PORTUGAL VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		PORTUGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	12,062	1	12,878	- 816
Stroke	2	3,459	2	12,339	- 8,880
War	3	3,319	69	1	+ 3,318
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,265	4	6,851	- 5,586
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,091	27	838	+ 252
Kidney Disease	6	996	9	2,803	- 1,807
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	922	36	231	+ 691
Congenital Anomalies	8	889	40	196	+ 692
Lung Cancers	9	876	5	4,406	- 3,530
Breast Cancer	10	835	12	1,997	- 1,162
Liver Disease	11	736	22	1,126	- 390
Low Birth Weight	12	707	52	79	+ 628
Lung Disease	13	685	7	4,286	- 3,601
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	663	3	7,191	- 6,528
Diabetes Mellitus	15	656	8	3,601	- 2,945
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	523	6	4,389	- 3,866
Asthma	17	450	43	146	+ 304
Lymphomas	18	354	16	1,608	- 1,254
Leukemia	19	340	24	1,015	- 675
Bladder Cancer	20	324	20	1,171	- 847
Birth Trauma	21	318	60	24	+ 295
Stomach Cancer	22	310	10	2,532	- 2,222
Hypertension	23	303	14	1,880	- 1,577
Other Injuries	24	223	13	1,937	- 1,714
Violence	25	190	48	96	+ 94
Endocrine Disorders	26	179	17	1,547	- 1,368
Pancreas Cancer	27	176	15	1,669	- 1,493
Prostate Cancer	28	173	11	2,124	- 1,951
Falls	29	164	23	1,033	- 869
Parkinson's Disease	30	157	21	1,139	- 982
Liver Cancer	31	157	18	1,270	- 1,114
Inflammatory/Heart	32	144	26	909	- 764
Suicide	33	142	19	1,172	- 1,030
Ovary Cancer	34	140	33	397	- 257
Meningitis	35	126	56	43	+ 83
Oral Cancer	36	124	25	912	- 788
Pertussis	37	124	72	0	+ 123
Skin Cancers	38	118	30	523	- 405
Drug Use	39	107	44	128	- 22
Drownings	40	92	51	79	+ 13
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	84	41	169	- 84
Cervical Cancer	42	80	34	329	- 248
Fires	43	76	46	108	- 32
Uterin Cancer	44	62	32	406	- 344
Maternal Conditions	45	45	63	7	+ 38
Poisonings	46	42	57	29	+ 13
Oesophagus Cancer	47	42	29	623	- 581
Epilepsy	48	40	31	415	- 376
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	34	37	229	- 195
Encephalitis	50	33	67	1	+ 32
Malnutrition	51	31	53	79	- 48
Tetanus	52	25	73	0	+ 25
Alcohol	53	22	45	111	- 89
Appendicitis	54	16	61	21	- 5
Syphilis	55	13	64	3	+ 10
Tuberculosis	56	10	38	213	- 203
Other Neoplasms	57	9	28	652	- 643
HIV/AIDS	58	6	35	320	- 313
Multiple Sclerosis	59	6	54	56	- 50
Schistosomiasis	60	5	77	0	+ 5
Skin Disease	61	3	39	202	- 199
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	3	47	99	- 96
Hepatitis B	63	2	59	26	- 24
Diphtheria	64	2	74	0	+ 2
Leishmaniasis	65	2	68	1	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	62	15	- 13
Ascariasis	67	0	83	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	49	87	- 86
Chlamydia	69	0	76	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	71	0	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	66	2	- 2
Dengue	72	0	84	0	+ 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	82	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	81	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	70	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	75	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	80	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	78	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	85	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	55	49	- 49
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	42	151	- 151
Osteoarthritis	84	0	58	29	- 29
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	50	82	- 82
Oral conditions	86	0	65	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to PORTUGAL

Syria

Portugal

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.