SOMALIA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SOMALIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	15,383	7	7,233	+ 8,150
Stroke	2	4,412	6	8,595	- 4,184
War	3	4,233	24	1,318	+ 2,915
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	1,614	1	21,712	- 20,098
Road Traffic Accidents	5	1,391	11	4,231	- 2,840
Kidney Disease	6	1,270	21	2,051	- 781
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,176	2	15,363	- 14,187
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,133	15	3,410	- 2,277
Lung Cancers	9	1,117	54	233	+ 884
Breast Cancer	10	1,065	26	1,232	- 166
Liver Disease	11	938	13	3,917	- 2,979
Low Birth Weight	12	901	8	6,250	- 5,349
Lung Disease	13	873	19	2,442	- 1,569
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	846	32	647	+ 199
Diabetes Mellitus	15	837	16	2,888	- 2,051
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	667	38	546	+ 121
Asthma	17	574	23	1,878	- 1,304
Lymphomas	18	451	34	605	- 153
Leukemia	19	434	35	562	- 127
Bladder Cancer	20	413	61	149	+ 264
Birth Trauma	21	406	5	9,573	- 9,167
Stomach Cancer	22	395	49	310	+ 85
Hypertension	23	386	18	2,643	- 2,258
Other Injuries	24	284	14	3,602	- 3,317
Violence	25	242	29	828	- 586
Endocrine Disorders	26	228	44	406	- 178
Pancreas Cancer	27	224	62	108	+ 117
Prostate Cancer	28	220	52	285	- 65
Falls	29	209	37	548	- 339
Parkinson's Disease	30	200	56	184	+ 16
Liver Cancer	31	200	53	256	- 56
Inflammatory/Heart	32	184	39	521	- 337
Suicide	33	181	27	1,219	- 1,038
Ovary Cancer	34	179	50	295	- 116
Meningitis	35	161	9	5,381	- 5,220
Oral Cancer	36	158	46	328	- 170
Pertussis	37	158	20	2,054	- 1,896
Skin Cancers	38	151	57	164	- 13
Drug Use	39	136	65	54	+ 82
Drownings	40	117	25	1,272	- 1,154
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	108	41	446	- 338
Cervical Cancer	42	103	28	883	- 780
Fires	43	98	30	810	- 713
Uterin Cancer	44	79	64	78	+ 2
Maternal Conditions	45	57	12	4,127	- 4,069
Poisonings	46	53	31	758	- 705
Oesophagus Cancer	47	53	40	516	- 463
Epilepsy	48	50	43	419	- 368
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	43	36	559	- 516
Encephalitis	50	42	63	91	- 49
Malnutrition	51	40	10	4,825	- 4,785
Tetanus	52	31	17	2,648	- 2,617
Alcohol	53	28	59	151	- 123
Appendicitis	54	20	55	188	- 168
Syphilis	55	17	45	378	- 361
Tuberculosis	56	13	4	10,261	- 10,249
Other Neoplasms	57	12	70	12	- 1
HIV/AIDS	58	8	33	610	- 602
Multiple Sclerosis	59	8	71	8	- 0
Schistosomiasis	60	6	42	435	- 429
Skin Disease	61	4	58	151	- 147
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	4	66	35	- 32
Hepatitis B	63	3	48	315	- 312
Diphtheria	64	3	60	150	- 147
Leishmaniasis	65	3	51	290	- 287
Upper Respiratory	66	2	47	326	- 324
Ascariasis	67	1	69	30	- 29
Hepatitis C	68	0	67	34	- 34
Chlamydia	69	0	72	5	- 4
Measles	70	0	3	11,576	- 11,575
Otitis Media	71	0	68	32	- 32
Dengue	72	0	73	1	- 1
Hookworm Disease	73	0	74	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	75	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	77	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	76	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	78	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	22	1,942	- 1,942
Depression	80	0	80	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	81	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	82	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	83	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	85	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	84	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	86	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SOMALIA

Syria

Somalia

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.