NORWAY VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		NORWAY		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	6,511	1	5,321	+ 1,190
Stroke	2	1,867	4	2,475	- 608
War	3	1,792	68	1	+ 1,791
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	683	6	1,797	- 1,114
Road Traffic Accidents	5	589	42	114	+ 475
Kidney Disease	6	538	14	611	- 73
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	498	37	128	+ 370
Congenital Anomalies	8	480	34	136	+ 343
Lung Cancers	9	473	5	2,320	- 1,847
Breast Cancer	10	451	11	698	- 247
Liver Disease	11	397	30	214	+ 183
Low Birth Weight	12	381	52	23	+ 358
Lung Disease	13	370	3	2,723	- 2,353
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	358	2	4,464	- 4,106
Diabetes Mellitus	15	354	16	560	- 205
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	282	7	1,787	- 1,504
Asthma	17	243	43	85	+ 158
Lymphomas	18	191	12	646	- 455
Leukemia	19	184	21	354	- 170
Bladder Cancer	20	175	20	356	- 181
Birth Trauma	21	172	54	17	+ 154
Stomach Cancer	22	167	22	343	- 176
Hypertension	23	163	28	230	- 67
Other Injuries	24	120	15	583	- 463
Violence	25	103	50	32	+ 71
Endocrine Disorders	26	96	19	359	- 262
Pancreas Cancer	27	95	10	770	- 675
Prostate Cancer	28	93	8	1,172	- 1,079
Falls	29	88	9	777	- 689
Parkinson's Disease	30	85	17	554	- 469
Liver Cancer	31	85	26	259	- 175
Inflammatory/Heart	32	78	29	221	- 143
Suicide	33	77	13	633	- 557
Ovary Cancer	34	76	24	309	- 233
Meningitis	35	68	58	14	+ 54
Oral Cancer	36	67	32	168	- 101
Pertussis	37	67	64	1	+ 65
Skin Cancers	38	64	18	407	- 344
Drug Use	39	58	25	264	- 206
Drownings	40	50	45	65	- 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	46	46	61	- 16
Cervical Cancer	42	43	39	125	- 82
Fires	43	41	48	45	- 3
Uterin Cancer	44	34	36	134	- 100
Maternal Conditions	45	24	66	1	+ 23
Poisonings	46	23	57	14	+ 8
Oesophagus Cancer	47	22	27	248	- 225
Epilepsy	48	21	40	119	- 98
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	18	33	160	- 141
Encephalitis	50	18	70	0	+ 18
Malnutrition	51	17	35	135	- 118
Tetanus	52	13	69	0	+ 13
Alcohol	53	12	31	205	- 193
Appendicitis	54	8	59	12	- 4
Syphilis	55	7	67	1	+ 6
Tuberculosis	56	5	56	15	- 10
Other Neoplasms	57	5	23	324	- 319
HIV/AIDS	58	3	61	10	- 7
Multiple Sclerosis	59	3	41	119	- 116
Schistosomiasis	60	3	83	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	38	128	- 126
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	47	60	- 59
Hepatitis B	63	1	63	3	- 2
Diphtheria	64	1	71	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	81	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	60	12	- 11
Ascariasis	67	0	76	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	55	17	- 17
Chlamydia	69	0	77	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	65	1	- 1
Dengue	72	0	75	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	73	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	78	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	79	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	80	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	53	23	- 23
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	44	75	- 75
Osteoarthritis	84	0	51	27	- 27
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	49	32	- 32
Oral conditions	86	0	62	9	- 9
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to NORWAY

Syria

Norway

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.