SENEGAL VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SENEGAL		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	22,273	2	6,224	+ 16,049
Stroke	2	6,388	4	5,342	+ 1,045
War	3	6,129	69	4	+ 6,124
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,336	1	7,184	- 4,848
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,014	6	3,832	- 1,818
Kidney Disease	6	1,839	12	2,210	- 371
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,703	3	5,343	- 3,640
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,641	11	2,364	- 724
Lung Cancers	9	1,617	44	180	+ 1,437
Breast Cancer	10	1,542	27	861	+ 681
Liver Disease	11	1,358	13	2,147	- 788
Low Birth Weight	12	1,305	7	3,636	- 2,332
Lung Disease	13	1,265	18	1,351	- 87
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,225	26	879	+ 346
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,211	10	2,395	- 1,184
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	966	37	384	+ 582
Asthma	17	831	25	936	- 105
Lymphomas	18	653	39	315	+ 338
Leukemia	19	629	54	113	+ 516
Bladder Cancer	20	598	50	155	+ 443
Birth Trauma	21	588	8	3,448	- 2,860
Stomach Cancer	22	572	31	557	+ 15
Hypertension	23	559	21	1,095	- 536
Other Injuries	24	412	16	1,512	- 1,100
Violence	25	351	19	1,247	- 896
Endocrine Disorders	26	330	23	1,041	- 711
Pancreas Cancer	27	325	48	159	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	28	319	29	642	- 323
Falls	29	302	30	622	- 320
Parkinson's Disease	30	290	41	273	+ 17
Liver Cancer	31	289	22	1,087	- 798
Inflammatory/Heart	32	266	36	426	- 159
Suicide	33	263	24	978	- 715
Ovary Cancer	34	259	42	220	+ 39
Meningitis	35	233	15	1,628	- 1,396
Oral Cancer	36	228	43	208	+ 21
Pertussis	37	228	28	771	- 543
Skin Cancers	38	218	51	147	+ 71
Drug Use	39	197	52	138	+ 59
Drownings	40	170	33	494	- 324
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	156	46	166	- 10
Cervical Cancer	42	149	17	1,405	- 1,256
Fires	43	141	34	448	- 307
Uterin Cancer	44	115	56	94	+ 21
Maternal Conditions	45	83	14	1,669	- 1,586
Poisonings	46	77	40	315	- 237
Oesophagus Cancer	47	77	55	99	- 22
Epilepsy	48	73	38	330	- 257
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	62	35	433	- 370
Encephalitis	50	61	57	85	- 25
Malnutrition	51	57	32	494	- 437
Tetanus	52	45	58	85	- 39
Alcohol	53	40	59	74	- 34
Appendicitis	54	29	61	38	- 10
Syphilis	55	24	53	122	- 98
Tuberculosis	56	18	9	2,678	- 2,660
Other Neoplasms	57	17	62	24	- 7
HIV/AIDS	58	12	20	1,186	- 1,175
Multiple Sclerosis	59	11	64	20	- 9
Schistosomiasis	60	9	45	176	- 167
Skin Disease	61	6	47	159	- 153
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	5	67	15	- 9
Hepatitis B	63	4	60	70	- 66
Diphtheria	64	4	70	3	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	4	63	21	- 17
Upper Respiratory	66	3	66	15	- 13
Ascariasis	67	1	65	18	- 17
Hepatitis C	68	1	68	11	- 10
Chlamydia	69	1	71	2	- 1
Measles	70	0	49	158	- 158
Otitis Media	71	0	72	0	- 0
Dengue	72	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	75	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	74	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	76	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	77	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	5	4,595	- 4,595
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	83	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	84	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 SENEGAL

Syria

Senegal

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.