SAUDI ARABIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SAUDI ARABIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	43,187	1	39,037	+ 4,150
Stroke	2	12,386	2	16,793	- 4,407
War	3	11,883	65	3	+ 11,880
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	4,530	5	6,132	- 1,602
Road Traffic Accidents	5	3,905	3	12,317	- 8,412
Kidney Disease	6	3,566	4	9,051	- 5,485
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	3,301	35	457	+ 2,845
Congenital Anomalies	8	3,181	12	2,307	+ 874
Lung Cancers	9	3,136	26	775	+ 2,361
Breast Cancer	10	2,990	20	908	+ 2,082
Liver Disease	11	2,633	7	4,931	- 2,298
Low Birth Weight	12	2,530	18	989	+ 1,541
Lung Disease	13	2,452	10	2,842	- 390
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	2,375	11	2,442	- 68
Diabetes Mellitus	15	2,349	9	3,890	- 1,541
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,874	14	1,630	+ 243
Asthma	17	1,611	17	1,168	+ 444
Lymphomas	18	1,266	28	716	+ 551
Leukemia	19	1,219	19	925	+ 294
Bladder Cancer	20	1,160	46	214	+ 946
Birth Trauma	21	1,140	37	343	+ 797
Stomach Cancer	22	1,109	36	389	+ 721
Hypertension	23	1,083	22	834	+ 249
Other Injuries	24	798	8	4,004	- 3,206
Violence	25	680	30	646	+ 35
Endocrine Disorders	26	640	15	1,447	- 807
Pancreas Cancer	27	629	31	526	+ 103
Prostate Cancer	28	619	50	148	+ 471
Falls	29	586	6	5,340	- 4,754
Parkinson's Disease	30	562	25	776	- 214
Liver Cancer	31	561	21	845	- 284
Inflammatory/Heart	32	517	16	1,342	- 825
Suicide	33	509	13	2,046	- 1,537
Ovary Cancer	34	502	42	247	+ 255
Meningitis	35	452	45	227	+ 225
Oral Cancer	36	443	34	465	- 22
Pertussis	37	442	54	56	+ 386
Skin Cancers	38	423	55	55	+ 369
Drug Use	39	382	33	491	- 109
Drownings	40	329	24	821	- 492
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	302	39	280	+ 22
Cervical Cancer	42	288	49	157	+ 131
Fires	43	274	23	825	- 552
Uterin Cancer	44	223	38	323	- 100
Maternal Conditions	45	160	48	172	- 12
Poisonings	46	150	40	279	- 129
Oesophagus Cancer	47	149	44	229	- 80
Epilepsy	48	142	29	694	- 553
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	121	41	275	- 154
Encephalitis	50	118	43	234	- 116
Malnutrition	51	111	52	79	+ 32
Tetanus	52	88	61	16	+ 72
Alcohol	53	77	51	128	- 51
Appendicitis	54	56	58	35	+ 21
Syphilis	55	47	59	33	+ 14
Tuberculosis	56	36	27	752	- 716
Other Neoplasms	57	32	57	40	- 8
HIV/AIDS	58	22	47	192	- 170
Multiple Sclerosis	59	22	56	49	- 27
Schistosomiasis	60	17	60	25	- 8
Skin Disease	61	12	32	516	- 504
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	10	62	9	+ 1
Hepatitis B	63	8	53	57	- 49
Diphtheria	64	8	69	1	+ 7
Leishmaniasis	65	8	67	1	+ 7
Upper Respiratory	66	5	70	1	+ 4
Ascariasis	67	2	66	1	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	1	64	7	- 6
Chlamydia	69	1	71	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	68	1	- 0
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	63	9	- 9
Hookworm Disease	73	0	79	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	78	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	73	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	74	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	76	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	75	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	80	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	81	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SAUDI ARABIA

Syria

Saudi Arabia

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.