SRI LANKA VS SYRIA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	SYRIA		SRI LANKA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	25,978	1	26,304	- 326
Stroke	2	7,450	6	6,805	+ 645
War	3	7,148	38	280	+ 6,868
Influenza and Pneumonia	4	2,725	8	5,117	- 2,392
Road Traffic Accidents	5	2,349	9	4,200	- 1,851
Kidney Disease	6	2,145	5	6,858	- 4,713
Diarrhoeal diseases	7	1,986	28	605	+ 1,381
Congenital Anomalies	8	1,914	22	989	+ 924
Lung Cancers	9	1,886	12	1,775	+ 111
Breast Cancer	10	1,799	15	1,383	+ 416
Liver Disease	11	1,584	17	1,303	+ 281
Low Birth Weight	12	1,522	29	536	+ 985
Lung Disease	13	1,475	3	9,456	- 7,981
Alzheimers & Dementia	14	1,428	4	6,939	- 5,510
Diabetes Mellitus	15	1,413	2	12,460	- 11,048
Colon-Rectum Cancers	16	1,127	24	911	+ 216
Asthma	17	969	7	6,471	- 5,502
Lymphomas	18	762	21	1,027	- 265
Leukemia	19	733	18	1,155	- 422
Bladder Cancer	20	698	34	432	+ 266
Birth Trauma	21	686	44	193	+ 493
Stomach Cancer	22	667	16	1,321	- 654
Hypertension	23	652	20	1,055	- 404
Other Injuries	24	480	14	1,529	- 1,049
Violence	25	409	31	499	- 90
Endocrine Disorders	26	385	32	462	- 77
Pancreas Cancer	27	379	43	214	+ 165
Prostate Cancer	28	372	30	507	- 135
Falls	29	353	23	964	- 611
Parkinson's Disease	30	338	45	168	+ 170
Liver Cancer	31	338	19	1,090	- 753
Inflammatory/Heart	32	311	35	425	- 114
Suicide	33	306	10	2,977	- 2,671
Ovary Cancer	34	302	37	281	+ 21
Meningitis	35	272	46	146	+ 126
Oral Cancer	36	266	11	2,893	- 2,627
Pertussis	37	266	59	15	+ 252
Skin Cancers	38	255	52	58	+ 196
Drug Use	39	230	40	257	- 28
Drownings	40	198	27	731	- 532
Rheumatic Heart Disease	41	182	53	49	+ 132
Cervical Cancer	42	173	26	762	- 589
Fires	43	165	41	239	- 74
Uterin Cancer	44	134	42	218	- 84
Maternal Conditions	45	96	48	96	+ 0
Poisonings	46	90	49	93	- 3
Oesophagus Cancer	47	90	13	1,544	- 1,454
Epilepsy	48	85	39	269	- 184
Peptic Ulcer Disease	49	73	56	38	+ 35
Encephalitis	50	71	61	10	+ 61
Malnutrition	51	67	54	43	+ 23
Tetanus	52	53	57	27	+ 25
Alcohol	53	47	51	82	- 36
Appendicitis	54	34	64	5	+ 28
Syphilis	55	28	58	15	+ 13
Tuberculosis	56	22	25	769	- 748
Other Neoplasms	57	20	50	86	- 66
HIV/AIDS	58	14	55	39	- 26
Multiple Sclerosis	59	13	69	2	+ 11
Schistosomiasis	60	10	81	0	+ 10
Skin Disease	61	7	36	293	- 285
Rheumatoid Arthritis	62	6	60	11	- 5
Hepatitis B	63	5	62	6	- 1
Diphtheria	64	5	74	0	+ 5
Leishmaniasis	65	5	73	0	+ 5
Upper Respiratory	66	3	66	5	- 2
Ascariasis	67	1	72	0	+ 1
Hepatitis C	68	1	75	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	69	1	84	0	+ 1
Measles	70	0	77	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Dengue	72	0	47	131	- 131
Hookworm Disease	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	79	0	- 0
Leprosy	75	0	63	6	- 6
Iodine Deficiency	76	0	78	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	77	0	82	0	- 0
Chagas disease	78	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	79	0	80	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	86	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	65	5	- 5
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	85	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	33	445	- 445
Osteoarthritis	84	0	67	3	- 3
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	70	2	- 2
Oral conditions	86	0	68	3	- 3
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to SRI LANKA

Syria

Sri Lanka

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.