SINGAPORE VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

Click Country Link To Compare

	SYRIA		SINGAPORE		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	7,124	1	5,292	+ 1,833
Stroke	2	2,043	3	1,559	+ 485
War	3	1,960	59	2	+ 1,958
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	747	2	5,189	- 4,442
Road Traffic Accidents	5	644	26	121	+ 523
Kidney Disease	6	588	6	1,028	- 440
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	545	39	28	+ 517
Congenital Anomalies	8	525	31	80	+ 445
Lung Cancers	9	517	4	1,540	- 1,023
Breast Cancer	10	493	10	605	- 112
Liver Disease	11	434	20	209	+ 225
Low Birth Weight	12	417	41	25	+ 392
Lung Disease	13	404	14	383	+ 22
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	392	36	32	+ 359
Diabetes Mellitus	15	387	28	108	+ 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	309	5	1,203	- 893
Asthma	17	266	35	37	+ 229
Lymphomas	18	209	13	397	- 188
Leukemia	19	201	17	249	- 48
Bladder Cancer	20	191	27	120	+ 71
Birth Trauma	21	188	55	3	+ 185
Stomach Cancer	22	183	12	405	- 222
Hypertension	23	179	8	732	- 553
Other Injuries	24	132	32	79	+ 53
Violence	25	112	46	15	+ 98
Endocrine Disorders	26	106	37	30	+ 75
Pancreas Cancer	27	104	11	537	- 433
Prostate Cancer	28	102	16	303	- 201
Falls	29	97	18	218	- 121
Parkinson's Disease	30	93	29	90	+ 3
Liver Cancer	31	93	7	746	- 653
Inflammatory/Heart	32	85	19	215	- 130
Suicide	33	84	9	650	- 566
Ovary Cancer	34	83	21	204	- 121
Meningitis	35	74	48	8	+ 66
Oral Cancer	36	73	15	317	- 244
Pertussis	37	73	62	0	+ 73
Skin Cancers	38	70	34	56	+ 14
Drug Use	39	63	44	19	+ 44
Drownings	40	54	38	29	+ 25
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	50	43	22	+ 28
Cervical Cancer	42	48	30	85	- 37
Fires	43	45	49	7	+ 38
Uterin Cancer	44	37	23	147	- 110
Maternal Conditions	45	26	53	3	+ 23
Poisonings	46	25	60	1	+ 24
Oesophagus Cancer	47	25	24	137	- 112
Epilepsy	48	23	42	25	- 1
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	20	33	69	- 49
Encephalitis	50	19	61	0	+ 19
Malnutrition	51	18	63	0	+ 18
Tetanus	52	15	73	0	+ 15
Alcohol	53	13	47	10	+ 3
Appendicitis	54	9	50	6	+ 3
Syphilis	55	8	65	0	+ 8
Tuberculosis	56	6	40	26	- 20
Other Neoplasms	57	5	22	195	- 190
HIV/AIDS	58	4	45	18	- 14
Multiple Sclerosis	59	4	57	3	+ 1
Schistosomiasis	60	3	78	0	+ 3
Skin Disease	61	2	25	136	- 134
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	2	58	2	- 1
Hepatitis B	63	1	52	4	- 3
Diphtheria	64	1	64	0	+ 1
Leishmaniasis	65	1	76	0	+ 1
Upper Respiratory	66	1	54	3	- 2
Ascariasis	67	0	67	0	+ 0
Hepatitis C	68	0	56	3	- 3
Chlamydia	69	0	70	0	+ 0
Measles	70	0	72	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	79	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	66	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	73	0	68	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	69	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	80	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	71	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	77	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	74	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	82	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	51	6	- 6
Oral conditions	86	0	81	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SINGAPORE

Syria

Singapore

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.