	80	43	317	- 237
Tetanus	52	63	62	28	+ 36
Alcohol	53	56	44	304	- 249
Appendicitis	54	40	57	57	- 16
Syphilis	55	34	58	54	- 20
Tuberculosis	56	26	4	17,417	- 17,391
Other Neoplasms	57	23	59	44	- 20
HIV/AIDS	58	16	31	753	- 737
Multiple Sclerosis	59	16	60	40	- 24
Schistosomiasis	60	13	74	0	+ 13
Skin Disease	61	9	52	158	- 150
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	7	50	198	- 191
Hepatitis B	63	6	55	68	- 63
Diphtheria	64	6	68	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	5	75	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	4	56	67	- 63
Ascariasis	67	1	67	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	10	- 9
Chlamydia	69	1	66	1	- 1
Measles	70	0	65	4	- 3
Otitis Media	71	0	70	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	76	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	78	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	71	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	73	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	72	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	69	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	84	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	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 NORTH KOREA

Syria

North Korea

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.